Michigan is coming off a season to forget — well, a half season — and the best way to put it in the past is to win. There’s talent on Jim Harbaugh’s team … can they put it all together for a nice bounce-back year? Here are our opinions on that and more …

1. The Washington game is one of the bigger games of the year. The Wolverines will (had better) handle Western Michigan in the opener, and while that will probably inflate hopes and expectations, it won’t mean much. Who remembers the entire stadium chanting ‘Rich Rod-ri-guez!’ when the Wolverines jumped on top of WMU in 2009, 21-0, behind Tate Forcier? ...

READ MORE: Michigan Football SUNDAY MUSINGS

RELATED

---

• Talk about this article inside The Fort

• Watch our videos and subscribe to our YouTube channel

• Listen and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes

• Learn more about our print and digital publication, The Wolverine

• Sign up for our daily newsletter and breaking news alerts

• Follow us on Twitter: @TheWolverineMag, @Balas_Wolverine, @EJHolland_TW, @AustinFox42, @JB_ Wolverine, Clayton Sayfie and @DrewCHallett

• Like us on Facebook