5 things we have learned from Michigan Football fall camp

The offensive line is just as good, if not better

Last season, Michigan football’s offensive line won the Joe Moore Award which recognizes the best offensive line in the country.

The Wolverines put on a clinic against Ohio State. Hassan Haskins was spectacular, but there were gaping huge holes on just about every run play. Michigan’s front blasted Ohio State off the ball and it’s the way the Wolverines can keep winning in this rivalry.

Michigan tried to play ground and pound in 2018 and it didn’t work. The defense fell apart and the Wolverines underwent an identity crisis. The speed-in-space was a little too drastic and once it was re-imagined with some of Harbaugh’s power concepts, it was a match made in heaven.

Josh Gattis did a great job calling plays last season. No question about it. But when you own the line of scrimmage, it makes play-calling much easier and the Wolverines should have a chance to do that in every single game this season.

That’s how good the front of Ryan Hayes, Trevor Keegan, Victor Oluwatimi, Zak Zinter, and Trente Jones can be. Karsen Barnhart is good enough to start for any Big Ten team and Michigan has really solid depth too. U-M’s second unit would best a few first-team offensive lines in the Big Ten and that’s not an exaggeration.

Every single player that is projected to start this season on the offensive line will play in the NFL. I’m confident of that.

The offensive line also feels as good as it was during the days when a win over Ohio State didn’t happen once every 10 years and heading into Sept. 3, that’s a pretty good place to be.