Michigan QB Shea Patterson discusses new offense after spring game, April 13, 2019 in Ann Arbor. Nick Baumgardner, Freep
A thirst for nostalgia can only provide so much.
Eventually, you adapt or you disappear.
Jim Harbaugh's first four years at Michigan were heavy on the old stuff. Fullbacks, 22 personnel. Discussions about steel being inserted into one's spine and homage after homage to the program's storied past. There was adaptation, too, of course. But not much.