It’s the little things.
It’s the way your girlfriend perks up when you suggest Mexican food. It’s how your kids color outside the lines and smile at their chaos. It’s a cold beer after a long day.
In terms of football, it’s the little things that add up to determine the winners and losers. “It’s a game of inches” as we have all been told, and that adage remains as truthful today as it did when Bennie Oosterbaan was toting the rock.
Look no further than last weekend against Northwestern. Three plays were the difference between a 21-0 lead at halftime and the 10-7 lead the Wolverines carried in actuality.