Everything Kyle Whittingham said ahead of Michigan vs Iowa
Michigan football head coach Kyle Whittingham met with the media Monday following the Wolverines’ 52-17 win over UTEP and ahead of Saturday’s matchup with Iowa.
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Michigan football head coach Kyle Whittingham met with the media Monday following the Wolverines’ 52-17 win over UTEP and ahead of Saturday’s matchup with Iowa.
UTEP scored 17 points against Michigan. That sounds a lot more competitive than the defensive performance actually was.
Michigan's offense spent the first half making a blowout look much harder than it eventually became.
The Wolverines moved the ball on their opening possession, reached the UTEP 24 and then lost a Bryce Underwood fumble. Savion Hiter coughed it up on Michigan's fourth possession, handing UTEP the ball at the Wolverines' 18 and helping the Miners take a 14-7 lead.
For a half, Michigan made this far more complicated than it ever needed to be.
Then the Wolverines came out of the locker room and turned the game into exactly what everyone expected.
UTEP is Michigan’s last game before Big Ten play begins, and this should not be another afternoon where Underwood has to become the run game because nothing else works. Michigan should be able to control this matchup physically. The interesting part is whether it can use that advantage to fix the things before Iowa.
UTEP comes to the Big House as the kind of opponent Michigan should handle comfortably. That shifts the focus. This week is less about whether the Wolverines win and more about what they can fix, who they can get rolling and which players start to carve out bigger roles before the schedule gets serious again.
Michigan linebackers coach Alex Whittingham met with the media Wednesday as the Wolverines prepare for Saturday’s matchup with UTEP at Michigan Stadium.
Michigan special teams coordinator Kerry Coombs met with the media Wednesday as the Wolverines prepare for Saturday’s matchup with UTEP at Michigan Stadium.
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Nate Marshall had already missed one.
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