Gerry DiNardo, analyst for BTN and former coach, made a salient point during the channel’s Big Ten Media Days coverage that relates directly to Michigan football.
To paraphrase, he said that it is one thing for a program to take the step of beating the team’s they probably should have beaten even in the down years. It is another step, of at least equal magnitude, for the program to beat the elite teams in the conference.
Some scoffed at Harbaugh mania as it swept the Michigan football program last year, others rightfully felt confident that it was a new era.