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We're going to highlight the linebackers today because on Saturday the linebackers played excellent.

And you look at what Washington did in this game.

They had in the first half, their second drive was 49 yards.

That was their second longest possession.

Their fourth possession, the first half, was their final possession.

They drove 70 yards and scored a touchdown.

They had one other drive over 30 yards.

That was the three-played 33-yard drive that ended an interception in the third quarter. They had an earlier in the game and a play 30 yard drive that ended in a punt. But as we discussed, Michigan's defense really came to play. One, for the most part, really one bad drive. If you want to call it kind of a drive and a half because they give it the could have been 10 points in the first half, not just the seven because there was a missed field goal in there. But the defense did his job pushing back the, pushing back Washington. But the defense in the second half in particular, starting with what, there was a three and out. And then there was a 10 play 27-yard drive. So all that did really, all that really did was eat time for minutes and 43 seconds, ending in a punt.

But then it was an interesting. was a 10-play 27-yard drive. So all that really did was eat time, four minutes and 43 seconds, ending in a punt.

But then it was an interception.

It was an interception.

It was a turnover on downs on a negative eight-yard possession.

And then another interception.

So four straight possessions in the second half, Michigan had three interceptions and a turnover on downs.

In that stretch, Washington ran nine plays for 25 yards.

Nine plays for 25 yards in their last four possessions of the game.

A heck of a job by the Michigan defense.

And they were led by the linebackers. And I'll start with Cole Sullivan, even though he had the fewest amount of statistics on the board. He had one tackle on the board officially listed. He had an interception, a huge play, obviously, late in the third quarter. The momentum changing play of the game was Cole Sullivan. He had an impact.

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