Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh discusses opening loss to Notre Dame, 24-17, on Sept. 1, 2018. What was the difference in the game? Nick Baumgardner, Freep
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — For nine months, they hoped.
After sitting through an abysmal offensive campaign that featured numerous unsolved issues, Michigan football supporters held onto every bit of change like a magic umbrella in a rain storm.
Tim Drevno left, Ed Warinner showed up. Jim Harbaugh hired a wide receivers coach. He talked about the run-pass option. And, above all, he signed Shea Patterson. As time wore on, popular narratives began to appear that placed the entirety of 2017's problems on the quarterback position.