An ugly day for both the Wolverines and Spartans
A week after 新たにするing their heated 競争, both Michigan and Michigan 明言する／公表する fell flat.
It's hard to 人物／姿／数字 out which team should feel more 乱すd.
The 23rd-階級d Wolverines lost their second straight game Saturday, 落ちるing 38-21 to No. 13 Indiana. It's been やめる a 拒絶する／低下する for Michigan after what looked like a 約束ing season-開始 勝利，勝つ over Minnesota. いっそう少なく was 推定する／予想するd from Michigan 明言する／公表する, but the Spartans upset the Wolverines last 週末. Then they were 大勝するd Saturday, 49-7 by Iowa.
"全く 容認できない 業績／成果," Michigan 明言する／公表する coach Mel Tucker said. "Our 基準 is much higher than what we´ve shown. We´re going to go 支援する and take a hard look at every 選び出す／独身 play, every 選び出す／独身 player."
Plenty of football fans in Michigan probably had a 類似の reaction on this day. The Spartans failed to build on their big victory over the Wolverines, and 競争 considerations aside, that 勝利，勝つ lost some of its luster when Michigan lost again.
For a second straight week, the Wolverines had problems in pass ニュース報道. Indiana's Michael Penix Jr. threw for 342 yards and a career-high three touchdowns. It was the Hoosiers' first victory over Michigan since 1987, snapping a 24-game losing streak in the series.
Michigan 長，率いる coach Jim Harbaugh 反応するs に向かって a game 公式の／役人 after a call during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Indiana, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Bloomington, Ind. Indiana won 38-21. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)
Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh tried to stay 肯定的な.
"I'm still very excited," Harbaugh said. "As I have said 多重の times, I love this team. Very talented, they play 極端に hard."
Maybe so, but there 港／避難所't been many 肯定的な 調印するs for Michigan since a 49-24 victory at Minnesota in the opener. For one thing, Minnesota lost the に引き続いて week to Maryland. Then the Wolverines lost 27-24 to a Michigan 明言する／公表する team that had dropped its opener to Rutgers.
After this 週末, the 全体にわたる 証拠 示唆するs that both Michigan and Michigan 明言する／公表する have serious problems.
"We have a tremendous 量 of work to do," Tucker said. "We have to get tougher, we have to be more physical and we have to play smarter."
Michigan 明言する／公表する's struggles were 推定する／予想するd. The Spartans changed coaches this offseason when 示す Dantonio retired, and they'd slipped as a program in 最近の years. The victory over Michigan earned Tucker some 即座の 利益 of the 疑問.
Harbaugh may have run out of that at Michigan. The Wolverines have had some solid seasons under him, but they 港／避難所't 実行するd the highest 期待s for Harbaugh's 任期, and now they're losing games they would 一般に be 推定する／予想するd to 勝利，勝つ.
The 弁護 looks like a bigger problem than the 罪／違反 at this point, and a big home game against Wisconsin ぼんやり現れるs next 週末.
"I love coaching these guys. I love this team ," Harbaugh said. "They're talented. They play hard. 準備 is good, and we see what guys are 有能な of doing."
As for the Spartans, they host the same Indiana team that just 扱うd Michigan. It'll be the second time this season that Michigan 明言する／公表する has to try to bounce 支援する from a jarring loss.
"We lost to Rutgers, which was a big loss, and we didn´t pout about it and just think we´re going to go 0-8," quarterback Rocky Lombardi said. "We （機の）カム together and （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Michigan. It will have to be the same this week."
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Michigan 明言する／公表する quarterback Rocky Lombardi (12) is 解雇（する）d by Iowa 防御の lineman Chauncey Golston (57) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
