HOUSTON — Through all the drama and through all the adversity, no one believed Michigan football would win a national championship.
For weeks, analysts and pundits picked the maize and blue to lose — to Penn State, to Ohio State and even to Iowa. To Alabama and to Washington — the maize and blue were doubted all along the way.
Much of the same could be said of Washington, a team that was an underdog to Oregon twice. It wasn’t expected to beat Texas. But when it matched up with the Wolverines, many expected a Huskies win.
After Michigan beat Washington, 34-13, a dejected head coach Kalen DeBoer, Edefuan Ulofoshio and Michael Penix Jr. met with the media to discuss the game. Here is everything they said in the postgame when it pertained more specifically to Michigan football.