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'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.
The strangest Michigan win in recent memory somehow got even stranger Tuesday.
Two days after accepting the Big Ten’s explanation for the controversial final second of Michigan’s 13-12 win over Western Michigan, the Mid-American Conference has completely reversed course.
Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood met with reporters Wednesday as the Wolverines prepare for Saturday’s matchup with Oklahoma at Michigan Stadium.
Michigan survived Western Michigan, but the more useful question now is what from that game actually carries forward. The Wolverines have a much different test coming Saturday against Oklahoma, and a few of the strongest individual performances from Week 1 came at positions Michigan desperately needed to feel better about entering the season.
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.
This was more like it.
Michigan didn’t play a perfect football game Saturday. It didn’t suddenly answer every question that came out of an ugly opener against Western Michigan. In fact, there are a few problems Kyle Whittingham and his staff should probably spend most of the next week obsessing over.