By all accounts, last season was as close to a storybook as one could get in Michigan football. There was, however, a particularly painful blemish — Oct. 30, 2021, when the Wolverines came up short against the Michigan State Spartans in a highly emotional contest.
Now with the clock ticking ever closer to a rematch, Michigan offensive lineman Karsen Barnhart admitted Monday the wounds left by 2021 are still festering.
“Really, we should’ve won that game,” Barnhart said. “We just didn’t execute at the end and we just didn’t finish the ballgame.
“We all know that we gotta get Paul back, and that’s especially for me being a Michigan guy, I’ve only beaten them once since my freshman year.