Michigan football: 3 Reasons to believe in the Wolverines offense

After five games, the Michigan football offense has struggled mightily against fierce competition. Here are three reasons to believe in Josh Gattis’ offense.

The offense was supposed to be a strength for the team following the hiring of coordinator Josh Gattis. An upgraded pro-style attack was intended to spread the field and get playmakers the ball with space. So far, Michigan football‘s offense has failed in that aspect. Or has it?

Head coach Jim Harbaugh doesn’t think they have failed. After the Iowa game, Jim said the offense was “hitting its stride.”

Is Jim on to something? Or is he delusional?

The Wisconsin game was a disaster, and the Iowa contest was equally as terrible offensively. But Harbaugh is a great coach that knows what he’s talking about.

Yes, Harbaugh’s 1-9 record against top-10 teams is atrocious, but let’s contextualize that statistic.

Against teams ranked between 11-25, Jim holds a record of 7-2, and Harbaugh has a record of 32-4 against unranked opponents. In the five years before Jim, UM’s record sat at 44-26. Harbaugh has completely turned the program around with a 42-15 record.

And Jim’s doing all of that with only recruiting class ranked in the top five (2017, 5), and twice Harbaugh had classes outside the top 20 (2015, 37/2018,22).

That’s not to give the head man an out when they get pummeled by a superior opponent; it’s just to say that Harbaugh is better than what one statistic shows.

What the collective statistics show is the man in the Khaki’s is not delusional, and here are three reasons why you should believe in Jim and Josh Gattis’ offense.