Sunday, October 21, 2012

Let the turnaround begin: Michigan 43, Purdue 16

After a blowout loss to Alabama, a defenseless effort against Air Force, a thorough yet unrevealing defeat of UMass and an inept offensive display at South Bend, the Michigan Wolverines have had a week to collect their spirits and set their sights on the Big 10 conference. But how they would fare was a question as big as the drum banging away in the southern end zone at Ross Ade Stadium on an unusually warm and sunny late afternoon.

But in the two hours and forty minutes that followed, coach Brady Hoke's Wolverines grabbed hold of their 2012 season, creating opportunities and taking control of their fortunes in a 44-13 victory over the Purdue Boilermakers, most everyone's favorite upset special pick of the day. [still writing the rest of this article, stay tuned]

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