Stay healthy? Check. Win comfortably? Check. Rack up style points?
Well … half-check?
Michigan had nothing to gain Saturday afternoon at Highpoint.com Stadium, but a fair amount to lose. Beat Rutgers by 50 and everyone yawns. Beat them by two touchdowns? Everyone does a double-take.
U-M beat the Scarlett Knights by 35 in a methodically dominant performance. And when the score flashes around the country, folks will nod and move on.
That's a good thing. Because how the Wolverines look right now matters, fairly or not. Michigan isn’t just on a path to Indianapolis for the Big Ten title game, it aims to get to the College Football Playoff.