"Michigan is back!"
That's was the headline way back when Brady Hoke finished his first season 11-2 with a win against Ohio State and a Sugar Bowl victory in the 2011 season.
Since then, Michigan has finished 8-5, 7-6, and 5-7. Hoke never won a game he wasn't supposed to win and his best road wins amounted to, essentially Benny Hill-esque blunderfests against Northwestern. Last year in late-October, David Brandon was forced to resign, and a month later his hand-picked coach was shown the door.
Safe to say that Michigan was most definitely not "back".