Author: Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press

Michigan football’s collapse this season can be traced to 2019, when the Wolverines were trounced by Wisconsin Badgers. These were the signs.

The Michigan Wolverines outlasted the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 48-42 in three overtimes. Jim Harbaugh seemed much too happy about that outcome.

For 22 minutes Monday, Jim Harbaugh signaled resignation, regret, denial, defiance and projection as he continued to face questions about worst loss.

By committing to football in the fall this year but delaying its kickoff until later in the month, the SEC avoided the headaches felt by the Big Ten.

Michigan announced Wednesday that if a football season is played in 2020 fans there is a possibility fans won’t be allowed inside for games.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says COVID-19 “is part of our society” and “there’s no expert view right now … that sports is going to make that worse.”

Michigan QB Shea Patterson, signed by the Kansas City Chiefs, was the last of the 337 players invited to the scouting combine to land with a team.

Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson wasn’t among the 255 players picked in last week’s NFL draft, highlighting one of the Wolverines’ biggest issues.

Western Michigan and UAB bid adieu to their basketball coaches just as COVID-19 began to change the country. Finding their replacements wasn’t easy.