Halloween is this week, but let's face it, nothing is scarier than Michigan's offense, and I don't mean that in a good way. Michigan's defense is scary in the sense that it can face just about any offense in the country and walk away feeling good about itself, while Michigan's offense is scary in the sense that you may want to close your eyes in fear of never being able to unsee these horrible performances ever again.
The Michigan offense must be playing into the Halloween spirit, not just this past week, but throughout the entire month of October, because the quarterbacks look like they are seeing ghosts on the field. Both Tommy Carr and Bryce Underwood have been so bad that Michigan hasn't thrown a single touchdown pass this month, but it has had five interceptions.
So either the ghosts are getting to them, they simply aren't good quarterbacks, or it all falls on the shoulders of offensive coordinator Jason Beck. I am going with option No. 3 on this one because it's one thing if one quarterback plays horribly, but both quarterbacks? I smell something fishy here.
Michigan has 0 TDs and 5 INTs in its last 3 games. pic.twitter.com/oPYueu708e
— The Triple Option (@3xOptionShow) October 25, 2026
Kyle Whittingham isn't willing to do the one thing that could fix this Michigan offense
Kyle Whittingham has tried a lot of things to help this Michigan offense. He has tried rotating more running backs into the run game. He has tried multiple offensive line arrangements, granted, that is more because of injuries. He has tried changing quarterbacks. None of it has worked, but he isn't willing to change what is really the common denominator for this offense.
All these changes have slightly helped at times with the offensive play, but the root cause of the poor play has been the play calls, which come from Beck. No adjustments are made to help the offense when things are going badly; instead, Beck tries to force the same plays that aren't working.
The fact that Michigan doesn't have a single passing touchdown in the month of October is wild. I get it, the Wolverines had a bye week in there, but if they don't have a passing touchdown against Rutgers, one of the teams in the basement of the Big Ten, that is an entire month with no scores coming through the air.
It's not like Carr, or even Underwood, is incapable of scoring with the pass, but the play calls that Beck calls either in the red zone or when Michigan actually gets midfield do nothing to help the passing game.
At this point, Whittingham needs to make the hard call on Beck. I get not wanting to panic, but Michigan is out of the CFP race, anyway you look at it, so you might as well try the one thing you haven't and give someone else the chance to call plays.
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