My reaction to the Utah loss
by Mike on Sep.04, 2008, under Michigan
A lot of folks are asking me if I have given up hope on Rich Rodriguez, the spread offense and Michigan in general.
Oh Contraire, mon ami!
To be honest, the loss to Utah was only somewhat dissapointing. Utah is a good team and has a good program (undefeated a couple of years ago – when did we last do that?). We have a new coach and a new system. Most importantly, we do not have the same key skill guys we have had for the last 3-4 years to anchor the offense. We will miss Henne, Hart, Manningham and Jake Long a lot this year and this game was our first view of that happening. Even if Lloyd was still here, our traditional offense would have struggled due to graduation (did those guys graduate?) losses.
These factors combine to lower my expectations for M football a few notches for this year. I would hope we are more competitive (as we were on Saturday) the further we get into the season. We need the defense to keep us in games until the “O” comes around. That the “D” didn’t get it done in the first half against the Utes was probably the biggest dissapointment of the game. Hopefully, we will show good improvement this week against Miami and be ready to spank the Domers the following week!
