LOS ANGELES — Saturday night, under the lights of the Coliseum, the No. 15 Michigan football team fell to Southern California. The Wolverines could have been bitter for a multitude of reasons. It might’ve been the fact that the Trojans are unranked or that Michigan’s defense was subpar. It also could be that the Wolverines’ path to the College Football Playoff just became exceedingly difficult due to the loss.

Those are all good reasons. But what especially makes Michigan’s loss to the Trojans sting is that USC’s offense, or at least the offense that beat the Wolverines on Saturday, is exactly what Michigan wants to be — but simply isn’t.

Before the season even commenced, the Wolverines wanted to revamp their offense, starting with the addition of a new offensive coordinator: Chip Li

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