Despite blow against Oklahoma Sooners, Michigan Wolverines position room confident in their ability to turn their poor play around
The Michigan Wolverines’ offensive line is still confident in their play despite losing to the Oklahoma Sooners
After their 24-13 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners, it’s safe to say that the Michigan Wolverines are reeling and looking for a win to right the ship. Unfortunately, it will take a lot for the bad taste of their loss to get out of the mouths of the college football world after a long, almost stale night from the Wolverines on both sides of the ball.
Despite this, one Michigan position room is confident that they can be the catalyst of a turnaround for the Wolverines’ season: the Wolverines’ offensive line, led by team captain center Greg Crippen. They’ll have an opportunity to rebound this week against Central Michigan, but head coach Sherrone Moore says the unit has to be far more consistent before beginning to even entertain any conversations about it becoming a top position room.
Right now, they need to figure out their best starting five and go from there.
Michigan Team Captain Believes OL Can Be Best in Nation
After practice on Tuesday, center Greg Crippen said he believes that Michigan’s offensive line “did a lot of good things” against the Sooners despite getting trounced for most of the night.
“Obviously, Oklahoma didn’t go the way we wanted it to go, but I feel like as an offensive line we did a lot of great things that game, and we’re just going to keep improving, and we’ll see where we’re at, at the end of the season. I thought overall we did a good job in protection. I also thought we did a great job with the movement. They were moving, blitzing every single play, and I thought we did a great job just knowing where we were going to and stopping them. It’s just us trying to finish plays and move the ball.”
Bryce Underwood was pressured 16 times, hit once, and sacked twice. The run game didn’t amount to much either, despite a good showing from the team against New Mexico. Perhaps they might have stopped the onslaught from being even greater, but it’s safe to say this is well below the standards of a Michigan offensive line.
We’ve known since the beginning of last season that the offensive line was a major weakness for the Wolverines and would plague them for some time until something changed up front. Despite their poor play, Crippen is still maintaining his belief in what this unit can become.
“Our goal is to be the best O-line in the country.”
They’ve got a long way to go to get there, but confidence is the foundation of all successes.
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