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Takeaways from Michigan’s dominating win over Northern Illinois

The No. 25 Michigan Wolverines improved to 3-0 on the season after as convincing of a win as you’ll see in college football, beating the now 1-2 Northern Illinois Huskies 63-10.

Here are takeaways from the thrashing.

McNamara finds his groove

After throwing for just 44 yards last week against Washington in what was a run-centric gameplan, starting quarterback Cade McNamara had a good showing overall. There were a couple near misses deep that could have went for touchdowns, but McNamara wound up with a deep strike to Cornelius Johnson that went for a 87-yard score.