The Michigan Wolverines dropped Saturday's game against the Illinois Fighting Illini 21-7 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Under first-year

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — After losing to Washington in Week 6, Michigan football went back to the drawing board, and it had time to work things out. The Wolverines spoke of urgency but not panic as the maize and blue intended to recalibrate during the bye week.

Heading into the bye week, the hope was that Michigan had found a legitimate QB1 in seventh year veteran Jack Tuttle. Although he had two critical turnovers in