Given the proper circumstances and conditions, the Michigan Wolverines could win eight or nine games under first-year coach Jim Harbaugh in 2015. But given reality, the fact they don’t have an experienced quarterback and the gaping holes in other areas, a six- or seven-win finish could be in the cards.
Either way, just about anything would be an improvement upon going 5-7 and missing a bowl game.
Optimism is the word in Ann Arbor, but fans must temper expectations. Yes, Harbaugh is the answer for the Wolverines. He represents what they’ve been trying to replicate since 1989, the final year of the Bo Schembechler era.