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Michigan football is on pace for its worst non-COVID-19 shortened season since going 5-7 in 2014.
That, of course, was coach Brady Hoke’s last year before Jim Harbaugh was brought on to revive the program.
After yet another debacle last week when Michigan (4-3, 2-2 Big Ten) came off of a bye week but managed to score the fewest points in a decade in a 21-7 loss to Illinois, head coach Sherrone Moore acknowledged there’s a gap between what’s happening during the week compared the performance on Saturdays.
“I feel like (we’re) protecting it way better in practice, and it’s just not translated to the game,” Moore said Monday. “We have to figure out as coaches, as a team, how to translate all that stuff to a game. There’s things that you’re doing in practice that have to replicate in the game.
“For us as coaches, whether that’s simplifying and doing things less so we can be better at those things, especially on offense, that’s what we’ll work toward doing that.”
WAITING GAME: Michigan highly-recruited freshman QB Jadyn Davis isn’t playing. Yet.
Michigan Wolverines running back Donovan Edwards is tackled by Arkansas State Red Wolves safety Dontay Joyner during the first half at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024.
According to players like wide receiver Tyler Morris, the staff has elected to “simplify” things for the offense moving forward. Speaking Wednesday morning with Jim Costa and U-M radio color commentator Jon Jansen on 97.1 The Ticket, Moore addressed a number of topics which included included the turnover troubles.
Once again, Moore called it “the No. 1 focus” for the team at this point. U-M now goes into a game against Michigan State (4-3, 2-2 Big Ten) as just a 3½ point favorite; over the summer some books had an early line as Michigan favored by 24 points.
But instead, MSU comes off of…
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2024-10-23 19:34:28
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