Michigan at Indiana postgame show: 'No justification' for positon U-M finds itself in
The Michigan Wolverines fell to 5-5 on the season after a 20-15 loss at Indiana on Saturday, giving the Hoosiers their first 10-win season in program history. U-M was a two-score underdog on the road and trailed 17-3 at the half, but fought to the end.
Folks are tired of hearing that type of thing from a defending national champion, though. And once again, it felt like Sherrone Moore and his staff let one slip away.
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TheWolverine.com’s Anthony Broome and former Michigan defensive lineman Ryan Van Bergen discuss the 20-15 loss at No. 8 Indiana and a missed opportunity to get to bowl eligibility.
Topics include why a change in offensive leadership is justified, potentially as soon as the bye, issues with challenges and timeout calls, a good defensive performance from Wink Martindale’s squad and your questions.
“It’s tough to have the game unfold the way that it did,” Van Bergen said. “And to me, to see these guys playing their hearts out, I thought a lot of the team effort was consistently good throughout the game, but you see us in positions and situations where there’s no justification outside of the coaches put us in those situations.
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“In this game, bringing Alex Orji in and the Orji package, which I think found some moderate success throughout the last two weeks, but it found nothing this week and we still are beating our head against that door. Kalel Mullings, not sure if he has a health issue or what’s going on, but it kind of seemed like they took him out at least early on in this game and tried to kind of go pocket passer with Davis Warren and change it up a little bit.
“We saw a little bit of synergy in the second half, which was nice, but it’s just such a small flame and such a small spark and we have the same record on repeat, but I feel like coaching let us down in some big ways, both offensively, defensively, special teams, time management, penalties, not lined up. Were there some good glimpses? Yeah, but overall, I feel like we got outcoached and that’s why we came away six points short of being able to beat this good Indiana team.”
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