Michigan 42, Iowa 3: Zero point zero

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I haven’t exactly made it a secret that I’m no fan of the “nobody believed in us” motto as a form of motivation in sports.

It’s lazy, it’s played out, and it’s almost always self-manufactured and exaggerated. Hell, look no further than Saturday afternoon, when Alabama — yes, that Alabama — spent its post-game talking about how nobody gave the Crimson Tid…