Michigan Football Team Takes 9-0 On Alabama In The College Playoff Semifinal At The Rose Bowl…

In the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl, the Michigan football team will play Alabama football in a few days. The Wolverines’ most recent game on the field was the Big Ten championship game on December 2. In order to secure their postseason berth, Michigan defeated Iowa in that game. With the Crimson Tide coming up, the team has nearly a month to recuperate. Michigan needed that time off because they had several injured key players.

One key Michigan football player that has been battling an injury is defensive lineman Mason Graham. He played through a broken thumb injury for most of the season, but it didn’t slow him down much as he was one of the best players on defense for the Wolverines this season. Still, Michigan obviously wants him to be at 100%.

Mason Graham has benefited from his extended leave, and he is now back to 100%. Alejandro Zúñiga tweeted that Graham stated during media availability that he is fully healed for the Michigan team’s Rose Bowl game, which is being held in Pasadena. This is fantastic news for the Wolverines because they will need a strong defensive line to slow down Alabama’s offense led by Jalen Milroe.

Graham has amassed 28 tackles this season along the Michigan defensive line in addition to three sacks and one forced fumble. He has been outstanding for the Wolverines this season, but in the Rose Bowl, he will need to perform at the highest level.

On New Year’s Day, the Rose Bowl will begin at 5:00 ET from Pasadena, California. ESPN will broadcast the game. The winner of this matchup—Michigan is currently favored by 1.5—will play either Washington or Texas in the national championship match.

READ MORE:

‘Toughest player’ Junior Colson broke his finger, played two more drives for Michigan before getting a cast…

LOS ANGELES Junior Colson, a linebacker for Michigan, was named the team’s Toughest Player, and on Thursday, he told a story that clarified why he was chosen for the award.

The junior linebacker disclosed some details regarding the injury, which has kept him sidelined for the majority of the season: His fourth metacarpal is fractured. Colson didn’t even want to miss a play after suffering the break, in addition to not missing a game. The junior linebacker indicated that he felt his finger break and made the decision to continue playing for the remainder of the drive. Finally, he went into the locker room for X-rays before returning to the field for one more drive.

We’ll let Colson share the story, which occurred during the Purdue game:

Well, that one was interesting because I still, like, I broke my hand. I finished the job. I felt it when it broke. It was early in the drive. I told Mike B.: ‘I think my hand is broke.’ He said, ‘What do you mean?’ ‘I feel my hand’s broken, bro.’ ‘You sure? You want to go out?’

‘No, let’s finish this drive.’ We finished the drive. I went and told my coach my hand’s broken. He was, like, ‘Huh?’ ‘My hand’s broken!’ And then we call Phil over and all that stuff. He felt out my hand and he said: ‘We have to go get X-rays on it.’

However, there were only four minutes remaining in the half and quarter. “What do you want to do?” he asked. Would you like to head up there now? “Can we just wrap it?” was said. He wrapped it in a particular manner. We’ve completed our drive. returned outside. We took a second drive. I completed that drive. And we dashed toward the tunnel. took a few X-rays of it. It demonstrates that it was a tidy break or snap. “Shoot, it’s a clean break,” he said. Shall we cast it up, I thought?

So he just put a big cast on it. Came out the second half and just played ball. And after that, went and saw the doctor the next day.

Colson said playing with a cast is “weird,” particularly because it makes it difficult to wrap up when tackling.

“Every type of hit you felt your hand move a little bit: ‘I hope a bone’s not broken now,’” he explained. “Just playing in it, mostly tried not to focus on it too much. The more you focus on your hand the more it affects your play. I just had to go out there and, especially during practice, just change the way I tackle and change the way I hit people in certain ways, which has been good for me.

It is capable of handling that. being able to learn how to approach problems in various ways, particularly when it comes to certain seasons. I believe it has greatly aided in my development as a player.

Colson wears a splint on his right hand in addition to having limitations with his left. Colson kept the specifics to himself in response, saying, “There are some issues there.”