Michigan football is confident ahead of another big game: 'That's when we play our best'

Michigan football fans might have had their confidence shaken by a 30-10 win over Fresno State on Saturday.

At times, the offense was hard to watch. Davis Warren threw a touchdown pass and an interception. He also averaged fewer than five yards per pass attempt.

The running game struggled too until getting 57 yards on six carries on a key fourth-quarter touchdown drive. Michigan football was spectacular on defense. The Wolverines lived up to the hype on that side of the ball.

Michigan's defense wasn't perfect though and before the Will Johnson pick-six, Fresno State seemed poised to cut the lead to six. Instead, it got pushed to 20 and that was it.

The Wolverines got away with struggling on offense for most of the night against Fresno State but that will be much tougher this week.

Texas has one of the best quarterbacks in the country. Their offense as a whole is loaded with weapons and slowing them down won't be easy.

The Longhorns are surely to follow the same playbook as Fresno State which means loading the box. Michigan football will have to be better on offense, something Sherrone Moore acknowledged this week.

Michigan football is ready for another big game

“I think our players played extremely hard offensively, and we got a rhythm at the end of the game,” the Michigan football head coach said via The Wolverine. “We really felt the line jelling, got a rhythm of everything going on. They definitely picked it up there.

“We’ve got things to clean up as we always will in run game technique and fundamentals … it’s the tale of 10 guys and you’ve got one guy that doesn’t do his job and then the play fails. So, we’ve got to continue to get better at that, but we will this week. We’re going to put our hard hat on and we’re going to work our tails off this week to have a great week of prepping.”

Moore said that Michigan left "meat on the bone" in terms of the offense something the Wolverines can't do against Texas. They have to take advantage of scoring opportunties and at least keep the defense off the field as much as possible.

Yet, the fact remains that Michigan is going to win with the defense leading the charge. This offseason, I said there would be games where for the first team to 20 will win.

That's what Michigan needs to make Saturday's game into -- a knockout, drag-out, defensive battle. The Wolverines can win that kind of game.

Either way, star corner Will Johnson said this kind of game feels familiar to Michigan football. He compared it to Ohio State or the Rose Bowl and said those games are when "when we play our best football."