Michigan Daily: Article by Nate Sandals

Nate Sandals: Michigan football is in a free fall

By Nate Sandals
Daily Sports Editor

When will this Michigan football team hit rock bottom?

After a six-turnover game at Notre Dame last month, it looked as if the Wolverines couldn’t play any worse. That was when Rich Rodriguez said Michigan football would "be back," and his prediction appeared accurate when Michigan upset No. 8 Wisconsin two weeks later.

Then came last weekend's blowout loss to Illinois — a game in which the Wolverines played like veterans for the first 15 minutes and looked like they didn’t know which way was up for the last 45.

But after that game, a beacon of hope came down from the scheduling gods: Toledo.

The Toledo Rockets of the Mid-American Conference, a collection of teams against whom Michigan had a 24-0 record going into the game. Toledo, a team that was 1-4 coming into the game, had given up more than 30 points per game and lost at home to Florida International (yes, that’s a real school). What better way to get some momentum back for the rest of the conference schedule?

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