Michigan Postgame Live Iowa with Dennis Fithian
Blue By Ninety goes live after every Michigan football game, including Michigan’s loss to Iowa. Join Dennis Fithian as he recaps the brutal loss to the Hawkeyes and what it means for the Wolverines.
Blue By Ninety goes live after every Michigan football game, including Michigan’s loss to Iowa. Join Dennis Fithian as he recaps the brutal loss to the Hawkeyes and what it means for the Wolverines.
Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood and safety Rod Moore met with the media following the Wolverines’ loss to Iowa at Michigan Stadium.
Michigan offensive lineman Evan Link and defensive lineman Enow Etta met with the media following the Wolverines’ loss to Iowa at Michigan Stadium.
Michigan football head coach Kyle Whittingham met with the media Saturday following the Wolverines’ loss to Iowa at Michigan Stadium.
Michigan should have won this comfortably, instead they lost.
And that is where the frustration should be directed after Saturday. There has been obvious progress since the opener against Western Michigan. The problems holding this team back now aren't the same questions about Underwood's mechanics or whether the offense has any answers at all.
Michigan spent most of Saturday looking like the better football team against Iowa.
It moved the ball. It controlled possession. Its defense repeatedly shut down the Hawkeyes. Bryce Underwood found Andrew Marsh and JJ Buchanan against Iowa’s secondary, while the Wolverines eventually started creating room on the ground.
The Blue By 90 crew of Justin Roh, Joel Honigford, and Trevor McCue breakdown Michigan’s Big Ten opener against Iowa.
Iowa brings one of the best statistical defenses in the country to Michigan Stadium, along with a rushing attack built to drag the game into the fourth quarter. This is not a matchup where Michigan needs Bryce Underwood to throw for 300 yards or one running back to take over. It is a game about staying clean, finding enough explosive plays, and making Iowa play from behind.
Michigan opens Big Ten play against an Iowa team built to punish mistakes and make every possession matter. The Wolverines’ offensive progress finally looked real against UTEP, but Saturday will show whether those answers hold up against Phil Parker’s defense.
Veteran guard Roddy Gayle Jr. won a preliminary injunction Thursday in Niagara County Supreme Court, allowing him to play for the Wolverines while his lawsuit against the NCAA continues.