October 24, 2024

The seeds of Michigan football's loss to Ohio State were sown on the recruiting trail


CLOSE Jim Harbaugh explains what went wrong in another meltdown vs. Ohio State, a 56-27 loss at Michigan Stadium, Nov. 30, 2019. Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press Aidan Hutchinson peered down at the stat sheet in front of him and wore a befuddled expression. He shook his head once, then again a couple of minutes later. The Michigan defensive lineman had just started to process what happened on yet another late November Saturday that ended in disaster. The gory details were right there in front of him: the 29-point margin of defeat, the 577 yards surrendered, the 13-minute differential in time of possession. They all added up to a 56-27 loss to Ohio State that affirmed the Buckeyes’ supremacy in this rivalry. “It’s hard to look at,” Hutchinson said, the agony seeping into his words. “We’re a lot better than the numbers on this sheet. … I didn’t see this…

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