(Photo: David Guralnick, Detroit News)
Shoved to the back-burner in all the discussion about Michigan’s new offense — a no-huddle, hurry-up installed by new coordinator Josh Gattis — is the lack of experience at running back.
While the focus has been on the quarterbacks and receivers — they made for an explosive combination at Alabama last season where Gattis was co-offensive coordinator — running backs coach Jay Harbaugh assured during the spring that the running backs will play a vital role in how this offense operates.
“We’re still a run-first team and the runs that we’re running aren’t that much different,” Harbaugh said in April.