Who will win this matchup of Michigan unbeatens?
This Saturday, the undefeated Michigan Wolverines will face off against arguably the toughest opponents they've played yet this season, the also undefeated Michigan State Spartans. The Battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy has been quite a rivalry game since it began in 1953. Michigan currently leads the rivalry, 34-21-2. But for the past two years, Michigan State has held onto the trophy, including last year's game which went into overtime, and was quite the heartbreaker for the Wolverines, and their fans. This Saturday, Michigan will have the chance to finally win the trophy back, and get vengeance for last years loss.
Both led by all-star quarterbacks, this will definitely be high-scoring, shoot-out of a game. Denard Robinson, Michigan's sophomore quarterback, has put up over 1,000 yards passing, and 900 yards rushing. He has 17 total touchdowns, between passing and rushing.
Cousins, also impressive, has put up 1,100 yards passing, and thrown for 9 touchdowns. Michigan State's running back Edwin Baker has also put up 536 rushing yards.
Denard is undoubtedly the most athletic player on the Michigan roster, and quite possibly could be the most athletic player in college football today. Although he puts up so many yards, and so many points for the Wolverines, every Michigan fan worries about Denard's health. Michigan fans all over know that if Denard goes down to injury, for a long period of time (unlike the Bowling Green game, which he went down in the 1st quarter, and still put up incredible numbers while he played), it could send Michigan's undefeated season crashing to the ground, and they could wind up with yet another year with no bowl-game.
But if Robinson stays healthy, and can continue to do what he does week-in and week-out, you almost have to bet on the Wolverines.
Michigan State's defense has been playing well as of late, which is completely opposite of Michigan, who has one of the worst defenses, if not the worst defense, in college football. Michigan has to heavily rely on Denard, and the offense to score as many points as they possibly can, as their defense will allow quite a few scores in a game.
As most of you know, I'm a die-hard Michigan Wolverines fan, so I obviously have to go with them this weekend. But I do know, this will be a tough game for both teams, and should be a shoot-out.
Michigan fans are worried, about the healthy of Denard, and how bad their defense will play, while Michigan State fans are worried that their defense won't be able to slow down Robinson, and will end up on the losing end, just like Indiana, UConn, Notre Dame, etc.
At 3:30, these teams will take the field in Ann Arbor, and will kick off a game that quite possibly be the game of the week, and the best game in the rivalry in a long, long time.
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