You have to hit bottom before you can go up, right?

The first five paragraphs say it all:

Michigan got embarrassed again, just in a different way.

A week after being upset by Appalachian State, the Wolverines were handed their most-lopsided loss in 39 years as Dennis Dixon and the Ducks cruised 39-7 on Saturday. Dixon accounted for 368 yards and a career-high four touchdowns.

Michigan (0-2) has opened a season with two straight losses at home for the first time since 1959 and has dropped four straight, dating to last season, for the first time in four decades.

Unlike the stunning loss to the second-tier Mountaineers, the Wolverines didn't even keep it close against Oregon. The 32-point setback was Michigan's worst since losing 50-14 at Ohio State in 1968, the season before Bo Schembechler's debut in Ann Arbor.

Michigan hasn't won a game since Schembechler died the day before the Ohio State game last year.

Another loss; most lopsided in 39 years; two straight home losses for the first time since 1959; four straight losses for the first time in four decades; the list seems endless. This program has to be nearing bottom. Only time will tell how low it can go. A loss to lowly Notre Dame next week and Michigan fans might die of embarrassment. At this rate, I wouldn't bet against it.