Michigan HC Kyle Whittingham not shaking anything up on offense yet

The Michigan Wolverines are coming off two straight Big Ten losses and a bye week. If head coach Kyle Whittingham was going to make a move to switch things up, this was going to be the time to do it.

Specifically, there was speculation that Whittingham could make changes on offense, where quarterback Bryce Underwood has been underwhelming, if not straight-up bad, and offensive coordinator Jason Beck's unit has struggled as a result.

The Wolverines are second-to-last in the Big Ten in yards per game (315.8) and points per game (23.0), respectively.

After Michigan's 20-13 loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers in Week 5, Whittingham did say that some tough decisions may lie ahead for him heading into the bye week.

Apparently, the decisions weren't that tough, though. On Monday, Whittingham said that the Michigan offense would be standing pat with its two key members, Underwood and Beck.

"Jason will call plays and Bryce is our guy, and we'll move forward," Whittingham said, per Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.

Interestingly, backup quarterback Tommy Carr did get more reps with the first-team offense during the bye week, but Whittingham revealed that was always part of the plan. The idea was apparently always to use the extra time to get Carr more reps.

He could just be saying that, of course. At this point, it's not like Carr could be much worse than Underwood. He'd also have a groundswell of support from the fanbase and those "within the program" as the grandson of former Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr.

The Wolverines love to tout their "Michigan Men," and the younger Carr certainly qualifies as that.

It does sound like Whittingham has asked Beck to tweak the offense a bit, though, rather than completely overhaul it.

Michigan Wolverines sticking with Bryce Underwood at QB

"We're continuing to tailor the offense to try to put everybody, not just Bryce, in the best position to succeed," Whittingham said. "Our big demise is turnover margin. We continue to lose the turnover margin, we'll continue to lose, period, cut and dried. We've got to get that fixed."

Whittingham didn't throw Underwood under the bus; it can't be overstated how disappointing the former 5-star recruit has been this season — especially in relation to his NIL paycheck.

Underwood has completed just 67-of-113 passes for five touchdowns and four interceptions this season. His average passer rating of 132.30 is 89th out of 100 qualified quarterbacks in the country.

He needs to be better for Michigan. Much better.

A tweak and tailor here or there may not be enough, especially with No. 5 Indiana, No. 12 UCLA and No. 4 Ohio State remaining on Michigan's schedule.