The Michigan Wolverines are coming off what could be described as a successful season. Even though the 2023 season culminated in a national championship, the 2024 season still ended with a bowl-eligible season and a win against the Alabama Crimson Tide. Entering the 2025 season, the Michigan football team has two important questions with not necessarily immediate answers.
The 2025 season falls on the shoulders of an inexperienced quarterback in Byrce Underwood. The prospect has a tremendous upside. The signing of the coveted 17-year-old phenom proved how much the Wolverines wanted to remedy some of the instability at quarterback the season prior.
Though the signing of Underwood illuminated the Michigan football fanbase, there is still the question that lingers. Will Byrce Underwood live up to such lofty expectations? In a Big Ten conference that just produced a national champion in Ohio State, will the Wolverines be able to compete on a high level consistently? The success of any college football program resides heavily on the shoulders of its quarterback and his resiliency. It takes a certain Moxy and maturity. Will Byrce Underwood be the quarterback Michigan football can rely on, or will the carousel continue to circle for the Wolverines?
Chip Lindsey is another question mark for Michigan football
The addition of Chip Lindsey is another question for the Wolverines heading into the upcoming season. After what was a lukewarm offensive output in the 2024 season, head coach Sherrone Moore needed a restructuring on the offensive side of the football. Hiring Chip Lindsey, who has a storied football journey starting in Springville, Arkansas, as a high school assistant coach, is the step Moore needed to make.
Lindsey's recent success coaching Drake Maye at UNC gives the Wolverine fans a glimpse of what Lindsey could bring to the offense. The biggest question is what changes can Lindsey bring? The Michigan Wolverines have historically always prided themselves on being a run-heavy offense with imposing offensive lines. In a bruising Big Ten, the Wolverines do not want to lose that physicality, but to compete with offenses in the college football landscape, the Wolverines need to have an explosive passing attack. It will be imperative that Lindsey finds the appropriate balance. The days of a predictable and lack of a better word, boring, offense need to be a thing of the past.
The 2025 season begins in late August against New Mexico, which seems like a tremendously long time away, but Michigan football fans will have their eyes on the pulse of the team long before then. The future of Michigan started with the spring game, but the expectations never cease to exist. Michigan fans expect continued success at the highest level, and anything under that will lead to more questions that will demand much quicker answers.