ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It was something of a coup for new Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore to wrest Ohio State running backs coach Tony Alford away from Columbus. And though the results on the field haven’t exactly matched any of the previous three years offensively, the Wolverines tailbacks are glad to have him.

Michigan football never had a high-flying offense in the Jim Harbaugh era, and with Sherrone Moore taking over this year, the expectation wasn't that it would suddenly, but that it would be a continuation of what came before him.