Twitter (X) Reactions: Media Reacts To Michigan Football Beating Down UNLV

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Wolverines continued their winning ways on Saturday. Michigan walked out of the Big House 2-0 on the season after a dominating, 35-7 win over the UNLV Rebels.
Once again, J.J. McCarthy led the way and he sliced up the Rebels' secondary. McCarthy played most of the first three quarters and finished going 22-for-25 for 278 yards, two touchdowns, and had a QB rating of 207.8. He found Roman Wilson twice for touch for touchdowns, including a 47-yard score.
Blake Corum scored three times on the day and ran for 80 yards.
The Wolverines' defense was stifling against UNLV. Michigan recorded five sacks on the day. Both Kenneth Grant and Jaylen Harrell led the way with 1.5 sacks each.
Here are the best Twitter (X) reactions we could find regarding Michigan beating UNLV on Saturday.
Brad Galli posting an interesting tidbit
CBS is at Michigan Stadium for a football broadcast for the first time since 1986, Brad Nessler said. pic.twitter.com/34C0xbQHDf
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) September 9, 2023
Big Ten Network showing Corum's on the board
2️⃣ gets No. 2️⃣ on the board first. @blake_corum x @UMichFootball
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) September 9, 2023
📺: CBS pic.twitter.com/u4Oo17GARB
Derrick Moore with the first Michigan sack of the season
😤@Big8DMoore with the sack on third down gives us the ball back after the punt! pic.twitter.com/3TRFNrnthS
— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) September 9, 2023
Sam Webb noticing something J.J. McCarthy has really improved on
So different this season... @jjmccarthy09 keeping his head down filed EVERY TIME he's flushed
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) September 9, 2023
Michigan football account posting after Jaylen Harrell recorded two sacks in a drive
— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) September 9, 2023
J.J. finds Roman Wilson for a 13-yard TD before the first half ended.
The @jjmccarthy09 to @Trilllroman connection is still clicking!#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/IB3EhCM2nD
— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) September 9, 2023
Tracy Wolfson on CBS airing the game and Michigan rolling in Ann Arbor
Love that my college football crew is doing the @UMichFootball game! And the wolverines are rolling! #GoBlue
— Tracy Wolfson (@tracywolfson) September 9, 2023
Scott Bell after Wilson scored his second TD in the game
Roman Wilson is now the NCAA leader in receiving touchdowns.
— Scott Bell (@sbell021) September 9, 2023
Braylon Edwards on J.J. and Roman
That boy @Trilllroman and @jjmccarthy09 Going nuts out there. Let’s go fellas….I see the connection going crazy right now. 〽️
— Braylon Edwards (@OfficialBraylon) September 9, 2023
Sam Webb on the dominating Michigan D-line on Saturday
.@BraidenMcgregor has made his presence felt in this one. Entire DL has for that matter
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) September 9, 2023
Awesome tribute to J.J. McCarthy's former teammate who passed away
For Number 47 https://t.co/8VFsY1KXJv pic.twitter.com/mRlJvPvML6
— CBS Sports College Football 🏈 (@CBSSportsCFB) September 9, 2023
J.J. McCarthy off to a historic start
#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/uukfad2NKC
— Chad Shepard (@UMShep) September 9, 2023
Tom VanHaaren on Blake Corum
#Michigan running back Blake Corum now has his fourth career game with three or more rushing touchdowns, which is the most by a Wolverine since Mike Hart had five from 2004-2007 per @ESPNStatsInfo
— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) September 9, 2023

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