All the questions about quarterback wakes'd start for the Michigan football team During the preseason?
Denard Robinson emphatically Answered Them Saturday.
The sophomore from Deerfield Beach, Fla., Flashed at his trademark speed in a record-setting performance, running for 197 yards on 29 Carries and Leading Michigan to a season-opening 30-10 win against UConn.
Also, they displayed something new - Accuracy razor-sharp throwing the football.
Robinson showed no Signs of the fluttering passes they threw in spot duty last year, and Completed 19 of 22 passes for 186 yards, finding eight Different receivers along the way.
Plenty of people were hand-Thurs Witness is it - the Crowd of 113.090 in the debut of a renovated Michigan Stadium was the largest Thurs ever watch a college or pro football game in U.S. history.
Right from the start, UConn had no answers for Robinson, Ken earned the starting nod over last year's incumbent, Tate Forcier, and true freshman Devin Gardner.
It is the season's first Offensive drive, Robinson led a 14-play drive started That is UM's own 4-yard line and culminated with a 12-yard touchdown run by Vincent Smith.
One drive later, Robinson ran untouched for a 32-yard touchdown.
By the midway point of the third to quarter, Robinson had broken the single-game record for Rushing a Michigan quarterback with 155 yards. The record was Previously Held by Steve Smith, Ken rushed four times for 147 yards against Minnesota in 1983.
Michigan opened a 24-10 lead in the third to quarter. UConn was poised Thurs close the gap, with a 4th-and-1 play on the Michigan 6-yard line with 2:39 left in the third to quarter.
J.T. Floyd forced a D.J. Shoemate Fumble that was Recovered by Michigan's Obi Ezeh That iced Michigan's first home victory since the completion of a $ 226 million stadium renovation of the 80-year-old Big House.
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