On Michigan's first three drives Saturday they delivered a 92-yard drive, a 75-yard drive, that both resulted in six and a field goal opportunity that was shanked.
For the Wolverines' efforts, they were only up by one at halftime and could never put Rutgers away like a Michigan team should, or like any school in America should, for that matter. Ugly wins count, but Michigan is in desperate need of something that can shift the future of the program right now. They'll have to be patient for another week or more for that to come to fruition.
3 thoughts from Michigan's win
Michigan's defense only surrendered 114 yards of offense besides two explosive plays
Rutgers scored two touchdowns on Michigan's defense because of a lucky 80-yard touchdown pass on third-and-15 and a 55-yard scamper by Antwan Raymond, who only had 30 yards beyond that one play. Mind you, Smith Snowden fell on that deep bomb that connected for six on the Scarlet Knights' longest play of the day. For as bad as those two plays were to the final score, Michigan's defense was only on the field for 20 minutes, and Rutgers was 30% on third-down conversions. Outside of the 80-yard touchdown pass, AJ Surace was 2-for-11 for 43 yards.
Kyle Whittingham is oblivious to emotion
Every time that the camera panned to Whittingham, he showed no sign of affection towards anything. On the kick-catch interference blown call, he was not angry or complaining to the refs. There was no argument from him on Zeke Berry's pass interference either; that was blatantly not called on the offense. He's been like that for most of the season and is a huge reason why the fanbase is not 100% behind him. In the postgame presser, he reiterated that it is not time to panic. Whittingham is testing everyone's last nerve with how out of touch he has been lately.
Struggling with Rutgers is a fireable offense
Michigan won't fire anyone midway through the season, but beating Rutgers in the fashion that they did is highly suspect. The offense wasn't fixed despite 400-plus yards and four touchdowns. Jordan Marshall had the worst rushing effort of his career and managed to get in the end zone. The vibes coming out from this game are almost as miserable as a loss. Only Tommy Carr was their saving grace.
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