You should never apologize for a win. "They don't count pretty on the scoreboard," as Jim Harbaugh once said, but Michigan's win over Purdue was close, too close.
The five-point lead was too close for comfort. It's one thing if Michigan football loses to Ohio State in the final game of the regular season. It's another to have the season essentially be over, from a playoff perspective, before that game even happens.
A loss to Purdue would have made that a reality. Yet, the Wolverines responded with a big-time drive when needed to run out the final six minutes of game clock.