Michigan football 'not anywhere close to the last three years' says Joel Klatt
Despite a 4-1 overall record and being ranked 10th in the AP poll, Joel Klatt of Fox Sports is sounding the alarm bells about Michigan fooball following another lackluster performance.
The Wolverines started strong against Minnesota and built a 21-0 lead. It was 24-3 early in the second half before the wheels started to fall off. Michigan football got tired on defense and Alex Orji missed two wide-open targets on a play that turned into an interception.
Eventually, Minnesota got within three points. If they had been able to recover the onside kick at the end, Michigan football might not have survived.
Joel Klatt says Michigan football "looks lost"
“Michigan looks lost right now. This is not anywhere close to the teams that we have seen over the last three years,”Klatt said on Wednesday. “Now, they want it to be similar, and the difference is that — I just don’t sense that they have a real deep understanding of who they are. This Michigan team in the first half against Minnesota looked very good. The entire game against Texas, looked totally lost."
"There were so many mistakes in the passing game, too many turnovers, and then they went to Alex Orji and there’s just no passing game to speak of. They get up big on both USC and then Minnesota in the first half, and then they fall apart with an inability to move the ball offensively in the second half. They allow the opposition to get back in the game.”
Michigan football has some of the same identity that it did last season according to Klatt, especially when it comes to the defense and the running game. But he said there's no margin for error. At least the way the Wolverines are playing right now.
You have to hope Alex Orji can figure things out but the offensive staff hasn't done a very good job of using his legs and it feels like they were unprepared for him to be quarterback, despite having all offseason to prepare.
It's weird and my hope is that the Michigan football coaching staff isn't in over its head, even if it has felt like that during the first five games.
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