The Michigan Wolverines carried hope onto the football field last Thursday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium – hope for Blue Nation that the coming home of Jim Harbaugh meant the return of Michigan football greatness … hope for the Big Ten that maybe, alas, Michigan vs. Ohio State again would live up to the hype of the greatest football rivalry in the history of the game (except for maybe the ΣΑΜ/ΖΒΤ match-up in Nose Bowl Stadium with Touchdown Maccabee looking down from above) … hope for Americans that football is here again.