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Michigan football alum praises ‘polished’ response in rout of Central Michigan

Anthony Broomeby: Anthony Broome9 hours agoanthonytbroome
NCAA Football: Central Michigan at Michigan
Sep 13, 2025; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Michigan Wolverines defensive back Brandyn Hillman (6) and linebacker Ernest Hausmann (15) celebrate a play in the first half against the Central Michigan Chippewas at Michigan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images

ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Wolverines moved to 2-1 on the season with a 63-3 drubbing of the in-state MAC opponent Central Michigan on Saturday. It was a thorough and mostly clean performance that we needed to see heading into next week’s Big Ten opener at Nebraska.

The Wolverine’s Anthony Broome and former Michigan All-Big Ten defensive lineman Ryan Van Bergen discussed the performance live from Blue Lion Fitness in Ann Arbor.

 ”I thought that team looked really polished and looked like they had a week of getting better at that, being the emphasis,” Van Bergen said after the game. “And that’s not always the most fun week when you go into a Sunday film room and you know that the film from the Oklahoma game probably wasn’t all that positive.

“There was probably a lot to be learned, a lot left to be desired on offense, defense, and special teams [last week]. We saw the phases emerge and operate again against competition; you may not be able to really gauge how great this team will be in Big Ten play. But to see them execute, to see them go out, run a game plan, execute that game plan, be penalized very minimally, have very successful drives, great red zones, some of the stats we’ll get into [were great]. Overall, a good, clean, polished performance, which is what I think you hope for in the wake of the Oklahoma game.

“Then, with your head coach being suspended and some of that stuff that can cause more drama that’s not football [it was impressive].”

 ”This performance isn’t gonna do anything to slow down [some of the takes around] ‘look what they did under [Biff Poggi] instead of Sherrone Moore,” Broome said. “He was with this team until midnight [on Saturday]. He won’t be with this team all next week, which leads to its own set of questions. But Poggi said after the game that he spent a lot of time this week. Individually working with the offensive line, which I think is something you’d wanna see from him, given that’s his background.”

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