Michigan Football: The curious case of Thunder and Lightning

When you think of Michigan football, one of the first things that come’s to mind is how the Wolverines play football. They traditionally want to play on their terms and dominate the opponent in the trenches with a physical run game and superb offensive line.

Over the years, Michigan has seen a plethora of successful collegiate running backs such as Tyrone Wheatley, Anthony Thomas, Michael Hart, Tshimanga Biakabutuka, and Chris Perry. One common theme between all these players is they’re all from at least 15 years ago.

While there are some good running backs we’ve seen the past few years like Karan Higdon and De’Veon Smith, we have not seen great from them. Even though Chris Evans was a difference-maker who packed a punch, he was not nearly as explosive as what we’re seeing today.

Hassan Haskins and Blake Corum have absolutely transcended the Michigan rushing attack under the coordination of Josh Gattis. Corum and Haskins complement each other in a way that makes defenses have to entirely change personal depending on who’s out there.

Haskins will make you regret getting big up the middle while Corum will look back at you after turning the edge. But who are they? Where did they come from? And how exactly did they impact the Michigan Football culture?

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Here’s a look at Michigan football’s thunder and lightning.