The concept of the bardo is a Buddhist reckoning of part of the spiritual life and afterlife, kind of a limbo that provides the soul an opportunity for self-discovery if one is properly prepared. If not, you're subject to terrifying visions and nightmares, and your eventual rebirth is probably going to suck just as badly as the life that brought you there in the first place.
So since the beginning of the Jim Tressel era, what has Michigan learned? What, if anything, has changed? What have they done to escape the football purgatory that they've been stuck in since a dude from Youngstown made a kickass speech at a basketball game?