NEWSLETTER
You know, I think Michigan might actually be pretty good. When you lose twice in the first four weeks of the season and struggle against Air Force, it’s easy to be considered not so good. But when you consider that the 14 points UM scored on Alabama was as much as any team has scored on them this year, and consider that UM lost to Notre Dame by only 7 points in a game that UM out-gained Notre Dame by 60 yards (and turned it over 6 times to Notre Dame’s 2 (turnovers are notoriously flukey, especially at that elevated level)) … well, you start to wonder if Michigan might simply have lost to an extraordinarily good Alabama team, and lost a crazy game to a decent Notre Dame team. And the Air Force thing – lots of teams struggle against traditional option teams, particularly when they have only a short post-Alabama week to prepare. Otherwise, UM is blowing teams out. I’m not certain, and next week will tell a lot … but I think the Wolverines might be good.
