Michigan releases injury report ahead of game vs. Rutgers
The Michigan Wolverines kick off Big Ten play on Saturday afternoon against Rutgers and with two hours to go until kickoff, this week’s availability report has been revealed. As it was previously reported on The Wolverine, both Will Johnson and Rod Moore are expected to play and be full-go for Saturday’s game despite a questionable designation by the team.
Here is the report released for this week for Michigan:
OUT
• Sophomore quarterback Alex Orji
• Junior cornerback Ja’Den McBurrows
• Sophomore defensive tackle Mason Graham
• Sophomore running back CJ Stokes
QUESTIONABLE
• Sophomore cornerback Will Johnson
• Junior safety Rod Moore
• Sophmore cornerback Amorion Walker
• Sophomore wide receiver Darrius Clemons
• Sophomore safety Zeke Berry
• Sophomore safety Keon Sabb
Jim Harbaugh weighs in on return to Michigan sideline
Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh returns to the sideline this week and was overjoyed discussing the new perspective he feels he’ll bring to the sidelines”
Really so much to unpack there. From other coaches stepping up, other staff stepping up, other players stepping up, just the amount of leadership bonds that were necessary, that were created. All the tremendous positives that came from that. Told you this before but Moses had 70 leaders, how many do we need? A lot. More. That really created an opportunity to do that. From my perspective, I went to a place I’ve never been, which wasn’t on the sidelines. As a player or a coach. At a friends house, Sherrone’s house, one week, the other week watching the game at my house. Last weekend, traveling, watching the game on a computer. Quite a bit. Seeing the game in a different way, through a different lens. I think it’s made me a better coach. As a result, going to implement some new things I haven’t done as it relates to a few policies around here to make sure I don’t ever get sidelined again. Ramping that up to a gold standard. Also, how we watch the game as an offense.
Watching it on TV, you can see the things. When I’m there, just to explain it, how I see it in my mind, I’m there and I’m in it and you’re doing everything in real-time. Telling people what to do, how you see it. The perspective of, for them to see it, for them to watch it, what did you do right? What did you do wrong? How did you see this? Kind of excited about that, implementing that today. A ton of positives. If I seemed a little bit distracted, it’s because I have so much on my mind and, hopefully, we can keep this a little bit short because there’s so much to do. It’s real positive. You watch the game, so many feelings of, hey, just win. Just win the game. As I’m watching that. By one point, by one point is what we’re really after. Don’t know if—watching it from the perspective I had, maybe there’s been too much put on the players that they’ve got to win by 40 points or 30 points. 25 points. That’s a lot. Make sure our team knows that. That’s the goal is to win the game. Next is, you pray for this and you hope for this, is that you come out of the game with no injuries. Then it’s where you start to get greedy. I want defense to be the best, I want the offense to be the best, I want the special teams to be the best. Then I get even more greedy. I want each position group to be the best and then each individual player to be the best. That’s what we want. That’s where we want to go and that’s what we want to be about. We’re going to chase that. We’re going to keep chasing that perfection.
What time does Michigan start on Saturday?
Kickoff is scheduled for 12 p.m. ET from Michigan Stadium with the broadcast set for Big Ten Network.
