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The air inside the Towsley Museum at Schembechler Hall felt different when Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore sauntered to the lectern for his weekly interview Monday afternoon in Ann Arbor.
Not quite a full 48 hours had passed since Moore’s now-16th ranked Wolverines got hammered Saturday at Michigan Stadium by the No. 3 Longhorns, 31-12, in a game every bit as lopsided as the score indicated. This was his turn to detail what he saw after watching the film.
There were struggles in the passing game, with two interceptions and 39 yards in the first half. There were struggles in the run game, which didn’t have a single carry for more than 12 yards and saw no ball carrier reach 50 yards, as U-M accumulated 88 yards on 22 attempts.
Michigan running back Benjamin Hall (28) runs against Texas linebacker David Gbenda (33) during the second half at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, September 7, 2024.
There were even struggles with the vaunted defense, which was the best in America from start to finish a season ago: missed tackles, miscommunications and missed plays, as Texas went backwards on just four of its 68 snaps and controlled the time of possession for more than half the contest.
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Add it all up and Michigan suffered its first home loss since 2020, first regular-season loss since 2021 and first loss in since the College Football Playoff in 2022.
Even with all of that said, Moore would not agree with anybody who implied the sky was falling.
“The big thing I talked about with the team, it’s urgency, not panic,” Moore said Monday afternoon. “It stings, it should sting. A lot of guys haven’t lost a game here at our home stadium. … We always talk about 24-hour rule, win or loss. So for us, what can we do to get better…
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2024-09-09 21:15:20
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