You can’t believe anything you see on the internet, especially from random people with no credibility on Instagram and Twitter. Is there ANY real prove that these Zack Marshall dm’s circulating around are real?
Also allegedly made comments about Michigan trying to get Dampier from Utah to transfer in and dampier told whittingham and beck to “f*** off”
Lifelong fan since the Butch Woolfolk and Anthony Carter days. So much negativity here. So much entitlement. Kyle Whittingham is here to stabilize the program after Sherrone Moore threatened to kill himself with a BUTTER KNIFE after the coaching cycle ended. We missed on Bryce Underwood. He can’t lean on the running game because the offensive line is subpar. We’re going to have a couple of lean years, but please remain calm. Warde is leaving and we will figure it out.
Until then, put the game on in the background. Spend time with your kids. Build that bookshelf you’ve been thinking about. Don’t let this shit ruin your lives.
The definition of insanity is to try the same thing over and over and expect different results. Bryce Underwood is not good. He can’t read defenses. He’s not making good decisions in the pocket. The RPO offensive scheme doesn’t fit our personnel and especially ill suited because Underwood makes bad decisions. It’s time to give Tommy Carr a chance. He literally can’t be worse.
It is hard to imagine this is a good dynamic. Any Linebacker, or Running back, or any other player would be benched if they played as bad as Underwood. Whether its 1 dollar, or 10 million dollars, Bryce is not the guy. This far in, I feel he never will be the guy. He would do well as a wacky Big 12 QB. The sooner he's gone the better.
Obviously performance has been an issue but did anyone see his response to Whittingham saying QB1 isn’t an infinite position? Bryce is checked out. I feel like he’s a huge red flag at this point, possibly indicative of how the rest of the team feels. Combined with Whittingham not talking to his players or showing any emotion on the sideline it feels like Michigan needs a reset from top to bottom.
Underwoods decision making is absolutely atrocious. Only reason he won't get benched is because of how much he got paid. Dude is a RB
Start Tommy Carr
In Whittingham's defense:
On the other hand
Hard to blame him for giving it a go at the very top level, but he has nothing to lose.
Can anyone explain what our current offensive philosophy or identity?
I genuinely don't understand what we are trying to accomplish offensively. Right now, I have no idea what Michigan's offensive identity even is. This offense is broken.
The play-calling has been awful. We've failed to score even 20 points in four of our five games. We constantly run sideways instead of getting downhill. Against Minnesota, we ran 28 times for 79 yards (2.8 per carry) without a single run of 10 yards. We keep going back to concepts that aren't working. We get into short-yardage situations and somehow make getting ONE YARD look like the hardest thing in football. We have Bryce Underwood's athleticism at quarterback and still manage to make this offense feel predictable.
The sideways running has to stop.Trying the same thing over and over when the offensive line clearly isn't creating those lanes has to stop.
The quarterback play has not been good enough. Underwood was 10-of-21 for 101 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions against Minnesota, and early this season he was somehow our leading rusher. Maybe the coaching is hurting him. Maybe the system isn't putting him in a position to succeed. Maybe his confidence is shot. Maybe he simply isn't ready right now. It's probably a combination of things.
But something has to change.
This team is poorly coached right now. At 3-2 and 0-2 in the Big Ten, at some point this isn't bad luck anymore. It's coaching.
A 10-year-old playing NCAA 27’ has more situational awareness than our quarterback not to dump off a pass for 3 yards during a two minute drive and burn clock. This kid does not have the mental capacity to play QB.
So we all know that we can’t run the ball. We also all know Bryce is a 1 read qb. Here’s my proposal. We come out in spread or doubles. We put marsh and Buchanan at wideout on opposite sides of the field. We put our best TE split out in the slot and we put Hiter in the other slot. Then at RB, we put Kudzal or Marshall. So we spread out the defense rather than doing to stupid rhino bs.
Any questions?
This is how well our O-Line protects Bryce.
Whats the worst that can happen
Wasn't even gonna add comments. We all watched it.
With Bryce’s performance on Saturday and how it’s clear he’s bad and simply can’t play QB, there’s been so much discourse and debate on whether they should be starting Tommy Carr against PSU. Nobody can agree and tbh both sides have valid arguments. Tommy probably has better footwork and ability to read a defense and I’m sure he could at least get to his second read with giving up on the play. On the other hand throwing him to the wolves before he’s ready could destroy his confidence. It seems through all of this discussion, everyone has forgotten that they did bring in a transfer QB and while he probably isn’t good, can he really be worse than Bryce? Nobody is gonna be concerned with his confidence or hindering his development. The season is over, why not give it a shot?
He’s just the best
Annual guys trip to a new CFB stadium is coming up and we need recommendations for what to do in Ann Arbor on a gameday weekend (PSt game). We're 2 Aggies, 1 Longhorn, and 1 Vol fan who like to go to different CFB games each year. What restaurants, bars, pre-game/post-game things are a must do?