Michigan football was supposed to steamroll Indiana but the Wolverines found themselves in serious danger of an upset and fans let them hear it.
Favored by more than three touchdowns, the expectation was for Michigan football to go on the road to play Indiana and beat them into submission. After a bit of a statement game against Iowa last week, the stock seemed to be rising for the Wolverines. The Hoosiers, however, immediately started to push every bit of that growing hype down.
Blake Corum started out the Wolverines’ first drive with two dominant runs to earn a quick lead but then things went absolutely sideways. Michigan couldn’t find any consistent offense with Corum or J.J. McCarthy and the defense was allowing Indiana to move the ball pretty easily. And with a blocked field goal from each team to punctuate the situation, they went into halftime tied 10-10.
Suffice it to say, Michigan found itself on upset alert in the most unlikely fashion.
Michigan on upset alert vs Indiana: Best tweets and reactions
There have been plenty of detractors circling the Wolverines this season with a soft schedule to begin the year, so with the team on upset alert against a Hoosiers team that has looked downright bad at times this season, the trolls came out to get their piece of Jim Harbaugh and his team.
I want to see Indiana upset Michigan… I want violence! 🤷🏽♂️😆
— Uncle Stan (@UncleStanBoogie) October 8, 2022
https://twitter.com/stockzondeck/status/1578804175152218114
This is the best I’ve seen Indiana play and the worst I’ve seen Michigan play this season. I’m still not sure it’s enough for IU to pull off an upset.
— Andrew Vailliencourt (@AndrewVcourt) October 8, 2022
Michigan feels like the Bills of college football. They can beat anyone by 4 TD’s but capable of losing to anyone. Indiana game had upset written on it but no way am I betting that
— CJ Sweat (@sweetsweatcj) October 8, 2022
Put Michigan on upset alert, this is ugly
— Jordan (@JBoss_) October 8, 2022
THE MICHIGAN FANS I FOLLOW: this ref sucks
— Bill DiFilippo (@billdifilippo) October 8, 2022
THE INDIANA FANS I FOLLOW: this ref sucks
ME, THE REF FAN: i love watching this :)
We’ve upgraded Michigan at Indiana to a Sickos Watch. We’re monitoring Bloomington. https://t.co/EsUIqpQFWj
— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) October 8, 2022
The thing to remember: This is Indiana. Michigan has to play six more games, against some much better teams. At this rate, JAY Harbaugh is going to have to coach in November.
— Johnny X (@gbrhomer) October 8, 2022
While there were no shortage of people who were piling on the Wolverines, the fact of the matter is that many fans felt this inevitably coming to pass as a trap game with Penn State on deck for next week.
That upset alert in the first half might’ve been a wake-up call for Michigan, however, as they forced a stop to open the second half and then drove 99 yards to take a 17-10 lead.
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