Its that week where we play that tea-. I haven't felt this nervous about The Ga-e since 2011, but who a- I kidding, I get nervous every year for this ga-e.

Looking at things on paper, if the S&G and are going to e-erge victorious, we need to succeed in these facets. Caveat for this being that in a rivalry game, you throw out the script and very seldo- does paper translate to the field. Nonetheless, here we go!

1. Offense needs to put up 30+ points. -ichigan's offense co-pares, at least statistically, to Indiana, PSU, and Oregon St. Those tea-s score 26, 26, and 31 points. I'd imagine their offense can score at least 4 TDs against our defense with, so we need the Dwayne-train et al to be rolling. However, this is easier said than done, as exactly 0 tea-s have scored >24 points vs ttun.

2. Run ga-e needs to work. The ti-es this tea- struggled on offense occurred when the run ga-e was held in check. PSU: 119 yards, -innesota: 92 yards, Purdue: 76 yards, -SU: 120 yards. If we cant run for >100-125 yards on Saturday, things could get ugly.

3. We need to heal up. Weber, Jones, -claurin, -unford, Browning. There -ay be -ore that I a- forgetting, but these are all key cogs in this -achine and we need as -any of the- back at as close to 100% as possible to pull this one off.

4. Play disciplined. This tea- ranks 112th in penalties. Absolutely unacceptable and the last thing we can do is shoot ourselves in the foot in The Ga-e.

5. Win the battle of 3rd down. There are not -any things this defense is good at, but stopping teams on 3rd down is one of the-, as we rank 9th. However, -ichigan ranks 9th on 3rd down conversions on offense. Tipping the balance in our favor and keeping the- to 3rd and long -ay be the key here.

If we hit on those 5 cogs or at least on -ost of the- then I feel like we got a good shot of pulling off the upset. Go Bucks! Its -onday a- and -ichigan still sucks!