Everyone in the world besides; Michigan Fan, knows they benefited from the cheating. However, the cheating (or lack thereof) had no outcome on yesterday's game.
-They lost a lot of talent, lots of which were super seniors
-QB regime changes are DIFFICULT (see just about any team, including top teams, look how OSU went from Stroud to Honda)
-Whole new coaching staff
-Texas is positioning itself as a title contending team this year
-Michigan was realistically a team that should've been ranked in the 16 - 23 range rather than #10, but they got the benefit of the doubt due to the previous year
-Moore is not Jim Harbaugh
-New coords aren't as good as their predecessors
-takes time to gel, but even with it, sometimes other teams are just better
-These are also some downstream affects of recruiting classes that were ranked ~top 15 ish...they relied on some stellar talent development...sometimes that isn't sustainable (see Mark Dantonio's down years)
Now, I'm not sure why they didn't pursue a competent QB in the portal...fukking Honda McCord would've been an upgrade over these bums. Not sure why they didn't pursue some bigger WRs with more playmaking abilities either...maybe they did?
I also don't think the cheating had much to do with them winning the title last year, other than it helped build momentum in the years prior and keeps some super seniors, but with the suspensions and such, other teams had their opportunities to beat them.