Shea Patterson has been under the microscope at Michigan since the day it was announced he would be transferring to Ann Arbor. Last season, Patterson had one of the most efficient passing seasons in the history of the program, but it still felt like the handcuffs were on him with the offensive system that the team had been running under Jim Harbaugh and Pep Hamilton.
Michigan needed to update itself to make its offensive attack more aggressive and more in line with where the sport is heading, namely at the next level. When the program hired Josh Gattis this offseason to be its offensive coordinator and giving him the keys to the system, people loved the sound of “Speed in Space” and what it was going to mean for Michigan’s offensive attack.