Saturday’s 37-33 loss to the Spartans wasn’t pleasant, but it also wasn’t the end of the season for Michigan football.
The 10th-ranked Wolverines are at home this week with a matchup against the Indiana Hoosiers under the lights at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, with a 7:30 p.m. start time on Fox.
U-M coach Jim Harbaugh will have his weekly news conference Monday at noon.
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This was supposed to be the season the Hoosiers ascended into the upper echelon of the Big Ten, but injuries to quarterbacks Michael Penix Jr. and Jack Tuttle (and a tough opening schedule in conference play) have left Indiana and coach Tom Allen down to one healthy scholarship QB: 18-year-old Donaven McCulley. The Wolverines will be motivated to avenge last season’s 38-21 loss to the Hoosiers, their first setback in the rivalry since 1987. Indiana hasn’t beaten Michigan in back-to-back years since 1958-59, however.
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