Michigan football returns to action at the Big House on Saturday with a visit from No. 14 Iowa, a program that has had their number in recent years. The Wolverines need another victory to keep their conference title hopes alive and work to get on a roll after their early season struggles, but a handful of key plot threads will determine where this contest will be decided on Saturday.
Here are the top ones to watch.
Quarterback showdown
This game features a pair of signal-callers in Michigan’s Shea Patterson and Iowa’s Nate Stanley that have struggled in big-game atmospheres.