Expectations for Michigan football coming off the national championship in 2023 were through the roof, but perhaps they shouldn't have been. Of course, the Wolverines lost coach Jim Harbaugh, as well as a bunch of personnel.

The struggles Moore has endured were thrown into sharp relief again as he failed to outwit the 63-year-old Curt Cignetti, a seasoned coach who, in his first year in Bloomington, has led the Hoosiers’ remarkable transformation from perennial Big Ten also-ran to College Football Playoff contender.

It's safe to say things aren't great in Ann Arbor on the football field. Since taking over as the head coach, Sherrone Moore was tasked with bringing in an esse