WATCH: Sherrone Moore previews Michigan vs. Texas, discusses quarterbacks, more
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan Wolverines football head coah Sherrone Moore met with the media Monday morning to preview his team’s matchup with Texas. Watch video of his press conference in the player at the top of the screen or on our YouTube channel.
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Moore began by speaking on the challenge ahead for Michigan against Texas.
“Yeah, we’re super excited for the challenge,” Moore said. “We know we got a really good football team coming in — in all three phases.
“Coach Sark has done a really good job with the program. On offense, they present challenges with the way he calls the game, what he does, his creativity. Obviously, they have a really great quarterback. The skill players are fast everywhere. The running back is really good — I know they got the other two that got hurt, but the running back they have now is really good, too. And the O-line is as good as you’ll see in the country. I know our defense is excited for the challenge to go against them.
“And then offensively, their defense played very well. Sound, not very many mistakes. I think they have four returning starters on defense, and they have guys that have played. So super esxcited for Saturday.”
The Michigan coach also discussed what he liked and didn’t like about his team’s performance in a 30-10 win over Fresno State to open the season Saturday night.
“Guys weren’t scared of the big stage,” Moore began. “Obviously, a great atmosphere in The Big House, but I think the players played extremely hard offensively. We got in a rhythm at the end of the game and really felt the line jelling. We got a rhythm of everything going on, I thought. Offensively, they definitely picked it up there. Got things to clean up, as we always will — run game technique, fundamentals. It’s the tale of 10 guys and you got one guy that doesn’t do the job and then the play fails. So we gotta continue to get better at that, but we will. This week, we’re going to put our hard hat on and work our tails off this week to have a great week of prep.
“And I think defensively, they flew around, they were violent, they were physical. Had a lot of fun. I think the thing there we gotta clean up — we just gotta be stable emotionally. We had that one drive where we had a couple penalties that could go either way, but we can’t have them. For us, we’re going to look to make those and play our style of football.”
