3 overreactions from Michigan football’s win over Bowling Green

These are three of the most absurd overreactions from Michigan’s win under the bright lights of the Big House.

Michigan football wrapped up its non-conference slate by laying Bowling Green to bed. The Wolverines were sluggish offensively in certain moments, but the defense was certainly not.

Without Connor Bazelak neither quarterback who replaced him could do anything, but the Falcons did win the turnover battle in the loss. Concerns over how J.J. McCarthy regressed from the first two weeks are plausible, but hopefully not a trend of things to come.

Here are the three overreactions.

1. This team isn’t scoring enough style points

For the third straight victory Michigan football looked like it could have scored more, but they still won in convincing fashion. That makes this an overreaction for another week. Some folks are still complaining online that Michigan doesn’t have the killer instinct to put the hammer down and score more points to cover the spread. My educated guess is they could care less about it.

However, the backups have gotten work in the fourth quarter and have not had any significant scoring drives. If they had scored at least a touchdown in all three wins, then it feels like there would be nothing worth sulking over. As a result, it should want to make them work twice as hard for better outcomes.

All Michigan football has to do is win out and everything will be fine. People will forget about how they performed in the first three weeks. Of course that is easier said than done, because they have to go out and actually do it week in and week out, but so does everyone else.

2. The new lights were annoying and distracting

From most of the accounts that I researched after the win, the LED lights were a hit. That makes this one an overreaction for sure. They lit up the skyline in Ann Arbor and made the fan experience much more delightful. Just think back to 2021 when they were in Nebraska and how much they got amped for that atmosphere that night.

Kris Jenkins was another guy who spoke glaringly about the lights. He said “That was absolutely insane. They got us hyped, every time they turned the lights off, it was goosebumps.” Even Bowling Green coach Scott Loeffler thought, “It was pretty cool and it’s a great environment.:

That wasn’t the only thing that Michigan football upgraded around the facilities. There were the new scoreboards, a new audio system inside the stadium, and upgrades for production rooms.

There was no word on whether they installed a better Wi-Fi system though. That’s been a problem for what seems like the inception of the internet.

3. The offensive line’s struggles are becoming troubling

This is the biggest overreaction of them all. The line is still working to get on the same page, but they are not something to lose sleep over. J.J. McCarthy and the passing game weren’t as impressive as it was the first two weeks, but the rushing attack improved to an extent, mainly Blake Corum.

They’ll ultimately get judged when they face Penn State and Ohio State. The fans have come to expect the world from the two-time Joe Moore award winner and that’s acceptable, but that doesn’t mean they won’t make a mistake or two here or there.

The last two years they have given up a minimal amount of tackles for loss and sacks and believe it or not are on the same pace in 2023.

The competition will obviously get tougher as the Big Ten arrives. Rutgers got four sacks and six TFL in their win over Virginia Tech on Saturday.

When they beat Northwestern in week one they secured five sacks and eight TFLs, all while holding the Wildcats to just 12 yards rushing. Nonetheless, they have not matched up with a school like Michigan yet, so we’ll learn more about what this group is made of next Saturday.