LINCOLN, NE — They ended on a knee, a quiet way to end a chaotic game, but they made a statement anyway. That Michigan football ended the game on its own terms, despite a few moments where it tried to hand things over to Nebraska, says something about this interesting young group.

Young teams do that occasionally. So do interim coaches.

They freeze when they shouldn’t, and Biff Poggi’s brain freeze might’ve gone into a different kind of memory vat had his Wolverines not showed rowdy grit late at Memorial Stadium, knocking off Nebraska, 30-27.

No numbers illustrate this better than 1-for-8, which is how often U-M converted third downs through nearly the first 3½ quarters. But in winning time? THE GAME: Michigan football runs over Nebraska 30-27 in Big Ten opener Looking for

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