Paul Finebaum ponders where Michigan goes after Week 2 loss to Texas

Texas traveled up to Ann Arbor and played exceptionally against Michigan last weekend. Defeating the Wolverines 31-12 on their home field in a statement win that could have potentially massive implications depending on how the rest of the college football season unfolds.

The defending national champions did not look like last year’s team on Saturday after suffering their first lost in The Big House since 2020. Which led to college football analyst Paul Finebaum being asked where the Wolverines go from here.

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“They don’t really have anywhere to go Greg,” Finebaum said recently on McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning. “Because I thought if they turned that game — I mean, they looked like a 9-3 team before the season. Now they look like about an 8-4 team and at Michigan that just doesn’t work. It won’t play well.”

The expectations have been set high at Michigan, especially given the team’s most recent success following the backend of the Jim Harbaugh era. A three-year run where the Wolverines boast a 40-3 record, three straight Big Ten Championship wins, and three straight College Football Playoff appearances to go with last year’s national title.

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Sherrone Moore was hired from within the program as Michigan’s head coach this offseason to help the Wolverines maintain the standard set by Harbaugh. But it looks like that will be a lot easier said than done following the departure of a majority of the team’s impact players and coaches from their historic run.

“So I think their playoff hopes are long gone. Can they straighten out some of the mistakes and have a salvageable season?” Finebaum asked. “Maybe, but this program, like Colorado, is no longer on the radar screen for the rest of the season.”

Michigan dropped from No. 10 to No. 17 in the AP Top 25 Poll following their loss, still leaving a sliver of hope for the Wolverines to make the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff with a strong performance throughout their Big Ten Conference schedule.

The Wolverines struggled offensively in both of their first two games of the season, an area they’ll definitely need to improve in if they want to return to the postseason. Making it particularly fascinating to see if the defending champions can turn things around this college football season.