Some are still skeptical as to whether or not Michigan has turned things around from the earlier season woes. Those who remain unconvinced want to see more until they make up their minds.

Not Urban Meyer, however.

All season long, the former Ohio State coach has taken a keen interest in the Wolverines, and when many thought the sky was falling, ironically, it was he who said it would just take time for things to jell.

And Michigan’s second-half performance as well as 45-14 drubbing of Notre Dame has Meyer feeling vindicated.

“I made a comment several weeks ago that people that are out there start blaming the players, that they have bad players — that’s nonsense,” Meyer said. “Or bad coaches — that’s nonsense. There was something wrong. And you saw it against Wisconsin. And I watched it really closely, because I know the players they got. I know the coaches they got. They got very good coaches and very good players. Something just wasn’t right. Whatever wasn’t right got fixed, and that’s a credit to the coaching staff and the leaders on that team.

“They played the second half of Penn State — that was a great, great game. And you started to see that energy, enthusiasm and toughness that they’ve been known to have. And then, I watched real closely against Notre Dame, and that was a thorough, real A to Z beating. The energy, the effort on defense. Shea Patterson, staying alive, moving his feet, making plays down the field. It looks like Donovan Peoples-Jones is getting healthy. So that was what we all expected out of them this year.”

Of course, Michigan still has a lot of games left. While Maryland isn’t living up to expectations, Indiana is already bowl-eligible with the same 6-2 record as the maize and blue.

But there are still the two rivalry games, including the daunting task of taking on Meyer’s former team, which looks like an absolute juggernaut.

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