Ann Arbor — Whether this is the beginning of the end, or the start of something special, Michigan knows what’s at stake as the 12th-ranked Wolverines kick off a midseason gauntlet Saturday night against No. 15 Wisconsin at Michigan Stadium.
What’s past is prologue, and what’s to come, well, “This is the part that defines your whole season,” linebacker Devin Bush Jr. said, “and what your team wants to do.”
And to get what they want — a clear shot at their first Big Ten championship since Jim Harbaugh was a first-year head coach and Shea Patterson was a first grader — they’d do well to borrow a page from their in-state rival’s playbook.