Michigan faced adversity against TCU and lost a chance to advance in the College Football Playoffs.
"I thought they played a great game. Very opportunistic team. Very resilient team. Really great team," Harbaugh said."One less big play, one more big play by us; one more opportunistic play by us, one less opportunistic play by them, and it would be a different situation."But that’s also a reflection of how badly Michigan played.TCU looked comfortable at the biggest moments, while Michigan made crucial mistakes.
TCU was more battle-tested and played like it. The Horned Frogs opened their Big 12 season by beating four straight ranked opponents, then beat two more in four weeks in November and December. And the Horned Frogs didn’t make mistakes when the pressure mounted.Michigan never faced real adversity, and the Wolverines never had the chance to grow from those moments.
Michigan’s coaches were never forced to make changes on the fly. What do you do when somebody is ramming the ball down your throat? What changes do you make when you can't run the ball? Michigan's coaches never got those answers.TCU is not a great team.Michigan is not a great team, either. And the Wolverines didn’t play great – or even consistently good – when they needed it most.Michigan quarterback J.J.
"I think sometimes, you know, we lost the edge on a few plays," Michigan nose tackle Mazi Smith said."We needed people to come up and stop the bleeding. If you don't stop the bleeding, you are gonna bleed out. And I don't think we played complementary football today. But I think we did the best that we could, given the circumstances. I think that my brothers fought very hard and did everything we could.
The locker room was subdued, but nobody seemed shocked. Not when you spend most of the game just fighting to make it a game.
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