Desmond Howard defends Bryce Underwood after Western Michigan performance.
Michigan · Western MichiganThat performance has led to immense backlash from both college football fans and Michigan fans, who expected Underwood to look much improved this season. Especially after the quarterback declared that he felt like he was the best player to ever play for the Wolverines this offseason.
He instead placed more blame on head coach Kyle Whittingham, who coached his first career game at Michigan last Saturday. Does the special teams deserve criticism?
There’s nobody who wore that maize uniform that night that should escape any criticism. “We were in our meeting for ‘College GameDay’ and I told everybody, ‘I want to sit back and watch the national landscape.
I want to see who they place blame with, and who they give a pass.’ ESPN's Desmond Howard defended Michigan QB Bryce Underwood's play in the Wolverines' controversial win over WMU.
KEY POINTS
- On Friday morning’s episode of ‘First Take’, Michigan legend and College GameDay panelist Desmond Howard defended Underwood’s performance.
- Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood ‘s sophomore season started off on a bit of an odd foot, prior to throwing a game-winning 47-yard ‘Hail Mary’ to hold off Western Michigan last Saturday.
- While he was expected to open the year with a statement performance, Underwood was held to just 123 passing yards with no passing scores prior to the game-winning throw.
- “There’s absolutely no way you come after with the opinion that ‘man, that whole game was on Bryce Underwood ,'” Howard said.