Michigan football could add two experienced transfers midseason after court rulings
Michigan football could get unexpected reinforcements midseason, with two experienced college players receiving court orders that allow them to play a fifth year.
Michigan football could get unexpected reinforcements midseason, with two experienced college players receiving court orders that allow them to play a fifth year.
Michigan has problems on offense. The Wolverines have struggled to run the ball consistently, the offensive line has been shuffled, Bryce Underwood took a major step backward against Minnesota, and Jason Beck's play calling has been under a microscope since the Iowa loss.
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 spent the last several weeks talking about an offense that needed to evolve.
On Saturday, nothing looked evolved.
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.
There is no mystery in Kyle Whittingham’s current evaluation of Bryce Underwood.
Four weeks into the season, Michigan’s head coach sees a quarterback playing faster, seeing more, and trusting what is around him.
Michigan football head coach Kyle Whittingham met with the media Monday following the Wolverines’ loss to Iowa and ahead of their first road game of the season against Minnesota.
Justin Roh and Joel Honigford of Blue By Ninety break down Michigan’s last-second loss to Iowa. After dominating the majority of the game and the stat sheet, Michigan’s own mistakes cost the Wolverines against the Hawkeyes.
Michigan football head coach Kyle Whittingham met with the media Saturday following the Wolverines’ loss to Iowa at Michigan Stadium.
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.