Wolverine TV: Rod Moore, Jack Tuttle talk Michigan football during bye week
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan Wolverines football junior safety Rod Moore and graduate quarterback Jack Tuttle met with the media Tuesday evening after practice during the team’s bye week. Watch video of Moore in the player at the top of the screen and Tuttle in the embed below. As always, follow our video content on our YouTube channel, as well.
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Moore missed Michigan’s first three games of the season, then whiffed on a tackle on the third play from scrimmage in his first game back against Rutgers, leading to a touchdown. He was still getting back into the swing of things and feels much better not that he’s seen action in the last five outings.
“I feel like I’ve progressed a lot. Health wise, I’m 100 percent, but on the field, I’d say I’m still getting better,” the Michigan safety said. “I kinda feel like I’m behind, because I was out from probably mid-camp to Week 3, so I was behind. But getting these game reps, especially at Michigan State, staying in longer and getting those reps helped me get better, and I feel like I’m getting better.
“Especially coming back at Rutgers, when I missed that tackle for the touchdown, I’m not gonna lie, I lost a little bit of confidence. And coming off the bench, I think it helped me because you’ve got guys in there that are in there before you that are pushing you to be better. It makes you want to be at a high level so you can get that starting spot back. It wasn’t really odd, it just helped me be better.”
Added the Michigan defensive back: “It was not being on the field as much, and then come back and it’s really the first or second play I’m back and I miss a tackle. I’m like, ‘Oh, is it my leg or me mentally?’ But I think the reps of practice and then these few games, I’m really getting my confidence back.”
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Tuttle, meanwhile, faced his former team, Indiana, two weeks back. He threw a touchdown pass in the lopsided, 52-7 win. However, it wasn’t extra special because he was facing his former program.
“I try to take the emotion out of the game — nameless, faceless opponents,” Tuttle said. “But the scoring felt pretty good.
“It was a full circle thing. It was good scoring. It was good seeing a lot of those guys on the team after the game. It’s been a while. I wish nothing but the best for those boys.
