Michigan-Toledo: Grading the Worst Loss in Wolverines' History

Toledo 13, Michigan 10

Oh. My. God.

The Wolverines are Notre Dame from last year. They are the worst team in college football and the worst team in Michigan history.

What's worse is that Michigan might have longer to go than Notre Dame before it returns to relevance.

I mean, they lost to Toledo.

The 1-4 Toledo Rockets, who aren't even a decent MAC team for crying out loud.

I can't take this. I really can't. The loss to App. State last year can at least be attributed to one of two things, depending on what type of Michigan fan you talk to.

One, App. State was a really good DI-AA team that has won multiple subdivision championships and would probably beat a lot of D-I teams; or two, Michigan took them too lightly and figured their No. 5 ranking would carry them to victory.

Losing to Toledo can't be attributed to anything other than the fact that Michigan really, really sucks and they really, really suck in all facets of the game.

Let's break it down.

Offense

This is the worst offense I've officially ever seen. The Detroit Lions are more productive than Michigan's offense.

The Wolverines couldn't do anything right against Toledo, whether they lined up four or five wide or they lined up in the I-formation. They were completely inept.

Steven Threet and Nick Sheridan combined to throw 15-for-27, 120 yards, three interceptions, and one touchdown.

Most quarterbacks can put up shoddy numbers like that on their own, but it takes two of them to do so for Michigan.

I was outraged to find out that Sheridan entered the game because Threet had a crap injury like a bruised elbow.

I don't care if the elbow is purple and swollen to the size of Tom Amstutz's belly. I don't ever want to see the "Human White Flag" throwing the ball again.

The "Human White Flag" couldn't move the ball at all the entire second half until he finally put them in position for a game-tying score at the end, in which I personally credit Sam McGuffie for that 29-yard catch.

Missing Martavious Odoms really hurt, as seen by Toney Clemons having silly putty for hands. Seriously, every ball seemed to bounce right off of his hands.

Having Zion Babb out there is equally useless as well.

The running game is mediocre at best. Sam McGuffie is good and all, but I'm curious as to how many one-yard runs he has, because when he gets hit at the line of scrimmage he goes down faster than David Underwood's career.

Kevin Grady is hated by Rich Rodriguez, and rightfully so. Grady couldn't pick up a 2nd-and-2 and then failed on 3rd-and-1.

After six games, this offense has no identity whatsoever, and I have no idea what or if they're good at anything.

Grade: F

Defense

I'm done defending the defense after that performance. I don't care that they were missing Brandon Graham and Donovan Warren. There are no excuses for giving up 327 yards of total offense to Toledo.

And 20 catches, which is a Michigan Stadium record, to Toledo receiver Nick Moore.

The Rockets took the defensive line right out of the game by rolling the pocket out and making short throws. This is something Penn State is going to do to perfection this Saturday, so look forward to more of that, fans.

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