The Lions can win today similarly to how Michigan won. I think they have a good run defense, like Michigan, and control the line of scrimmage to limit Williams and take the Rams running game away. I think they make the Rams offense one dimensional and we all know how Matt Stafford can be when he's one dimensional. We know he can put a team on his back and win, but also know when forced to sling it, with no run game, how he can look without help.
The other similarities with Michigan and the way they beat Washington are our run game and offensive line protection. We run the ball as good, or better, than anyone. Of course that helps us to produce offensive production and points. Our running game also leads to us controlling the clock and limiting our opponents number of possessions. If the Rams are forced out of running the ball and have to gunsling it with Stafford than I think that could mean we're in control of the total number of possessions.
The obvious, big differences with Michigan is our lack of pass rush and terrible play by our corners. We give up tons of big plays because we don't get pressure on the QB and our corners can't cover man on man. We ask our corner to hold coverage longer than they can be expected too and we just don't have the talent back there to ask them to go man coverage against Cupp and Nakua all night long.