Michigan vs. Michigan State injury report, Digi Mart USA News (Ann Arbor, Michigan): Michigan is set to host Michigan State for the battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy. The game will be played under the lights for the fifth year in a row, and the Wolverines have taken down the Spartans in four straight games.
Michigan must be prepared for the Spartans to pull out all the stops in the game on Saturday night. Michigan State has two wins this season, and the Wolverines should expect Pat Fitzgerald to pull out every stop to try to take down the Wolverines.
Michigan has some positive and negative news ahead of the game against Michigan State after the injury report came out. The Wolverines will get both Dom Nichols and John Henry Daley back this weekend, with neither listed on the report.
Neither played last week at Rutgers, and Nichols has not played the last couple of weeks.
Michigan will also get Rod Moore back, who did not play last week against the Scarlet Knights. Moore was not listed on the injury report against Rutgers, but after he suffered an injury against Penn State, he has been very limited.
On the offensive side, Michigan will have its full complement of offensive linemen available. Blake Frazier, Jake Guarnerea and Brady Norton are not listed.
There were rumblings that Michigan could be without another starting lineman this weekend, and that is still possible, but the Wolverines are not listing anyone on the report. Avery Gach has made some noise, and a switch in the lineup is more than possible against the Spartans.
Tight end Hogan Hansen is listed as a game-time decision, which means he is expected to give it a go. Michigan got Mason Bonner involved more last weekend, and he played more snaps against Rutgers than he saw all season.
It is clear Michigan wants to get its tall true freshman involved moving forward, and if Hansen cannot play, expect more from Bonner.
The big news for rival Michigan State is that quarterback Alessio Milivojevic is not listed on the report, which indicates he will be back in the lineup for the Spartans.
