Isn’t it amazing how quickly the Michigan hype train is operating at full steam again? This season, all it took was a 49-24 win over Minnesota to have everyone waving a $20 bill in the air, hoping to buy some stock in this year’s version of the Wolverines.

Don’t believe me?

FOX Sports analyst Joel Klatt said the Michigan’s offense had turned a corner, saying the 2020 Wolverines may be “Jim Harbaugh’s best yet.” Former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer said he was impressed with new quarterback Joe Milton and the offensive line. Even known Harbaugh critic and SEC Network host Paul Finebaum said Michigan looked “unusually good” in the 25-point thumping of the Gophers in Week 1.

Those are a lot of smart individuals whose football minds run marathons around my knowledge. You’d think, with so many critics willing to throw roses on the stage after Michigan’s first act, I’d be more willing to believe that Michigan was for real. That this might be the year the Wolverines finally slay the scarlet-and-gray colored dragon standing in the way of a B1G title.

Sorry to be the rotten apple here, but I’m not buying it. I’d rather watch the change machine chew up my cash at the local arcade, spit out the change and get 20 plays on the crane game than buy stock in Michigan right now.

Even if Michigan covers that 24.5-point spread against Michigan State this weekend, I won’t be ready to put my chips on the Wolverines.

I’m willing to admit, Michigan is a lot better than I had anticipated this season. A lot better.

Milton appears to be exactly the guy Harbaugh needs under center commanding the offense. He completed 15-of-22 passes for 225 yards and a touchdown while adding 52 yards and a score on 8 carries. The offensive line had little trouble with Minnesota’s defensive front, paving holes for running backs Hassan Haskins and Zach Charbonnet to pile up a combined 152 yards and 3 touchdowns on just 10 carries.

Nobody expected Michigan, replacing nearly its entire offense from a season ago, to put up 49 points on a Minnesota team that finished 11-2 a season ago — even though the Gophers were replacing Carter Coughlin and Antoine Winfield Jr. from last year’s team. Very few believed a win would come that easy in Week 1 for Harbaugh and Co.

The defense was impressive as well, particularly with Kwity Paye dominating the defensive line, collecting 3 tackles for loss and 2 sacks. Linebackers Josh Ross and Michael Barrett piled up 16 combined stops, with Ross adding an interception and Barrett getting 1.5 tackles for loss.

The Wolverines held an explosive Minnesota offense to just 7 points in the second half and limited the Gophers to just 326 yards for the game.

It’s fair to say that the Wolverines are probably better than most of us expected.

But we’ve also been down this road before. And every year under Harbaugh, even when things appear to be smoothly rolling along, there’s some sort of turbulence his teams hit during the course of the season. A five-year sample size is more than enough for me to pump the brakes on this hype train.

Saturday’s performance against Minnesota was certainly encouraging. Michigan’s start to the season was better than expected, and for that Harbaugh deserves plenty of credit. We’ve already bumped the Wolverines up to No. 3 in our Saturday Tradition Power Rankings.

Michigan has a good football team in 2020, just like it’s had every year under Harbaugh.

But is Michigan “unusually good?” Is this team really the best Harbaugh has fielded in his six seasons in Ann Arbor? Can the 2020 Wolverines finally take down the Buckeyes after an eight-year losing streak?

I’m sorry, but I just can’t buy that right now. Check back with me on Dec. 12.