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About Last Week Some of you said that Mason Graham played like a man possessed. Or that he played like a man who was angry that he’d missed two games. Or like a man trying to make up for lost time. None of these theories was exactly correct. Barron Mason Graham was playing with the fury and desperation of a man who badly needs to scratch his butt, yet cannot. And he knows that only by ending the game can he remove the club and end his suffering. Mason Graham hates the Red Hat Media Timeout Guy...

About Last Week This happened. [Barron] The Road Ahead Minnesota (3-2, 1-1 B1G) Last week: Beat Louisiana, 35-24 Recap: They got back in the win column, but it wasn’t pretty. Minnesota trailed 17-14 at halftime, and didn’t get their lead out to multiple scores until the fourth quarter. They were outgained by 1.4 yards per play by the Ragin’ Cajuns. The offense looks more like what we generally expected entering the season; after running the ball on 36% of plays in the opener, they’ve run...

About Last Week Behold the progress Rutgers has made. This is JJ McCarthy running the ball. On purpose. Which he did FIVE separate times on Saturday. It was a clear sign of respect, and the understanding that Michigan couldn’t necessarily just romp seventy-eight-to-nothingishly over this Rutgers squad. Michigan had to turn the reads on for the first time this year and put JJ McCarthy in regular peril. And if you look through Patrick Barron’s and Bryan Fuller’s photo albums from this game, ...