Newsstand: Joel Klatt names two Michigan games that will shape season
The Michigan Wolverines will factor into the 2024 season one way or another with the plethora of storylines. It breaks in a new head coach this year in Sherrone Moore as a bunch of new faces move into bigger roles while trying to maintain the standard set by the last few seasons of teams.
Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt sees the defending College Football Playoff National Champions as a team that could play in a few games that shape the season, starting with the Week 2 showdown with the Texas Longhorns in Ann Arbor.
“The narrative right now, in the offseason, is that Texas is going to roll up there,” Klatt said. “They’re more talented, they got their quarterback Quinn Ewers, and they’re going to beat Michigan… I don’t hold Michigan in my top four right now in the offseason. If they were to beat Texas, that changes immediately, shaping the season.”
And of course, the season finale at Ohio State rings as a game that could alter the season. Michigan holds a three-game winning streak in the rivalry, and the Buckeyes have bet everything on winning that game this year.
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“Ryan Day and the Buckeyes have to win this game,” Klatt said. “They’re hosting this game, they’ve lost three straight, and they need it. They need it badly.”
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“So it was a fascinating time to be in Ann Arbor and be around that team, and like I said, they certainly exceeded my expectations and I did not expect them to win the national championship. I have no problem admitting that. They thoroughly, thoroughly deserved it with how well they played last season. That was easily — I don’t want to say easily — that was definitely the best team in the country by the end of the season. I don’t think there were any doubts about it.”
– FOX Sports’ Michael Cohen on Michigan football’s national title-winning 2023 season
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