Sometimes what sounds like coach-speak is really just real speak. During the many months of this offseason, Michigan offensive coordinator Josh Gattis expressed the need for the offense, in the second year under his direction, to be more explosive.
Speed in space, after all. Get it? That’s what he tweeted and preached when he first got the job early in 2019, and that's what his offense is about. For much of the first half last season, it was speed in mud. The Michigan offense was often barely capable of running his game plan because of turnovers, long down-and-distance situations and playing from deficits.