Pete Thamel reports Blake Corum plans to play in The Game against Ohio State

Blake Corum, Michigan’s star running back and a Heisman trophy contender, is the primary story for the Wolverines today. Will he play against Ohio State after injuring his knee during the Illinois game last week? According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, he’ll try to give it a go.

Here was Thamel’s report Saturday morning updating the plan with Corum, which he tweeted:

“Sources: Michigan’s Blake Corum plans to play today against Ohio State. The biggest question looming over The Game will be how effective he is after injuring his knee against Illinois.”

So Corum to play vs. the Buckeyes, or at least he’ll try to give it a go after he hurt his knee in the first half of the Illinois win. Corum actually came back into the game after his injury but was ineffective and only played a couple snaps before he was taken back out of the game for good. But he’ll be back out there today trying to return to form.

More on Blake Corum injury

With under three minutes to play in the first half and the Wolverines driving to extend their lead over Illinois, running back Blake Corum took a third-and-six run near the marker and was pushed out of bounds, injuring his knee as he went down.

Corum laid on the ground writing in pain and grabbing his knee while officials reviewed whether he had fumbled the ball before he went down. After a a couple minutes of laying down, Corum was able to get up and walk off the field on his own and is now heading to the locker room just before halftime.

To add salt to the wound, the officiating crew ruled that Blake Corum did fumble the ball and Illinois took over on their own 13, preventing Michigan from scoring just before half.

Before going down, Corum accounted for 103 yards on 17 carries with a touchdown. And he took a screen pass for 41 yards on third down, too.