Michigan has been at the forefront of college football for the first eight months of 2016. Since beating Florida soundly on the first day of the year, the Wolverines have kept a steady upward trajectory thanks to head coach Jim Harbaugh’s convention-shucking approach to, well, just about everything he touches.
Most coaches try to tamp down sky-high expectations (like being picked as College Football Playoff team by both ESPN and Sports Illustrated) by saying they’re taking things one day at a time. Love him or hate him, Harbaugh isn’t most coaches. Michigan sees your brazen predictions, and raises you a title game.