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- Wolverines
- Published: Dec. 31, 2025, 8:52 p.m.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Michigan shot capped a whirlwind 2025 play connected Wednesday pinch a 41-27 nonaccomplishment to Texas successful nan Citrus Bowl.
The Wolverines were successful nan playoff hunt until nan last week of nan regular season, past saw it each travel crashing down. A nonaccomplishment to Ohio State near Michigan seeking answers for adjacent year, past caput coach Sherrone Moore was abruptly fired complete an inappropriate narration pinch a staffer.
Interim caput coach Biff Poggi conscionable wanted a afloat 4 quarters from nan Wolverines, and he sewage it … Michigan led midway done nan 4th fourth earlier turnovers derailed immoderate hopes of winning.
Here are immoderate notable quotes from nan postgame news convention astatine Camping World Stadium:
“He conscionable couldn’t go. There’s these things wherever you’re medically cleared but cipher knows your assemblage for illustration you do, right? He was medically cleared, but he conscionable felt for illustration he couldn’t go. He had been banged up for a while. He’s nan benignant of subordinate that, you know, physicality is what makes him special. So erstwhile he doesn’t consciousness right, particularly successful nan precocious body, that’s hard.” — Biff Poggi connected moving backmost Jordan Marshall not playing.
“Knowing that we sewage nan correct things out. Going retired location and playing nan athletics that we love. Staying wherever our feet are is simply a large thing. Coach (Ron) Bellamy said it, Biff said, beryllium wherever our feet are. Let’s spell constitute history. Biff said a batch that they make movies retired of this stuff. We went retired location and gave it our each for Biff, for real.” — Receiver Kendrick Bell (2 catches, 24 yards, TD) connected trying to enactment focused pinch each nan distractions successful caller weeks.
“Biff told (Steve) Casula to conscionable telephone whatever, and that’s what he did. We played our hardest. … We were conscionable fresh to spell play football. Have fun, make plays, but we didn’t get nan 3rd part.” — Running backmost Bryson Kuzdzal (20 carries, 82 yards) connected nan discourtesy throwing nan shot more, and earlier.
“I don’t cognize if it’s goodbye aliases spot ya later. Hopefully we transverse paths again. But it was an grant to beryllium capable to play pinch those guys. I’m conscionable truthful grateful for them and everything that they’re poured into me.” — Linebacker Cole Sullivan connected saying goodbye to immoderate of nan protect coaches. Kyle Whittingham is expected to overhaul overmuch of nan Michigan staff.
“I person been a caput coach successful complete 300 shot games, astatine each levels. There has ne'er been a squad that I’ve been prouder of than this team. I mean, these guys are unbelievable. They’re awesome quality beings. At Michigan, you person to beryllium a awesome student. There’s very precocious standards of really to behaviour themselves. It genuinely is nan afloat package. I don’t cognize really immoderate 1 could beryllium successful that stadium and watch these guys and not conscionable beryllium (proud).” — Biff Poggi connected his team’s capacity connected Wednesday.
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Aaron McMann is nan main hit writer covering nan University of Michigan shot programme for MLive Media Group, wherever he's worked since 2014. He went from covering precocious schoolhouse sports successful nan Flint area to a...
