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By Reice Shipley
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The Michigan Wolverines again looked lifeless on the offensive side of the ball, falling to their in-state rivals, the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday.
As you may expect, Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham wasn't exactly happy with how his team played.
Quarterback play was a major shortcoming once again for Michigan on Saturday. Freshman quarterback Tommy Carr, who earned the starting job over former No. 1 ranked recruit Bryce Underwood earlier this season, completed just 53.9% of his passes and threw multiple interceptions in the 15-6 loss.
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Saturday's game marks the second time this season that Michigan has been held in the single digits in points scored in a game. And it seems like Whittingham is finally getting tired of the same old struggles from his offense.
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Speaking with reporters following Saturday's game, Whittingham made it clear that his team's performance set a new personal low for him in a number of ways.
"I can’t explain what just happened," said Whittingham. “As disappointed as I’ve ever been as a head coach and as frustrated as I’ve ever been as a head coach.”
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It's hard to be more blunt about Michigan's performance than Whittingham was here. But on paper, these comments are absolutely justified given just how poor things went offensively for the Wolverines.
With the loss, Michigan falls to 5-4 on the year and 2-4 in Big Ten play. Not exactly what Michigan fans were expecting considering they came into the season ranked No. 16 in the preseason AP Poll.
Unfortunately for Michigan fans, things won't get much easier for them down the stretch of their schedule, with matchups against the No. 23 ranked Oregon Ducks, the No. 8 ranked UCLA Bruins, and the No. 12 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes still awaiting them.
With that in mind, Whittingham and the rest of the Michigan coaching staff have an uphill battle on their hands to get their offense to a level that will even be remotely competitive against the remainder of their schedule.
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