When it comes to the Michigan offense, the difference between failure and success moving forward seems quite obvious. While the rushing attack has seemed to improve week after week, the Michigan passing attack has almost regressed from where it was in Week 1. In fact, the Wolverines have been so ineffective through the air that they ranked near the bottom in all of college football in passing yards per game.
The good news is that offensive coordinator Kirk Campbell seems to be aware that the current passing attack (or lack thereof) isn’t sustainable moving forward.
Meeting with the media this week, Campbell acknowledged that the Wolverines need more explosiveness through the air.
“So obviously against USC we had a couple short drives, we had an explosive run,” Campbell said. “It’s hard to drive the field in college football…14, 15 plays. When you do, that’s great, that’s outstanding. But it’s hard. The defense is going to make a play, they’re going to make a call, they’re going to make an adjustment. The explosiveness that we mentioned earlier in the pass game needs to show up so we get faster drives. Now, do we need to score in one minute, two minutes like these air raid teams? No, that’s not what we’re asking for. But it’s easier in seven, eight play drives when you get explosive plays in the pass game. Just can’t rely on the backbone of the run game to create those explosives. Obviously that happened against USC, we’re thankful for that. But it’s not a reality that’s sustainable through a course of a season.”…