Michigan played one horrible half of football against Rutgers, and it almost cost them. The fact that it came against a well-coached team that defended them ... well, just like we thought they would, raised the red flags.

As we wrote in postgame Notes, Quotes & Observations, it might mean little, or it might mean something. Most took it to mean we said "all is lost" — maybe they didn't read the last few paragraphs of the initial body. Here it is for those who didn't make it that far:

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