The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL ❱ INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS 10-10 10-10 Is Michigan's all-time record against the SEC in bowl games, following a 41-27 loss to Texas in the Citrus Bowl. 13th 13th Is where Bryce Underwood ranked in the Big Ten with 11 touchdown passes, and his 9 interceptions were tied as the fourth most in the confer- ence. Underwood checked in 14th with a 60.3 completion percentage and 10th with 7.2 yards per pass. 2 , 428 428 Passing yards for Michigan quarterback BRYCE UNDERWOOD in 13 games in 2025 — the most by a U-M player as a freshman since Chad Henne in 12 contests in 2004 (2,743) and second-most all time. Rick Leach had 680 yards in 12 games in 1975, while Tate Forcier put up 2,050 in 12 outings in 2009. I don't know if you 'handle it,' is the right word. It's a tough situation. It's a tough situation because … first of all, I know what we signed up for in coaching, in the profes- sion itself. Moving … my wife has moved enough. It was tough. It's hard, because of not only the relationships you have. We've become family because we actually spend more time — as far as the coaches themselves, the assistants — more time together than we do with our families. I'm to the point where I want to look out for them. I want to get them a job and whatever else comes from it. But they're professionals. They've prepared the same way for this game as they have every other game. The Twitter and everything else, it's entertainment for people to see all of this, but — I'm getting emotional talking about it — it's real life. There are little ones that have to be uprooted from school and things like that. It sucks." — Former Michigan defensive coor- dinator Wink Martindale on the fallout from Sherrone Moore being fired Here's why the Wolverine nation should be ec- static — he's a tough cat. That's a tough dude, man. You're going to see, when the Wolverines were the Wolverines of old, like they were a couple years ago, they were a line-of-scrimmage team that tackled really well, played physical, tough defense and they controlled the line of scrimmage on offense — and that's what he is. And he's adapted well to the new era of player. When he was my defensive coordinator, he was firm and had high expectations, but he was never demeaning. The players always respected him, and that's the No. 1 quality that he has." — FOX analyst Urban Meyer on KYLE WHITTINGHAM Together, we made memories that will last for- ever. I would put on the winged helmet every Saturday for the rest of my life if they let me." — Fullback/tight end Max Bredeson in a farewell to Michigan This game, we had the handcuffs off. There were some things we have to work on. We've got to be there for [freshman quarterback Bryce Under - wood], too, especially as a young guy. He's going to be just fine in the future." — Junior wide receiver Kendrick Bell on the offense in the 41-27 loss to Texas in the Citrus Bowl A ton of respect for his program that they had at Utah — the discipline, the tough- ness that his teams always play with, their unique ability to adapt with the times offensively, but yet defensively some of their core values and the way that they play, the physical brand of football, the tight coverage. I would expect nothing less from Michigan. A ton of respect for Coach Whittingham." — Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian on Kyle Whittingham FEBRUARY 2026 ❱ THE WOLVERINE 17 PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL