Michigan won the Big Ten Championship on Saturday night after defeating Iowa 26-0. Michigan improves to 13-0 on the season and is destined for the College Football Playoff.
Here are key takeaways from Michigan’s Big Ten Championship victory.
Defense comes up huge for Michigan
Michigan had not one, not two, but THREE takeaways. Cornerback Mike Sainristil had two of them — one of which was a forced fumble where he torpedoed his body and put a helmet on the ball and jarred it loose, the other was a strip sack fumble on QB Deacon Hill.