It was rainy. It was cold. It was...perfect football weather.

The Michigan football team played in front of an announced homecoming crowd of 110,922 people, but with a steady downpour, it was clearly far less. The Wolverines rewarded those who toughed out the conditions though with an absolutely dominant 45-0 win over Illinois.

No matter the weather, the Big House will no doubt be packed from beginning to end next week when Michigan takes on Michigan State.

But before moving onto next week, let's rehash the win that was. Denard Robinson rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns, threw for 159 yards two more and on defense Jake Ryan went off with 11 tackles, including 3.5 for loss and a 1.5 sacks.

Check out our coverage from before, during and after the game:

Post-Game Coverage

• Game Story: Michigan crushes Illinois 45-0, enters Michigan State week on a roll


Illinois quarterback Reilly O'Toole is sacked by Michigan defensive end Mario Ojemudia in the second half of the game on Saturday. Michigan won 45-0.

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• Boxscore


• Column: Michigan flying high heading into Michigan State week


• With Polls: Your chance to rate Michigan's performance in our interactive polls


• By the numbers: Denard Robinson hits 10,000 yards, Michigan pass defense continues to dominate


• Injury report: Michigan RB Vincent Smith sits with injury, and more on Denard Robinson's 'boo-boo'


• Grades: Jake Ryan posts monster game to help Michigan blast Illinois


• Photo Gallery: Rain makes for crappy tailgating, but awesome photos. Check out AnnArbor.com's best shots


• Police stats: A "drunk visitor jumped the wall at the end of the first half," and more crime data from the game


• Up next: Michigan State loses in double overtime to Iowa, 19-16, after Andrew Maxwell's interception reports MLive.com's Josh Slagter

In-Game coverage

Check out the action as it happened, and find out what the reaction was in real time, from Nick Baumgardner's live blog.

Pre-Game Coverage

• Michigan's Desmond Morgan to wear Gerald Ford's previously retired No. 48


• Who's got the edge? Position-by-position breakdown of Michigan-Illinois


• Pre-game mega guide

Eighty nine percent of 492 readers thought Michigan would win, but only 37 percent of you thought Michigan would cover the spread (23.5). The Wolverines nearly doubled it.

More Scores

• Eastern Michigan running back Bronson Hill rushes for NCAA-best 283 yards, but Eagles fall to Toledo, 52-47
• Big Ten Scoreboard
• Top 25 scoreboard

Pete Cunningham covers sports for AnnArbor.com.