(Photo: John T. Greilick, Detroit News)
Ann Arbor — After Michigan’s crushing loss at Wisconsin to open the Big Ten season, Jim Harbaugh said the Wolverines had been outplayed, outcoached and out-prepared.
He didn’t say “out-toughed” but that was inferred.
One of the changes that the coaches are crediting for toughening up the team, particularly on the offensive and defensive lines, is having the first-team offense and first-team defense — good on good, as they say — practice against each other for the first half hour of practices on Tuesday. That has been in place since the Wisconsin game, and they believe it’s paying off.