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Michigan 49, MSU 0: Notes, quotes, and observations after a bludgeoning

Chris Balasby:Chris Balas10/22/23

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Jim Harbaugh congratulates Michigan Wolverines quarterback J.J. McCarthy (9) after a touchdown pass against the Michigan State Spartans during first-half action at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023.

Saturday night’s Michigan game at Michigan State, a 49-0 U-M win, seemed destined to go one of two ways before kickoff — blowout or tight game with no in between. Tuesday, we’d heard how focused the Wolverines were — that while they were calm and composed in front of the cameras and microphones, they were seething inside, hopeful to pull a page out of Ohio State coach Ryan Day’s Fantasyland playbook and “hang 100 on them” if they could. 

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