Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat. Michigan and Ohio State definitely have their fair share of concerns heading into next week’s showdown with the Big Ten East on the line, but the games and struggles we saw from both teams on Saturday feel like they can be attributed a lot to the fact that their eyes right now are clearly on each other.
Star-crossed lovers, or something. I don’t know.
Games against Indiana and Maryland are tough to get up for and it’s human nature to look ahead, so neither team can really be blamed for that.