Should be a great game. I wasn't sold on Michigan this year, I had not watched them much and they had a pretty soft schedule but their defence looks scary good. Penix was lights out against Texas as he has been all year and the Husky defence also looks pretty solid.
I was shocked by Washington's play calling at the end after what happened to Miami earlier this year but in hindsight I'm not sure what the right call would be. On one hand you risk fumbles and injury (which happened albeit to an already injured player) but running plays but it will take slightly more time off the clock and one first down would seal everything. On the other hand a kneel down is safer but does leave a little more time on the clock. Given they seemed committed to running a few plays it may have made more sense to give the ball to their running back than have Penix keep it and risk injury too. Still it seemed truly bizarre they would have done anything but kneel.
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