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Bacon: Don't blame Harbaugh, Rutgers is just that bad, plus Western Michigan goes national (video)

Michigan Public | By Josh Hakala
Published October 10, 2016 at 4:43 PM EDT
High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, N.J. was the site of one of Michigan's most lopsided wins in program history, 78-0 over Rutgers.
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High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, N.J. was the site of one of Michigan's most lopsided wins in program history, 78-0 over Rutgers.

Our conversation with John U. Bacon, Michigan Radio's sports commentator.

It was a big weekend for football around the Great Lakes State. The University of Michigan stole most of the headlines with an historic 78-0 road win over Rutgers. It was a dominant win in just about every phase of the game as the Wolverines "took the paddle" (as John U. Bacon likes to say) to the Scarlet Knights.

After a one-sided loss, there are always fans and sportswriters who like to criticize the head coach for running up the score. However, John U. Bacon said in his weekly segment on Stateside, it wasn't Jim Harbaugh being a bad sport.

Michigan was up 43-0 at halftime, and Harbaugh took out all of his starters and just ran the ball the rest of the game. The problem was, even though they knew it was coming, Rutgers couldn't stop them as the Wolverines scored a program-record nine rushing touchdowns. 

Watch Michigan's 11 touchdowns in 60 seconds

Elsewhere, Michigan State's disappointing season and Western Michigan's dream season both continued on Saturday. Michigan State lost to BYU 31-14, while the Broncos beat Northern Illinois 45-30 to remain undefeated at 6-0. With the win, WMU cracked the AP Top 25 for the first time in the school's history. 

To add to the glory for Broncos fans, star wide receiver Corey Davis continues to make national headlines. On Saturday, his amazing one-handed touchdown catch was named the top play on ESPN. Check out the video of the catch below. 

Despite Michigan State's struggles (they are now 2-3 on the season), Bacon says don't count out the Spartans when it comes to the Oct. 29 showdown in East Lansing with Michigan. MSU has a habit of beating the Wolverines when their rivals in Ann Arbor are heavy favorites.

Listen to the full interview above to hear Bacon's take on the Detroit Lions' dramatic win over the previously unbeaten Philadelphia Eagles, Brad Ausmus signing a contract extension with the Detroit Tigers and how Michigan'sbig win cost Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Ann Arbor a lot of money. 

 

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Josh Hakala
Josh Hakala, a lifelong Michigander (East Lansing & Edwardsburg), comes to Michigan Radio after nearly two decades of working in a variety of fields within broadcasting and digital media. Most recently, he worked for Advance Digital where he managed newspaper websites from across the country, including MLive.com. While his resume is filled with sports broadcasting experience (Big Ten Network, 97.1FM The Ticket, 610AM WIP etc.), radio reporting (90.1FM WRTI) and odd jobs (Editor for the FIFA video game series for EA Sports), he brings a passion for news and storytelling to the Stateside staff.
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