Everything Kyle Whittingham said after Michigan’s bye week, ahead of Penn State
Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham met with reporters Monday following the Wolverines’ bye week as his team prepares for Saturday’s matchup with Penn State.
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Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham met with reporters Monday following the Wolverines’ bye week as his team prepares for Saturday’s matchup with Penn State.
The extra offensive lineman has become a weekly target as Michigan's offense has struggled to find an identity. The formations get heavier. Safeties creep toward the line of scrimmage. Receiving options disappear. Michigan runs into crowded boxes. Fans see Avery Gach or Manuel Beigel reporting onto the field and can almost feel the next debate coming.
Michigan tight end Zack Marshall has apologized for comments made in leaked messages that surfaced following Saturday’s 20-14 loss to Minnesota, effectively confirming the authenticity of screenshots that spread across social media Monday.
Michigan's defense did enough to win, and it did considerably more for long stretches.
Justin Roh and Joel Honigford run out of positivity after Michigan drops its second straight game, and first to the Golden Gophers since 2014.
There is no way to watch Michigan's offense closely and decide the quarterback is the primary reason it has become this dysfunctional.
Michigan spent the last several weeks talking about an offense that needed to evolve.
On Saturday, nothing looked evolved.
Drake Lindsey has been one of the Big Ten’s most efficient quarterbacks through the first month of the season. Bryce Underwood is starting to look like a completely different quarterback than the one Michigan put on the field in Week 1.
Michigan played its best offensive game of the season against Iowa and still found a way to leave the stadium with a loss. That makes the first road trip of the year less about proving Michigan can play good football and more about proving it can stop wasting it.
The Gophers are 3-1, just went into Washington and won, and have a quarterback playing with confidence in Drake Lindsey. They also have one of the most dangerous return games in the country. I still think Michigan is the better team, and I think Saturday looks more like a response than a hangover.