Desmond Howard explains why he's not worried about Michigan's offense vs. Texas

The Michigan offense wasn’t exactly impressive in last week’s season opener against Fresno State as the Wolverines finished with only 269 yards of offense in the win.

Despite that, ESPN college football analyst Desmond Howard isn’t worried about the Wolverines ahead of Saturday’s Week 2 matchup against Texas. The Longhorns are loaded on both sides of the ball, but Howard expects to see an improved Michigan offense this week.

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The Wolverines legend joined ESPN First Take on Friday and explained why.

“Well, if you look at what took place last week against Fresno State, you knew coming into the game the big storyline was the quarterback battle throughout camp — Alex Orji or Davis Warren — which one was it going to be? And so Sherrone [Moore], he implemented a two-quarterback system where he was playing both quarterbacks.

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“But before we get to the quarterbacks, you have to start really with the offensive line. Five new starters. Those guys trying to gel at the same time against a Fresno State team that’s a pretty talented team. So there were some bumps, some bruises, some hiccups, things that we aren’t used to seeing from a Michigan offense.”

Howard expects Michigan to work better together on the offensive line against Texas after playing a full game together, even if it was against lesser competition and even if it wasn’t the best debut.

He added that he believes Sherrone Moore purposely didn’t show a lot on film in order to keep the Longhorns guessing.

“If I was a head coach, going up against Fresno State, knowing the next week we have to play host to the Longhorns, I’m not going to show a lot,” Howard said. “I’m trying to see what I have. And I think that was kind of like what went on last Saturday night against Fresno State.”

While Howard expects Michigan to be improved, he acknowledged that going up against Texas is not going to be easy. The Longhorns are ranked as the No. 3 team in the nation for a reason and are viewed as serious College Football Playoff contenders. However, Howard believes the Wolverines are ready for the challenge.

“They’re going to have to play much better come tomorrow afternoon against the Longhorns, because I mean those guys are loaded. We saw what they did a week ago against Colorado State,” Howard said. “And I think that now they had one game to get used to each other, identifying blitzes and backers and things of that nature as far as the offensive line. I’m assuming they’re going to take the next step forward and play better against the Longhorns.”