Grade Session: Michigan offense vs Minnesota
There is no way to watch Michigan's offense closely and decide the quarterback is the primary reason it has become this dysfunctional.
Postgame
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Michigan’s offense hits rock bottom in 20-14 loss to Minnesota
Michigan spent the last several weeks talking about an offense that needed to evolve.
On Saturday, nothing looked evolved.
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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.
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Everything Bryce Underwood and Rod Moore said after Michigan’s loss to Iowa
Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood and safety Rod Moore met with the media following the Wolverines’ loss to Iowa at Michigan Stadium.
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Everything Evan Link and Enow Etta said after Michigan’s loss to Iowa
Michigan offensive lineman Evan Link and defensive lineman Enow Etta met with the media following the Wolverines’ loss to Iowa at Michigan Stadium.
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Michigan’s biggest problem is wasting its own progress
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.
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Michigan’s mistakes leave the door open for Iowa’s walk-off win
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.
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Grade Session: Michigan Defense vs UTEP
UTEP scored 17 points against Michigan. That sounds a lot more competitive than the defensive performance actually was.
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Grade Session: Michigan Offense vs UTEP
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.
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Michigan shakes off sloppy first half, overwhelms UTEP in 52-17 win
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.
