Everything Kyle Whittingham said after Rutgers, ahead of Michigan State
Michigan football coach Kyle Whittingham met with reporters Monday following the Wolverines’ win over Rutgers and ahead of this week’s rivalry matchup with Michigan State.
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Michigan football coach Kyle Whittingham met with reporters Monday following the Wolverines’ win over Rutgers and ahead of this week’s rivalry matchup with Michigan State.
Tommy Carr had a complete performance against Rutgers, with the entire Michigan offense running through its quarterback.
Michigan won Saturday, beating Rutgers 28-21 behind an impressive performance from freshman quarterback Tommy Carr. Whether the Wolverines accomplished much beyond improving their record to 5-3 is another question.
Michigan has spent most of this season asking its defense to survive while the offense searches for answers. Rutgers is the matchup where that script should finally flip.
This is not a matchup where Michigan should have to choose between getting the run game going and letting Tommy Carr throw it. It should do both.
Michigan changed quarterbacks. It did not change the results of an offense that keeps putting itself behind schedule.
Justin Roh and Joel Honigford of Blue By Ninety discuss the persistent offensive struggles hindering Michigan’s performance.
Indiana did not prove Carr cannot be the answer. It did prove, as expected, that changing the quarterback was never going to magically solve everything wrong with this offense.
Michigan football coach Kyle Whittingham met with reporters Monday following the Wolverines’ loss to Indiana and ahead of this week’s matchup with Rutgers.
Michigan fell to Indiana 13-6 in overtime Saturday, failing to score a touchdown despite holding the Hoosiers to 187 yards and six points through regulation.