Three takeaways and much more from Week 12 in college football, starting with the game no one honestly expected to lead things off.
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1. What does Michigan do now?
Well, Michigan found a way to not lose to Rutgers. It took three overtimes, but the Wolverines found a way: Michigan 48, Rutgers 42. That one is … tough to process. It’s hard to imagine Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh could’ve come back from a loss like that. But maybe the damage done is basically no different.
Where does Michigan go from here? Can this game be interpreted as anything other than alarming? Harbaugh can try to spin this as a hard-fought, resilient victory for his team. His guys erased a 17-point deficit on the road, tying the largest comeback of his tenure, and potentially found a quarterback they can rally around in Cade McNamara, who threw four…
