Michigan football pulled itself together in the second half to preserve a 42-25 victory over Illinois on Saturday afternoon. After giving the game a rewatch, here are the report card grades for each unit.
What went right: Michigan’s offensive line was predictably able to maul an Illinois front that it should have mauled for most of the day. This led to Michigan having a pair of 100-yard rushers in a game (Zach Charbonnet, Hassan Haskins) for the first time since 2017. For as much grief as Shea Patterson has gotten, his performance for most of the day was pretty good and the stat line is a bit misleading.