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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — After losing to Washington in Week 6, Michigan football went back to the drawing board, and it had time to work things out. The Wolverines spoke of urgency but not panic as the maize and blue intended to recalibrate during the bye week.
However, at least offensively, Michigan looked worse than it has since probably 2014, and with only seven points in the 21-7 loss to Illinois, it’s the lowest that the Wolverines had scored since being shut out by Notre Dame that same year.
After the game, Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore put all the blame on himself, not having the offense and special teams ready for Saturday’s showdown. Here is everything he said after the game.
Offensive evaluation
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Just overall offensively, it wasn’t it was not good enough at all. Disappointing in a lot of Creas. can’t turn the ball over. Got to get the guys that, when they’re open, we got to lead those passes, just got to be better. And Colston played well. He made some plays. Kalel played well, ran hard. But we had three turnovers in a Big Ten game. Doesn’t matter who you play, you’re not going to win. So we just have to be better on offense.
Is there a quick fix?
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I think we just have to reevaluate. See and look. We had a bye week. I feel disappointed in myself as the head coach that we didn’t come out and execute at a better level. There’s too many bits and pieces, not enough consistency. So, I have to look at myself too. There’s no finger-pointing. Reevaluate myself and see what I need to do to be better for them, for the players and coaches as well.
Will the QB competition be ongoing?
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We can’t turn the ball over. You don’t want to go to four quarterbacks. You don’t want to have to go through this process, but you got a guy that’s — got to take care of the…
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