Ten months after they celebrated perfection, Michigan has descended into mediocrity. They have lost four of five games and still haven’t attained achieved bowl eligibility.

Ann Arbor — Back in December after taking the Indiana head coaching job, Curt Cignetti boldly went where no Hoosiers football coach had gone. Cignetti, speaking to fans at Assembly Hall, played to his audience by first mentioning Indiana’s in-state rival. Then he took it another step.

Michigan started this game off strong as they got a quick stop and then a long drive that got them into a goal-to-go situation, but they had to settle for three points. That whole sequence lasted about half the first quarter,