Michigan football has spent 59 weeks ranked in the AP Top 10 since Jim Harbaugh’s arrival after doing it just once in the previous seven years combined.
Sometimes, Michigan football fans forget how bad they had it before Jim Harbaugh came back to Ann Arbor to save the Wolverines.
Most people won’t argue that Harbaugh saved Michigan football now. But it was clear that he had done that even before he finally conquered Ohio State and won two Big Ten titles.
Looking back at the Rich Rodriguez and Brady Hoke days, Michigan football had two winning records in Big Ten play over seven years — two.