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Harbaugh: Overthinking hurt defense vs. up-tempo

One of the Michigan defense's biggest problems against Utah came when the Utes sped up the pace.

U-M cornerback Jourdan Lewis said Monday that he thought it was an issue with fatigue.

Coach Jim Harbaugh today put it more on mentality.

"That's one thing we can do a better job at," he said on the Big Ten coaches' teleconference. "It felt like our players really knew what to do, but there were times that you need to understand what to do, diagnose it, then react, whereas there might have been a step in there where we were recognizing it, understanding what to do and double-checking ourselves and then reacting.