Blake Corum says Michigan can ‘bully bullies’ after big win vs. Rutgers

Blake Corum and the Michigan offense found a bit of balance in the B1G opener against Rutgers.

During a 31-7 win, Corum rushed for 97 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Wolverines put away a sluggish start to cruise in the fourth quarter. As a team, Michigan hit 201 rushing yards with 5 yards per carry.

By contrast, the Scarlet Knights had just 77 yards rushing with 3.3 yards per carry. Rutgers also finished 3-for-10 on 3rd down with Michigan stifling things on defense.

After the game, Corum and Junior Colson were asked about going up against another team that tries to pride itself on smashmouth football. Corum said the Wolverines “bully bullies” and noted Rutgers takes pride in “thinking they’re the bullies.”

Colson noted there can’t be two smashmouth teams and also said the Wolverines were doing the style first.

Michigan RB Blake Corum: “Who’s the bully? They take pride coming in thinking they’re the bullies. We bully bullies.”

— Alejandro Zúñiga (@ByAZuniga) September 23, 2023

Asked Blake Corum about taking pride in beating another smash mouth (on paper) team in a smash-mouth way: “We bully bullies.”

Added Junior Colson: “There can’t be two smash-mouth teams, and we were (doing it) first.”

— Zach Shaw (@_ZachShaw) September 23, 2023

Regardless of the styles involved, Michigan has now won 9 straight over Rutgers under Jim Harbaugh with back-to-back blowouts.

Paul Harvey

Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.