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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Not only was Michigan beaten up via the final score to rival MSU, to the tune of 27-24, but it was beaten up on the field as well.
Though it arrived in the game fully healthy, with every starter available for the Wolverines, losses mounted throughout, with key players finding the exits due to various injuries.
While we have very little in terms of specifics, Jim Harbaugh did update two of Michigan’s key injuries after the game.
First, it was redshirt sophomore linebacker Cam McGrone, who left the game late in the first-half. He returned in uniform for the second, but Harbaugh says that McGrone was not cleared by the medical staff to return.
“Cam couldn’t finish the second half,” Harbaugh said. “Wanted to, but doctors held him out the second half.”
Adding insult to injury — or, rather, injury to insult — starting right tackle Jalen Mayfield, who opted back in after initially announcing for the NFL draft, left the game late in the fourth quarter, having been injured on the final drive for the maize and blue.
While we don’t know the severity of the injury as far as long term, it appears that Mayfield didn’t suffer anything catastrophic, according to Jim Harbaugh.
“Jalen, he had X-rays after the game and they were negative,” Harbaugh said.
Still, we’ll wait to see if Mayfield is able to return in the future, as receiving X-rays after the game doesn’t sound terribly promising.
For now, Michigan will lick its wounds with a grapple against Indiana in Bloomington coming up next weekend.