Michigan football is struggling in its game vs. Rutgers as the Scarlet Knights lead 17-7.
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse for Michigan football, the Wolverines are down 17-7 to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights with 30 minutes left to play. And it still can get worse. The Wolverines could lose this game, pushing Jim Harbaugh’s hot seat to a blazing temperature and the Maize and Blue to 1-4. That result would be Rutgers’ second conference win in its last 26 tries (you may remember the Knights’ last win, against Michigan State earlier this season). But there’s hope in the form of Cade McNamara who took over at quarterback in the second quarter and immediately threw a touchdown. [ Michigan football goes back to Cade McNamara — and he throws a touchdown immediately] Joe Milton has struggled. Not just this game or last game, but in most of the games he’s played as Michigan’s quarterback. There was a host of errant passes Saturday, including an underthrow to pretty open Ronie Bell in the second quarter. But when Milton did manage to put it on the money, he didn’t receive help from his wideouts. After completing a third-and-5 pass on the Wolverines’ first drive, receiver Cornelius Johnson fumbled, giving Rutgers the ball.
