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Newsstand: Michigan's biggest question ahead of the season

Anthony Broomeby: Anthony Broome05/27/25anthonytbroome
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The Michigan Wolverines head into the 2025 season looking to improve on an 8-5 mark in Sherrone Moore’s first season with no shortage of questions.

On3’s Pete Nakos used Ari Wasserman’s preseason top 25 to ask a major question of each team on the list. Michigan came in at No. 18 on the list, and Nakos believes that its biggest question comes in toe form of freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood.

Here’s what Nakos had to say:

Does Bryce Underwood start Week 1 as a true freshman?
Michigan sent ripples through the college football landscape last fall when it flipped On3’s No. 1 quarterback, Bryce Underwood, from LSU. Underwood went through spring and went head-to-head with Jadyn Davis. Fresno State transfer quarterback Mikey Keene missed the entire spring, opening the conversation about whether Underwood will start in Week 1.

The early returns on Underwood have been positive, according to Moore.

“He’s a young guy, he’s talented, he’s got ability, and obviously he’s got the high ranking, but he’s still got to work to be great, to be where he wants to be,” Moore said after spring ball wrapped up. “So all those little things that you got to do to be a great quarterback, it’s a lot more than just throwing it down the field. It’s processing pre-snap and post-snap. So he’s got to continue to work on that.”

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“Roddy Gayle Jr., as an example, his practice numbers [shooting] were pretty good. There’s no doubt that if you watched him shoot until that Texas A&M game, you’re probably thinking as a fan, ‘How in the world are his numbers good?’ Then it all broke through, and it did at a perfect time. You can’t necessarily draw that up every time. But there was a belief there, there was a belief that Tre Donaldson could handle the basketball late in games. There was a belief in Danny Wolf and Vlad Goldin that they could craft one of the most unique one-two punches in college basketball.”

– Michigan basketball voice Brian Boesch on Dusty May’s belief in his players

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