One of the biggest storylines to come out of Michigan’s victory last week over East Carolina was the lack of sacks from the defense. The dominant pass rush that we’ve been accustomed to seeing from Michigan teams in recent years was absent in the first game, sounding the alarm for some.
Michigan’s pass rush, and defense as a whole stepped up on Saturday and put them in position to run away with a 35-7 victory over UNLV.
“We kind of felt disappointed about that,” defensive end Derrick Moore said. “We knew that the offensive line was going to give us some type of indicator — so once we’d seen it we knew to get off the ball.