By Mike Moore (file photo from 2015 season above) Staff Writer Michigan Center — It’s an 0-1 hole right now, and if the Michigan Center football team wants to avoid doubling down on that, the defense is going to have to show up, and in a big way. “It’s on us to improve and make things better,” Center Defensive Coordinator Matt Desmarais said Thursday morning. The Cardinals have their second home game in as many weeks tonight, a 7 p.m. conference opener with Hanover-Horton. “That’s a very good team,” Desmarais said. “They run an offense we struggled to stop last week.” Center opened the year with 48-14 loss to Climax-Scotts last week, putting a team that went 4-5 a year ago in a precarious situation of trying to avoid an 0-2 start for the third season in a row. “Hanover has some skilled guys in the backfield, some shifty guys,” Desmarais said. “They also have a good line we’re going to have to contend with.” The lopsided loss was surprising considering Center held a 14-12 lead at halftime. The offense was plagued by turnovers in the second half, though, and the defense…
