If Michigan coach Sherrone Moore’s suspension had any impact Saturday, it was an overwhelmingly positive one for the Wolverines.

It was a rallying cry, to which the now-No. 21 Michigan football team and interim coach Biff Poggi responded with a “ love letter ” in the form of an inspired drubbing of Central Michigan. The Wolverines were never going to lose that game. But with Moore on the sideline, they probably wouldn’t have been motivated enough to put up 63 points, either.

Combine Michigan’s unquantifiable drive with the fact Moore clung to the team until 12 hours before kickoff, and it’s hard to pinpoint any way that Moore’s suspension has debilitated the Wolverines thus far.

“Today, no matter what, I feel like it was leadership,” freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood said Saturda

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