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That didn’t go as planned — at all.
The Wolverines traveled to Miami, Florida to play in the College Football Playoff semifinals against the Georgia Bulldogs and it wasn’t much of a game to say the very least. The SEC proved to be the better conference in the CFP once again.
The only time this game was close was when it was tied 0-0 before the kick. The Bulldogs steamrolled the Wolverines right from the whistle en route to a 34-11 win.
Georgia came out as the more physical team, and it showed in the trenches. The Bulldogs’ defensive line massacred the Wolverines’ offense line — who just won the Joe Moore Award for being the nation’s best offensive line — and it led to multiple sacks on Cade McNamara and very little running room for the Michigan backs.
On the opposite side of things, the Georgia offensive line handled business against the Michigan defensive line — Michigan didn’t record a sack. The UGA coaches had a fast game plan to not allow Aidan Hutchinson or David Ojabo to get much pressure on Stetson Bennett — there were plenty of screens and quick passes to the flats to negate pressure.
One of our keys to the game was stopping Brock Bowers in the middle of the field, but that didn’t come to fruition. Bowers played a big factor in the game on the very first drive, and the Michigan linebackers had a very bad game in pass coverage.
Michigan’s fantastic season has now come to an end in Miami, and here are three things we learned after the loss.
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