GAME BREAKDOWN
KEY MATCHUP: Ohio State averages 359.5 passing yards per game, tops in the Big Ten and fourth-most in the country. The Buckeyes’ air attack will be a major challenge for Michigan, which is No. 1 nationally against the pass at 123.2 yards allowed per game and hasn’t yielded more than 209 yards to any opponent this season. OSU’s season-low passing output was 227 yards on Nov. 10 at Michigan State.
DRAFT SLANT
–DE Chase Winovich has risen to No. 26 on Bleacher Report NFL Draft expert Matt Miller’s 2019 big board. The fifth-year senior has been playing “at a Most Valuable Player level,” coach Jim Harbaugh said.
ROSTER REPORT:
–LB Devin Bush Jr. has been named a finalist for the Butkus Award, given to the nation’s top linebacker. The junior was also a finalist in 2017, losing out to Georgia’s Roquan Smith.
–Evaluations of injuries to DE Chase Winovich and RB Berkley Edwards suffered against Indiana “were the best possible outcomes,” coach Jim Harbaugh said. The status for each against Ohio State was uncertain as on Monday.
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