Michigan Football: 3 Takeaways from win over Indiana
By Jesse Smith
1. Michigan fans are still looking at Harbaugh
Everywhere Jim Harbaugh has coached, he has made an immediate change in the culture and ultimately they start winning: San Diego State, Stanford, San Francisco (NFL) and Michigan. He won and his currently winning, but honeymoons don’t last. Harbaugh is 24-7 overall and has gotten his team to a bowl game both full years during this tenure in Michigan (he is currently in his third season).
His team was 6-2 in 2015, but losses to Michigan State and Ohio State soured the success. In 2016, the Wolverines had a conference record of 7-2, but a huge loss to Ohio State at the end of the season put a slight diaper on the team’s success. On a positive note they knocked off Michigan State last season, but in his first two seasons against teams major rivals he was 1-3. It takes time to right the ship, but when you win people expect it come to fruition a lot faster.
Two 10-win seasons are nothing to sneeze at, but after losing to Michigan State at home last Saturday, Michigan twitter was pretty pissed off, maybe irrational, but it happened and now a 27-20 win in overtime against Indiana may have added gasoline.
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