5 Things we learned from Michigan Football’s loss to Penn State

Where’s the meritocracy?

When Harbaugh came to Michigan, one of his big things was the meritocracy, meaning the best players will be play no matter what.

However, at some point, that stopped being the case. Just look at the offensive line, how the hell did it take that long to get Trevor Keegan in the game? He got a number of key blocks and it would have been nice to see him playing for Chuck Filiaga weeks ago.

Honestly, it was clear to me midway through the Michigan State game that Filiaga had no business starting on the offensive line and neither did Andrew Vastardis. Routinely, they would get pushed into the backfield and people wonder why Michigan can’t get a yard when it needs to.

So why the hell weren’t changes made? Are we rewarding guys for their time in the program or their offseason effort now more than pure talent?

It sure seems that way and if that’s the case, this program will never be successful again. It should have been obvious to the staff that a quarterback change was needed but they waited until going down 17-0 to Rutgers to finally pull the trigger.

The running back rotation has been an absolute joke. Zach Charbonnet didn’t touch the ball once on Saturday and Hassan Haskins is averaging only 10 rushing attempts per game, despite an average 6.1 per attempt. Charbonnet is averaging 6.5 on 19 rushes this season. 19.

I get that Chris Evans and Blake Corum are solid players, but after riding Haskins to a touchdown, he was off the field for two whole drives. It makes no sense and neither have many of the personnel decisions made by this coaching staff on a weekly basis.