Beating Rutgers hasn’t come easy for No. 4 Michigan lately
Associated PressThe AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Scarlet Knights’ only chance to stay competitive is to slow down a player averaging 5.81 yards a carry in Big Ten games. The senior, who shifted to defense from wide receiver, may become the team’s top CB due to Gemon Green’s injuries from the melee in the Michigan Stadium tunnel after beating rival Michigan State last week. FACTS & FIGURES Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and his players were shaken last Saturday night when Green and Ja’Den McBurrows were roughed up by Michigan State players, eight of whom were suspended pending a police investigation, in the tunnel after last week’s game.. The Wolverines have won the last six against Rutgers.. Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy has completed 74.6% of his passes, leading all FBS qualfied passers.. K Jake Moody, the reigning Lou Groza Award winner, made a career-long, 54-yard kick last week and has nine field goals on as many attempts in his last two games.