Five takeaways from The Detroit News' Angelique S. Chengelis after Michigan's 56-27 loss to Ohio State on Saturday.
Defense picked apart
A year after losing 62-39 at Ohio State, the Michigan defensive staff said all the right things about how that will never happen again. Well, it pretty much did. This time, Michigan gave up 577 yards in Saturday's loss to the Buckeyes, a year after allowing 567 yards. And technically, one of the scores last year was on a punt return, so the defense gave up essentially the same total points.
The defense gave up nine plays of at least 20 yards, including seven of 30 yards or more with a long of 57 yards.