3. The coaches should have unleashed Bryce Underwood without handcuffs
In his road debut, Bryce Underwood was 38% passing with a similar quarterback rating. Somehow, Michigan was still within one possession in the fourth quarter. Sherrone Moore lamented in Monday's press conference that he wants Underwood to run it more, but you'd better have a backup quarterback ready in case he gets hurt. Right now, Michigan football doesn't have a viable backup to Underwood, making it hard to improvise with him and risk the injury.
As much as the Michigan football pessimists don't want to accept it, this is an overreaction. The Underwood hype is there, but he's not a finished product two games into his career. He wasn't phased by the uninviting environment, and the coaches won't make that mistake again of underestimating him. Not having Marlin Klein available and losing Giovanni El-Hadi made things more helpless. To quantify it all, the fact that Michigan was within reach to tie it at all is a baffling notion.
The coaches have to be in agreement to give Underwood more of a leash going into road games like Nebraska and USC, or else the same result will happen. Without Mikey Keene being healthy or Jadyn Davis being playable, it's a difficult choice. Most importantly, the offensive line has to come together for any of this to become a realization.