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Season analysis: Running backs 

November, 28, 2012
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By Michael Rothstein | ESPN.com
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan believed it was set at running back entering the season. Fitzgerald Toussaint was being discussed as a fringe Heisman Trophy candidate. Thomas Rawls was a backup with a ton of potential.

How much things have changed this season.

Michigan’s running backs were mostly ineffective in 2012. They looked nothing like what many believed they would.

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