It’s been a long offseason for the Michigan football team, seemingly exactly as long as the offseason of nearly every other football team. Funny how that works.

The Wolverines lost some top producers on both sides of the ball to the NFL, but brought in some exciting transfers and signed Bryce Underwood, the nation’s top freshman quarterback. And as it has been for the last few years, Michigan remains in the national spotlight, most recently appealing the NCAA’s punishment stemming from the Wolverines’ sign-stealing scandal several years ago.

On the field, expectations are high. Michigan says its defense, despite losing two first-round picks in Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant, is deeper than last year. The offense, under new offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey, is virtually guaranteed to

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