It’s not very often in college football that we see the entire outlook and narrative around a program flip in one season. However, that’s what happened with Michigan football. Through five seasons of the Jim Harbaugh regime, Michigan was back to being relevant on the national stage, but still wasn’t quite in that top tier. Losses to Ohio State and against highly ranked opponents made many wonder if Harbaugh had what it takes to make Michigan a contender for conference and national championships.
Then came the abysmal 2020 season, when it seemed like the Michigan program was doomed to entirely collapse on itself.