Ten wins at the end of the 2015 season at Michigan felt like unwrapping a package stuffed with hope for the future and current validation for a year of Jim Harbaugh-inspired giddiness. Ten wins this season for Michigan must have felt more like unwrapping the same sweater you got last year.
The bar has been raised in a hurry. When trying to determine whether the Wolverines moved forward in 2016 and trying to pin down a proper legacy for the outgoing seniors, that’s as good a place as any to start.
Michigan’s senior class won 20 games in its final two seasons in Ann Arbor -- a commendable accomplishment anywhere outside of Tuscaloosa.