Ohio State's early season schedule is so pathetic that I honestly didn't even know which Directional Michigan they were playing on Saturday.
hey worked for Michigan last year. work out the kinks, play guys minimally and let banged up starters heal up.
although I will say you have to give Michigan some credit because they went through an absolute gauntlet at the end of the year to win it all, @Penn State, Ohio State, Iowa (terrible offense, but top flight defense), Bama (SEC champs, Saban), and Washington (top 10 NFL draft pick QB, 3 NFL WR's, NFL TE, 3 NFL OL's).
I actually love the new 12 team format simply because I think we're going to see a lot more of these huge non-con games going forward because an early season loss in them isn't a death sentence like it used to be. And I'm all for the big OOC matchups. Love seeing games like Texas-Michigan, USC-LSU, Bama-Wisconsin.