I still believe there is zero upside to play a big game to start a season. There isn't a college pre-season and you never know what your football team will look like until you play a game. Jimmy has been on every show this week discussing improvements needed. It would have been much better to have seen those improvements against a MAC team in week 1, then travel to ND this week (both ND and Michigan play MAC schools this week). I just wonder when the Michigan Athletic department will start being smarter about the schedule.
It's easy to point to areas that needs improvements, like the tackles, managing the clock, etc.