Ann Arbor — Play time is just about over. Pay time beckons.
The Wolverines spent another afternoon frolicking and flexing, trotting out all sorts of funky formations, many involving Jabrill Peppers. It was a festive homecoming, a tidy 41-8 beating of Illinois, and like most of Michigan’s victories this season, it felt like a perfunctory punishing.
Michigan is 7-0 and ranked third, brutally efficient on both sides of the ball. And yet it’s still largely untested, loaded with promise but without a signature moment. That time is coming, when we find out if the Wolverines can turn payback into paydirt.