Cam Brown

The Only Michigan Starters Kyle Whittingham Would Name On Friday Were The Kicker And The Punter

Michigan's offensive line coach set a public deadline on August 6 for having the starting five settled: approximately two weeks out from the opener. Friday was two weeks out, and Kyle Whittingham said the staff knows its five and will not name them before the first snap on September 5. In the same session he named his kicker and his punter. Whittingham ran Utah for 21 seasons, and Utah was still releasing a preseason depth chart as recently as August 24, 2024. What he said moved him off it a year later was not distaste, it was a new Big 12 rule about injury disclosure.