There are a thousand reasons why Michigan’s trip to Happy Valley ended in a loss, ranging from poor execution to bad luck to unwise choices. To pinpoint the defeat on a single area is foolish, but there are some questionable actions that need to be addressed going forward.
On three separate occasions against Penn State, head coach Jim Harbaugh elected to take the Michigan offense off the field on fourth down. There is no guarantee that choosing to go for it on any of these drives would have changed anything, but looking at these situations alone, it sure seems like Harbaugh made the wrong call.