Michigan’s win over USC was old-school, power football

The No. 18 Michigan Wolverines scored a huge Big Ten win over No. 11 USC on Saturday, pulling off a 27-24 victory to get its first conference win of the season. 

It was an old-school Michigan game defined by power football, grinding it out on the ground and imposing its will on the opposing defense.

That was also probably what it had to do given the circumstances with a first-time starting quarterback. 

That was demonstrated on Michigan’s winning touchdown in the final minute when facing a fourth-and-goal from the one-yard, the Wolverines went with a power run behind a fullback that saw Kalel Mullings get into the end zone for the go-ahead score.