🏈 Is Michigan's slow start be due to weird circumstances?

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Sure, the offense was being worked in all offseason, but it wasn't truly tested until the first game against Middle Tennessee State.

While breaking in a new offense, Michigan was simultaneously preparing for two polar opposite offenses in the first two weeks. MTSU was running four-wide receiver sets and getting the ball quickly out of the quarterback's hands.

Army brought a triple-option attack into Ann Arbor just a week later and only threw four passes. Michigan had been preparing for that one specific game since the spring, all while breaking in a new offense.

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