BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Perhaps it was the emotional drain after seeing Michigan running backs coach Mike Hart collapse on the sideline in the first quarter. But for most of the first half, the Wolverines, it seemed, lost their focus.
Hart, 36, left the Memorial Stadium field on a motorized cart with 4:54 left in the first quarter, was taken to a local hospital to undergo testing. It was unclear what caused his collapse. Players took knees on the field around the sideline as they watched everything unfold. Running backs Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards were consoled on the sideline, but from that point on, the Wolverines looked out of sync the rest of the half.
The No. 4 Wolverines regrouped in the second half, after reportedly receiving words of encouragement from Hart, to remain unbeaten with a 31-10 win at Indiana on Saturday.
