STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — When Michigan's team plane touched down Friday afternoon, coaches and players learned that the Big Ten had suspended coach Jim Harbaugh for the final three-regular season games, beginning with Saturday's showdown against No.
10 Penn State. «Horrific timing,» offensive lineman Trevor Keegan said. But the eleventh-hour discipline for Harbaugh in the sign-stealing scandal couldn't derail the third-ranked Wolverines, who outclassed Penn State 24-15 to improve to 10-0 on the season.
Michigan didn't complete a pass in the second half — its only attempt resulted in a pass interference penalty on Penn State — and ran for 227 yards and three touchdowns against the nation's No.
1 rushing defense. The Wolverines became the first Big Ten team not to attempt a pass in a half since 2013 (Ohio State against Florida A&M) and the first non-service academy to do so since both Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern in 2018.