Michigan wants to replicate Ohio State's NIL success, Marvin Harrison Jr. is a consensus top-four pick and the Buckeyes and Wolverines battle on the mat.
Faced with 2nd & 7 on the Washington 12 yard line, leading 20-13 midway through the fourth quarter, Michigan gave the ball to Blake Corum. With three TEs to the bottom of the formation, the Wolverines pulled AJ Barner across, along with left guard Trevor Keegan running to the right. Barner hit his block but Keegan wasn't quick enough to get to Washington LB Alphonzo Tuputala, who had a free run at Corum. The diminutive running back saw Tuputala to his outside and cutback inside.
The most recent national championship for Michigan and the only one for Washington were shared titles in the 1990s, a time when teams waited for the polls to be released.
Recent history hasn’t been kind to the Wolverines, but they dominated in their first Rose Bowl appearances. Those victories still serve as landmarks for the program.