3 things that Michigan football needs to fix right away

Michigan football needs to get things turned around and here are three things that need to be fixed right away.

Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore, center, watches warm up before the Texas game at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, September 7, 2024. / Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK

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Fix the offensive line

Michigan football fans are focused too much on the quarterback position. The offensive line is a much bigger problem.

One of the reasons I was confident in the ability of the offense to produce was the offensive line. Despite losing five starters, it felt like there was enough talent and experience to be good.

The coaching staff talked up Greg Crippen and even said Giovanni El-Hadi could be playing in the NFL right now. Josh Priebe was honorable mention All-Big Ten the past two seasons and Myles Hinton does have first-round ability.

But as a whole, it hasn't been good. Crippen and Raheem Anderson were beaten out by Dom Giudice, while Link beat out Jeff Persi and Andrew Gentry, a former top-100 recruit.

Giudice has been better. Link just isn't ready to do the job. That much is clear. But the fact that he won the job is also troubling. Whatever needs to happen, Sherrone Moore and company have to get the offensive line playing better.

That's been the identity of this team. The receivers are average, the quarterback is average, but the running backs and offensive line are supposed to be good.

However, if the offensive line is average or bad, that equation doesn't compute, which is where Michigan football finds itself after two games.

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