ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Nobody at Michigan expected the Wolverines to start 2024 looking like the unstoppable, undefeated national champions of last year -- not when that 2023 team lost an FBS-leading 13 of those players to the NFL, along with their coach.
But the jarring difference that has unfolded in a matter of months was on full display Saturday when No. 3 Texas dismantled the Wolverines in every which way on their home turf, breezing out of town with a 31-12 win while snapping Michigan's streak of 23-straight wins in the Big House.