Sentences with phrase «michigan moves the chains»

Michigan moves the chains once and then punts, but not until calling two timeouts due to confusion and / or an expiring play clock.

Not exact matches

Michigan's first drive just about follows the «scoring on Wisconsin» script: Wisconsin commits a holding penalty to move the chains (check!)

If he's able to find receivers like Bennie Fowler, Tony Lippett and Macgarrett Kings, Jr., on third - and - 5 or 7, and if he's able to avoid negative plays on such downs, Michigan State could keep the chains moving, shrink the game, and make enough stops to take the Big Ten title.

I touched on it in my previous answer, but Michigan has been potent because it is balanced, moves the chains on critical downs and converts scoring chances.