We have no answers at QB. Tuttle’s late TO’s show me he’s no different than anyone else. Wink is washed. The defense looks lost. Can’t have 4 1st rounders and play this bad. It’s 100% coaching. Next season is looking even bleaker if we keep this staff.

Arkansas up late against UT late

What a crazy day. The #1,#9,#10,#11 teams lost and #4 is about to go down unless they pull off a late TD.

He had some notable success at Michigan, and it was a little prior to NIL. Was it a PT issue?

I think that we at least have a chance to win 8 games, which to me is a key achievement in this season of diminished expectations. After the UT loss, I thought that we would only win 5 games, but I'm a bit more optimistic with Tuttle as QB.

Sure, Tuttle's fumble was unfortunate, but he's the only QB we have with legitimate experience and an apparent ability to read progressions. I have to hope that with 2 weeks of snapes as the #1 QB, he will be a bit more polished at Illinois.

And while I agree with others that the defense's performance tonight left a lot to be desired, we still only scored 17 points on the road against a stellar offensive coach, and that's never enought to win a game, particularly on the west coast.

Oh, and it's readily apparent that Wink and Campbell both need to be out after this season. If he keeps them, Moore's tenure may only be 3 years.

Is that there is no answer. Plain and simple. Expectations and results need to be adjusted as such.

Michigan can win these games by getting scrappy and clawing their way to victory, like an Iowa. It might not look beautiful but that's just what it is at this point. Putting Davis Warren back into the fold isn't going to fix anything, Alex Orji isn't the savior and Jack Tuttle can't stay healthy enough to finish a game and you surely don't want to break Jadyn Davis before he can really get started, he needs more time to get stronger because he'd get hit and hit a lot. Perhaps this is Michigan biding its time for Tuttle to be healthy enough to play, but it's certainly no guarantee that things are going to be magically fixed with him under center.

This isn't as simple as waving a magic wand or putting a different guy back at QB and things being magically fixed. The offensive line needs to play better, WRs need to play better, and the quarterback needs to play better to have a chance against the conference's big boys.

Michigan needs a quarterback and that'll have to be addressed in the offseason. Whether they think Jadyn Davis is the guy next year or you find someone in the portal.

What it comes down to, people need to adjust their expectations of this offense. There is no 'fixing' this during the season. They are what they are and it's either going to be enough or it's not, time will tell. Can it get better if the OL improve? Sure. Can it improve if the receivers can get separation? Sure. If QB play improves, can the offense improves? Sure. But it's not going to equate to a completely different look, just good enough to get by.

Everyone on the offensive side of the ball needs to look inwardly, that includes the staff. These guys aren't morons, they know what needs to be fixed. It's how they go about addressing these issues will make or break this offense moving forward.

People like to poke fun at my "it is what it is" on the podcasts but it's true here. The offense is what it is, it's not great, good enough to win you games. People are going to say that the whole staff should be fired and whatnot but I am willing to give the benefit of the doubt with the Harbaugh stuff and some of the NCAA BS that was polluting the background might've gotten in the way a bit.

A drama-free offseason will be a good judge to see where things go.

As for the here and now, folks just have to be prepared to watch this product every week. They're not going to wow you with the numbers but the wins keep stacking and that's what matters. That's the only thing they can fall back on right now. IF that stops, then it's a brand new look at things.

It makes no sense why our elite talent came back for this when we all know they turned away huge NIL offers to transfer. They DID NOT stay for this. The coaches aren’t making any adjustments that work. Tuttle for example gave a spark 🔥 and then it’s gone. Washington adjusted to him and our coaches???? The coaches seem lost. But I’m rooting for them to get that #BET feeling going again!

This could shake things up.

Keon was barely within 10 yards of that TD pass that opened up a 30-21 Vandy lead over ‘Bama.

Not worth the million dollar check and the fancy Mercedes. Then the Vandy RB just dragged him about 10 yards after he initially tackled him on a 34-yard run.

If you can’t cover, then you’d better be able to tackle.

🤣

Helps and hurts our resume.

Crazy.

Hopefully oregon can win next week.

I don’t think so.

This is where I say I told you so

Michigan falls to 4-2 on the season with a ten point loss at Washington.
OFFENSE
WR -- 8 MORRIS, 5 Charleston, 1 A. Walker
LT -- 79 PERSI
LG -- 68 PRIEBE
C -- 51 CRIPPEN
RG -- 58 EL-HADI
RT -- 71 LINK
QB -- 10 ORJI, 13 Tuttle
RB -- 20 MULLINGS, 7 Edwards
TE -- 18 LOVELAND, 17 Klein
TE/HB -- 44 Bredeson, 42 Hoffman
WR -- 12 BELL, 81 O'Leary
SLOT -- 7 EDWARDS, 0 S. MORGAN

DEFENSE
EDGE -- 0 J. STEWART, 91 Brandt
DT -- 55 GRAHAM, 26 Benny
NT -- 26 BENNY, 78 Grant
DT -- 78 GRANT, 92 Iwunnah, 95 Pierce
EDGE -- 42 GUY, 17 Etta, 33 D. Nichols
LB -- 15 HAUSMANN, 34 Hood
LB -- 1 BARHAM
CB -- 2 W. JOHNSON
FS -- 28 Q. JOHNSON
SS -- 7 PAIGE, 6 Hillman
NICKEL -- 10 Berry, 7 Paige
CB -- 20 HILL

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK -- 96 ZVADA
KO -- 19 DOMAN
P -- 19 DOMAN
LS -- 49 WAGNER
H -- 19 DOMAN
PR -- 8 MORRIS
KR -- 36 HARRIS

Special Teams Contributors: 0 J. Stewart, 1 A. Walker, 2 W. Johnson, 3 F. Moore, 5 Charleston, 6 Hillman, 7 Paige, 15 Hausmann, 16 Edmond, 19 Doman, 20 Hill, 22 Dunlap, 22 R. Johnson, 25 Curtis, 26 Benny, 27 McLaurin, 35 Forbes, 36 Harris, 39 Taylor, 40 Boivin, 42 Guy, 42 Hoffman, 49 Wagner, 52 Bennett, 53 Guarnera, 55 Graham, 58 Ishmail, 62 R. Anderson, 71 Link, 75 Gentry, 78 Grant, 79 Persi, 80 Hansen, 83 Z. Marshall, 96 Zvada
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The Charlie Strong version unfortunately

I'm waiting for it,

Our supposed best players DID NOT show up today and our OC is 🚮.....no nice way to put it. For as many plays as Will looks great there are to many WTF plays. Paige has been right all year IMO. Hill plays off his man WAY too much (not sure if this is his preference or this is how he's told to play). To not have a functional QB at Michigan is MALPRACTICE. Every team we have played so far this year has a better QB situation than we do BY FAR, when is the last time we could say we would ALL trade our starting QB for the starting QB of every team we've played so far this year....let that really sink in 🤔

Isn’t enough to win on the road at UW.

It’s that simple.

And despite the turnover, Tuttle needs to be the QB going forward. Just the ability to perform a progression is enough.

Watched WRs last night make plays for their QB. Milroe throw last week to win the game was aweful the WR adjusted and made a play. Yes I know we don't throw alot but when we do break a damn tackle, catch a tough ball and for God sakes run past the sticks on 3rd down. Big win coming tonight folks. 31-14.

M&BR has the latest on a recent visitor who is committed elsewhere.

Did the QB change wake up the sleeping giant?

The whole team seems awakened. Two possessions… two scores under Tuttle. Alex had his half-season shot. Now it’s Tuttle’s turn. The entire offense seems more energized. I hope it’s not just my imagination. Donovan Edwards seems like a renewed running back. Any chance of getting both Edwards and Mullings in at the same time?

Is lost, man.... We need to change the QB to Davis for a few reps.