After a rough loss last weekend, the Michigan Wolverines are back at home and hoping to bounce back against a 5-1 Washington team. Michigan is the favorite with the Huskies making the cross-country trip, and if Michigan loses this one, it can kiss its College Football Playoff hopes goodbye.

Here’s what Michigan needs to do to improve to 5-2.

One weakness of this Washington offense is it tends to get off to slow starts. The Huskies average just 4.2 points per game in the first quarter, a mark that’s 3.3 points behind Michigan and is tied for 86th among 136 teams. Washington was shutout in the first half against Ohio State and Maryland, and trailed 13-10 at halftime to a mediocre Rutgers team last week.

This isn’t merely a Washington problem — with the expanded Big Ten, teams traveling ac

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