For a 6-2 team that has one of the toughest schedules in the nation, the No. 19 Michigan Wolverines have been a punching bag for critics. And against No. 8 Notre Dame, they punched back.
Michigan didn’t only land the first punch against the Fighting Irish, they landed all the significant strikes. The Wolverines were relentless with their haymakers, and they didn’t just knock out Notre Dame, they knocked out the naysayers... for now.
Michigan narrowly lost to Penn State a week ago, turning a 21-0 deficit into a 28-21 game with a chance at the goal-line in the final two minutes to tie it up.