Michigan Football: 3 things we learned in blow out of Nebraska

Forget Patterson, Higdon might be the key to the offense

With Higdon sidelined last week, Shea Patterson and Donovan Peoples-Jones carried the offense. It was good to see and it made a lot of people believe the offense should start running through Patterson. Admittedly, I was one of them.

Then Higdon did what he did Saturday and it makes you reconsider. Truly, he was dominant. Mason had a great game and UM using him in short yardage and goal-line situations proved highly effective, but Higdon and the offensive line are the stories.

When the game was over, Higdon ran the ball 12 times for 136 yards and scored a 44-yard touchdown. For the season, in three games, he has 46 rushing attempts for 364 yards, which is an average of 7.9 per attempt. He averaged more than 11 yards per carry against Nebraska.

Other guys ran well too, including Tru Wilson, who has six rushes for 43 yards and one for 26, but Higdon was special and he racked up his eighth 100-yard game at Michigan. In those contests, the Wolverines just happen to be 8-0, showing exactly how much he means to the offense.