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Many saw Michigan’s penultimate regular season game at Indiana as a potential trouble spot. The Hoosiers always play the Wolverines tough, and when it’s been the second-to-last game of the regular season, it’s often been at home. But this one was in Bloomington,
It was close for nearly a half. But then the maize and blue put it away, behind a stellar performance on both sides of the ball.
It was such a stellar performance, in fact, particularly on offense, that scouting website, Pro Football Focus, named two Wolverines to its ‘team of the week,’ as the offensive attack continues to roll.
Naturally, it starts with quarterback Shea Patterson, who had his second consecutive 350+ yard passing attack. He became the first-ever Wolverine to pass for four or more touchdowns in consecutive games in the 39-14 win.
Shea Patterson, Michigan
It didn’t matter the direction, depth or type of coverage that Patterson was throwing into against Indiana on Saturday, he was simply lights out after falling behind 7-14 against a much better Hoosiers team than most give credit for. Patterson threw for 371 yards and five touchdowns, hitting all five touchdowns on throws targeted at least 10 yards past the line of scrimmage. He has his Wolverines team rolling into their annual showdown with Ohio State, reaching highs that we haven’t seen from him this year at the very right time.
Naturally, his primary benefactor on offense also got a nod, as junior wideout Nico Collins had his best-ever game in maize and blue.
Nico Collins, Michigan
Benefiting from his quarterback’s best performance of the season, Collins hauled in six catches for 165 yards and three scores, securing 78 of those yards after the catch. He was stellar on deep shots, catching 2-of-3 passes targeted at least 20 yards downfield for 43 yards and two touchdowns while he caught 100% of his targets in between the numbers, finishing with a 3-for-3, 124 yards and two touchdown stat line on passes over the middle of the field.
Michigan SAM linebacker Josh Uche also got an honorable mention as an edge defender — behind Ohio State star DE Chase Young.
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