Free Press sports writer Nick Baumgardner and columnist Jeff Seidel recap Michigan’s loss to South Carolina in the Outback Bowl on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Tampa, Fla.
TAMPA, Fla. — Michigan's woes have boiled down to several different things.
And Monday afternoon in the Outback Bowl, they all crashed together in U-M's ugliest loss of what turned out to be a disheartening 2017 football season.
Quarterback play. Pass protection. Run blocking. Play calling. Coaching in general.
Jim Harbaugh's football program struggled with all of it this season and during a five-turnover second-half meltdown that resulted in a 26-19 loss to South Carolina, it all happened at once.