Plenty of questions remain for the Michigan football program off the field, and perhaps a few more presented themselves on the field Saturday night against Purdue.

For the ninth consecutive game, the No. 2 ranked Wolverines dismantled an opponent. This time, it was a 41-13 thrashing of the lowly Boilermakers to set up a high stakes clash next week at No. 9 Penn State, even if it wasn’t quite as crisp as recent beatdowns.

“I was just so impressed with the squad tonight,” said coach Jim Harbaugh. “A bunch of stalwarts.”

Quarterback J.J. McCarthy was good, but just a tick off, as his Heisman Trophy campaign took a step back. McCarthy, who played until the final kneel down for the first time this season, completed 24 of 37 passes for a season-high 335 yards and no scores.

He wasn’t helped by, at least, four drops by pass catchers; however Roman Wilson finished with a career-high nine catches for 144 yards.

“I just got to put the ball in the right spot where I can make it easy to make a catch,” McCarthy said. “Today it wasn’t my best day with my accuracy. Missed a couple throws that I want back big time, but it’s a good problem to have when you’re putting up 41 points still.”