What went wrong, two words: Chad Henne

Michigan defense started crappy, but came on strong as the game progressed. This is heartening given their performance against Northern Illinois. In contrast, the offense started crappy and remained consistently crappy thru out the game.

If nothing else, Henne made clear that he has some real skillz at sucking, committing two unforgivable mistakes: first, starting the 2nd half with an interception at the 1-yard line; and second, fumbling the ball with 5 minutes left in the game and down by 2 TDs, at (you guessed it) the 1-yard line. Shit, now thats NOT racin'. Which reminds me, I again fell asleep midway thru the NASCAR race this Saturday evening. My takeaways: first, I spent 2 hours watching the race, didn't understand a thing (could be a consequence, however, of takeaway item three below); second, Jeff Gordon finished way back, didn't make the Chase; and three, enjoyed my High Life in style with my very own Nextel Cup beer warmer thingy! End of digression.

One could gripe about the fumble, which was the result of a ref review. In particular, I think Henne scored on the play immediately preceding the fumble. There was no review of that play. Not sure why.

Well, to top it off, TB Hart went down with an injury and is out for an indefinite period. And Ohio State and Iowa lost their games too. Nice. Link