Prayers were answered when Michigan football benched Bryce Underwood and replaced him with Tommy Carr after halftime. The offense punted three times in the first 30 minutes and turned it over twice, yet the Wolverines only trailed by a field goal.
In the second half, Carr engineered three touchdown drives after the offense was held scoreless for a period of four quarters over the last two games combined.
3 overreactions to Michigan's win over Penn State
Bryce Underwood was justified to travel to California with his quarterback coach
CBS stated that the embattled quarterback took a trip to the West Coast during the bye week. Instead of working with Michigan coaches to improve, he reportedly took off for the coast, and it ended up costing him his job. That alone makes this an overreaction. Underwood may be regretting this decision now, but at least he was doing the right thing and taking the demotion in stride when Carr led the team back to a pressure-relieving victory over Penn State.
Kyle Whittingham making Tommy Carr the starter is a no brainer
Following the game, coach Whittingham was quoted as saying he wasn't ready to name a starter for next week. Some were flabbergasted by this statement because they thought Carr had done enough to land the start against Indiana. When you look closer at it, 4Carr made an impact with his legs, but really didn't do anything of note through the air. Coach Whittingham is just doing his due diligence by taking time to break down the film and name the right starter moving forward. That makes this a slight overreaction that will be heavily criticized until the final decision is made.
Michigan has fixed its running game woes
It's easy to say Michigan looked like its normal self on Saturday because it got the run game going, but that's where it gets a little complicated. Penn State is allowing about 172 yards a game on the ground. Northwestern ran for over 400 against them in the debut of the new Ryan Field a couple weeks back. That makes this an overreaction for this week, but it can certainly change if Michigan football can move the ball at will on Indiana next weekend in a season-defining opportunity.
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