Michigan injury update: Availability report released for Nebraska game

LINCOLN – The Michigan Wolverines and Nebraska Cornhuskers do battle on Saturday in one of the biggest games of the week in both programs’ Big Ten opener. Two hours before this week’s showdown, the conference-mandated availability report was made public.

Here’s the full report for this week:

OUT

QB Davis Warren
RB Donavan Johnson
RB John Volker
RB Micah Ka’apana
OL Giovanni El-Hadi*
WR I’Marion Stewart
DB Tevis Metcalf
LB Jaydon Hood
OL Andrew Babalola
EDGE Devon Baxter
WR CJ Charleston
CB Caleb Anderson
DB Zeke Berry*
DT Ike Iwunnah
TE Hogan Hansen*
DT Manuel Biegel

QUESTIONABLE

QB Mikey Keene
DB Rod Moore*
DB Shamari Earls
S Mason Curtis*
OG Brady Norton*

*Denotes two-deep player

Michigan associate head coach Biff Poggi discusses Nebraska

Michigan will be without head coach Sherrone Moore for the second week in a row as he serves a two-game school-imposed suspension. Associate head coach Biff Poggi will serve as the interim game manager on Saturday with the coordinators and position coaches handling their units.

Poggi said this week that Nebraska is one of several teams that stands out in the Big Ten race.

“It’s got a lot of great teams,” Poggi said. “And it is huge, and probably that’s the way the future’s going to be in conference alignment in football, but the league is ridiculous. It’s incredible. Anybody can beat anybody. Nebraska, I’ve watched all their tape, and I think they’re really good. They have a really good football team. It’s interesting. I realized I know there are so many guys on the staff. When I was a coach at Charlotte, the first day I was in my seat there, the first phone call I got was from Matt Ruhle, welcoming me to Charlotte, and was so kind and welcoming and helpful. And then Dana Holgerson, I coached his son for a bit at St. Francis. I know a bunch of the guys there, so it’ll be good to see them, but they’ve done a really good job with their team.

“I love the running back. He’s a guy whose yards after contact are ridiculous. He has unbelievable balance. Think about Nebraska. When you think about Nebraska, these are the things that this team has. They are big and physical on the offensive line. They have really good body-up receivers. Defensively, there’s a lot of movement. Their defensive line, as stout as can be. They take great pride in their defense there. The whole black shirt movement there. They’re really good. Look at what they’ve done. I don’t care who you play. I don’t care who you play. The results are the results. They’ve got it going. Matt is a tremendous coach. You’ve all seen the statistics. Everywhere Matt’s been in his third year has been tremendous. He’s got the football team. He’s won them over. He’s got the staff he wants. He’s got a lot of good players.”