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I was very worried about him in the first few games. Always seemed to be the guy getting moved off the LOS when teams chunked runs but starting with Ohio State he has been a bright spot when I've seen him.

One thing I really credit the current staff with is how good our DL guys have been at making tackles near the line of scrimmage against skill position guys, which is really not easy.

Good things which are happening and I think give us a better chance to win:

-We are flying in today

-We are now flying on a bigger aircraft to away games. Not sure if permanent, but previously we always flew on Alaska's biggest 737 (~175 seats). Even to the natty, much to my chagrin, which I believe put us at a rest & recovery deficit to Michigan for that game as Michigan went on a luxury 747.

We flew one of Hawaiian's A330s to and from Maryland and are doing the same for Michigan. 275 seats including 18 lie flat beds for whoever has earned those. Hooray that Alaska bought Hawaiian! (The irony of an Airbus aircraft transporting the University of Washington football team to games while flying out of Boeing Field is not lost on me in the slightest)

Anyway, we got an extra day to prepare and Two proper nights of sleep more than Michigan, since they flew overnight from LAX on Saturday and didn't land until 5am Sunday. That's about the worst type of travel possible and this time they were on a regular coach plane with no flat beds.

If we get anything out of Durfee, Willis or Mills this game I will feel good. I don't like Michigan coming off a loss but they also looked pretty bad vs USC. Hopefully they are more bad than desperate and that Moore is a moron.

Good summary of the battle to come: