From: ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com -

Now that Ohio State has surrendered the high moral ground to Michigan, and will continue to do so as long as Jim Tressel remains in Columbus, the Wolverines have their sights set on the field.

But in that endeavor, new coach Brady Hoke has a tremendous task ahead. Hoke inherited a program that has made an art form of looking good while losing bad.

Former coach Rich Rodriguez turned loose an eye-catching offense that won just six Big Ten games in the past three years.

But really, the Wolverines have struggled (by their standards) for most of this century.

Michigan has not won a Bowl Championship Series game since Jan. 1, 2000, when Lloyd Carr guided his team to a 35-34 overtime defeat of Alabama in the Orange Bowl. Since then, Michigan has dropped three Rose Bowls and won just one outright and one shared conference crown, in 2003 and 2004, respectively.

Ironically, the high point probably was the week of Bo Schembechler’s death in November 2006. Michigan was undefeated and ranked No. 2 in the nation going into the regular season finale at Columbus. However, a 42-39 loss at Ohio State and a blowout loss to Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl ended that campaign……

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