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Sherrone Moore wore a downcast expression. He exhaled a deep sigh and folded his arms as he waited to address the reporters in the uncomfortable aftermath of Michigan football’s deflating 31-12 defeat to Texas on Saturday. What could he possibly say following such a complete and thorough destruction of his team?
For us,” he said, “it’s a loss.”
As he uttered those words, it seemed as if Moore had a hard time accepting them, let alone believing them – especially the last two that spilled out of his mouth.
“You haven’t had one of these in a long time,” he muttered.
Not since the Wolverines fell to TCU in a frenetic, wild Fiesta Bowl barnburner on New Year’s Eve 2022 had another team beaten them. But as shocking as that setback was at the time, it never seemed to signal a potential downturn for the program or a stopping point. Instead, it was considered an isolated bump on the road to glory. Only five weeks after that stunner in the desert, star running back Blake Corum vowed the Wolverines would win the national championship and “go down in history,” as he put it.
