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INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan football played against a tough Iowa team in the Big Ten Championship and ran into all sorts of problems. Namely, it couldn’t run the ball.
Still, the Wolverines emerged victorious thanks to a stellar defensive performance which saw the maize and blue net three turnovers. The offense struggled after the first few possessions, yet Michigan managed to beat the Hawkeyes, 26-0.
After the game, head coach Kirk Ferentz spoke at length about the game, why the Wolverines are so good and what Iowa has to do to be able to contend with a team like the maize and blue. Here is everything he had to say after the game.
Opening statement
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Somebody pointed out to me, it was 25 years ago when I started in this position, and I feel very fortunate about that. During that time we’ve had a lot of really good teams, and I’ve had the privilege to work with a lot of outstanding players. A lot of those guys were here tonight actually, so appreciate that.
But this group that we’ve worked with this year is about as good as we’ve had. Certainly amongst the most outstanding group that we’ve had. A lot of tremendous players, like Jay and a bunch of other guys in that locker room. Gotten great leadership, made great improvements, stuck together.
Tonight certainly wasn’t our night. We knew we came in here needing to play pretty much a flawless game. Obviously didn’t do that. Didn’t do a great job protecting the football, and a couple of other situations.
But disappointing tonight. To me that doesn’t overshadow the job that this group has done for the last 10, 11 months now.
Proud to be part of it. Proud to be their coach, and proud of the effort tonight. We’ll go back to Iowa City, take a couple of days off and regroup and start figuring out a way to win our next football game.
The defense…
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Author : Wolverines Wire
Publish date : 2023-12-03 06:27:20
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