Michigan Football: 5 Questions Wolverines must answer in 2020

The 2020 Michigan football season is now just three weeks away and here are five questions the Wolverines must answer in 2020.

With each day, the Michigan football season is getting closer and closer. The Wolverines will be starting padded practices soon and before we know it, the Minnesota game will be here.

But as we sit just with just a few weeks go to before Michigan football embarks on its abbreviated 2020 season, there are still some key questions that remain.

Some of these are things that have continually plagued Michigan football since the start of the Jim Harbaugh era. There have been issues winning on the road, beating elite teams and getting solid quarterback play, not to mention, worries about both the offense and defense.

To start though, we will tackle a big question heading into the first week of the season.

Can Michigan football beat good teams on the road?

Harbaugh’s struggles against elite teams have been talked about extensively. But one of his biggest issues has been beating ranked teams on the road and in eight attempts, the Wolverines are 1-7 with a 2018 triumph over Michigan State as the only win.

Last year, Michigan lost twice on the road to ranked opponents, at Penn State and at Wisconsin. There was a solid victory over an eight-win Indiana team on the road, but the Gophers, who will be ranked Oct. 24, should be a much tougher test.

The Wolverines have four road games this season: At Minnesota, Indiana, Rutgers and Ohio State. Those first three games are winnable and if U-M can win that first week, its toughest tests before “The Game” will come at home where Harbaugh has been damn hard to beat.

Jim is 0-3 against Ohio State at the Big House, but against everyone else, his teams are 28-2, so there’s a good chance the Wolverines go 4-0 at home this season, meaning their record will be determined on the road.