Michigan is heading into Week 3 of the college football season with their 2nd home game against
UMass . I wish I could say I was worried about this game, but in reality I'm not. So far, UMass has only scored 6 points in games against UConn and
Indiana. That's right--6 points against opponents that are already inferior to Michigan. I know it's a former FCS team and this is their first season in FBS, but they have a long way to go. Frankly, and not to say this in hindsight, but this should have been Michigan's first opponent, not Alabama. Most, if not all teams need that first game as a warmup...so this is Michigan's warmup two weeks late. Keep an eye on the following players:
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Mike Cox--I know it's odd to even have to worry about the former Wolverine, and for the most part Michigan does not. Cox has ran the ball 20 times for 36 yds, which is a 1.6 ypc average. If that continued over the whole season, he'd have 120 carries for 216 yds, which is at 1.8 ypc. Not to mention the whole running game is ranked 121st in the nation, out of 125. Against Alabama and Air Force, Michigan faced far better rushing attacks than that, and while the Michigan defense is ranked 93rd in points allowed at 33.0 per game, I don't think they'll score on us via ground attack.
