Our Free Press sports writers break down what the Michigan football players and Jim Harbaugh said on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Ann Arbor. Nick Baumgardner and Jeff Seidel and Shawn Windsor and Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press
Weather undeniably played a factor in last year's Michigan State win over Michigan in Ann Arbor, as the teams played through torrential conditions.
An early look at the weather forecast for Saturday's game between the Wolverines and Spartans (noon, Fox) in East Lansing calls for a little precipitation, too.