Michigan Football played its long-awaited 2019 season debut on Saturday night from Ann Arbor and — for the most part — ran Middle Tennessee State off the field in a 40-21 victory. It was sloppy, which may have been expected given that the team is breaking in a brand new offense and replacing so many key players on the defensive side of the ball.
Despite this, we learned a lot about where this football team is at now and the offseason hype and training camp takes no longer matter. A football game has been played, and now the bar has been set.