Bill,
Don't give up hope. For the first time since I have been living in Ann Arbor, Michigan started the season unranked.
They also have a new coach and a bunch of new players. Going into yesterday's game they were 1 and 2, none of them conference games. Yesterday's conf. opener with Wisconsin (ranked #9) didn't look good in the first half, putting it mildly. My wife and I left for a dinner before the first half ended. I was not kind about my thoughts or statements about Michigan, they were behind 19-0!
The second half turned out to be one of the most exciting in recent years. Michigan won 27-25 (almost a tie with overtime, but didn't happen). Is this the big turnaround, maybe not, but it feels a bit better this morning.
My wife says she must get her camera and drive me up to Main St. so she can get a picture of me kissing a brick on the stadium. She says I owe them that.
