Tyrone Wheatley likes to think of his play sheet on Saturdays as a menu. He has a depth chart full of running backs who each bring a slightly different flavor to a rushing attack that is averaging 230 yards per game this season.
It’s not so much the amount of yardage (the Wolverines boosted their averaged with 300-plus yard gams against Hawaii and a depleted Penn State front seven), but the number of different contributors that makes the ground game dangerous. Each of Michigan’s top four backs has scored a touchdown through four games, and three of them are averaging at least 6.