The Michigan Wolverines football team is having a rough year in Kyl Whittongham;s first season as head coach. Not only did Michigan suffer a 20-14 loss to Minnesota in Week 5, but tight end Zack Marshall created headlines after the loss.
The Michigan Wolverines have the brand, the Big Ten, and the money to sell any coaching candidate if Kyle Whittingham gets fired. But, one overlooked factor could still keep this job from being the best opening in college football.
Michigan and the Big Ten announced the conference and non-conference television schedule today. The Wolverines will play a loaded slate of nationally televised games with seven on FOX and four on CBS.
Michigan is on its bye week and the Wolverines have plenty of soul-searching to do, along with trying to find answers. The maize and blue have dropped their last two games.
Michigan was supposed to enter its bye week searching for answers to fix the Wolverines' poor offense. While that's still happening, there are also more off-field issues that need to be handled.
Michigan’s offensive struggles have reached a point where frustration inside the program is becoming impossible to ignore. The Wolverines managed just 14 points in their loss to Minnesota on Saturday, finishing with 180 total yards as the offense struggled to find any rhythm.
Michigan is now over 1/3 of the way through the regular season and sits at 3-2. They struggled mightily against Western Michigan in the season opener and needed a hail mary to even win that game.
It was another disappointing week for Michigan football fans, as the Wolverines fell to Minnesota 20-14 on the road. With the loss, Michigan drops to 0-2 in Big Ten play, more than likely already eliminating itself from conference championship aspirations.
Jake Butt was one of Michigan's best tight ends to ever play for the Wolverines, if not the best. The Ohio product came to Ann Arbor and enjoyed a great four-year career.
From a 3-0 start to a sudden 0-2 collapse in Big Ten play, Michigan’s season has unraveled in just a few days. While former coach Biff Poggi is publicly backing the team, head coach Kyle Whittingham is openly admitting he is out of answers for two straight heartbreaking losses.
The grades are in, and with a historic loss, they are not pretty. Michigan had not lost to Minnesota in Minneapolis since 1977. They had won 18 of the last 20 games against the Gophers in general.
Michigan dropped its second game of the season on Saturday. The Wolverines fell to Minnesota for the first time in Minneapolis since 1977, dropping the game 20-14.
The Michigan Wolverines hired Kyle Whittingham to deliver immediate results, and quarterback Bryce Underwood was supposed to be the engine behind them.
ESPN’s “College GameDay” Saturday morning picks don’t always mean that much – they’re predictions, after all – but the Michigan game picks from Kirk Herbstreit might mean a bit more than fans realize.
Second-year quarterback Bryce Underwood had his second-worst outing of the season in Michigan's 20-14 loss to Minnesota. Underwood threw two interceptions, could have had more in the game, and passed for 101 yards.
It's been an eventful season for Kyle Whittingham and his Michigan Wolverines in 2026... and not exactly in a good way, either.
"Breakdown" may be too strong a word to use to describe the University of Michigan's football season so far, but it also may be appropriate for a program used to always being on top.
It might be over for Bryce Underwood at Michigan.
For Michigan fans who watched Ronnie Bell grind through five seasons in maize and blue, Monday’s news from Las Vegas was familiar. The Raiders released the former Wolverines wide receiver from their practice squad, a corresponding move after signing former Chicago Bears draft pick Tyler Scott, the Raiders announced.
An absolutely stunning ending.
Former Michigan Wolverines running back Hassan Haskins is back on the NFL circuit. On Friday, the Cleveland Browns worked out the 26-year-old free agent along with several other veterans, via the NFL transaction wire.
The Michigan Wolverines will begin their season next weekend. The Michigan Wolverines were picked to finish first in the first Big Ten coaches’ poll. Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster They also had three players selected to the preseason All-Big Ten first team and one named to the second team.
The College Football Playoff gave its answer on Thursday, about the finish between Western Michigan and Michigan.
The FBS oversight committee issued a statement on Wednesday evening announcing that it would not be able to overturn the Week 1 result between Michigan and Western Michigan, even though improper replay protocols were used to give the Wolverines one extra second to complete their game-winning Hail Mary pass.
Watching the Sooners lose to the Wolverines in Week 2 of the college football season was a double whammy for Mayfield.
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