Can't Wait For Saturday Upcoming moves critical for Michigan program

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Dec. 13—***

The winningest program in college football history would need a long run of mediocre to see that designation go away. It probably isn't going to happen to Michigan.

But firing its young coach two years in is a bad look. As is the mess left by Jim Harbaugh, who won a title then fled to the NFL ahead of the NCAA police.

Michigan will play Texas in the Citrus Bowl wit an interim coach, then move quickly to bring in the next guy.

It needs to a be a winner. One with with no off-the-field issues.

Matt Campbell would have been a great choice, but Penn State figured that out and hired him first Good call by the Nittany Lions.

Michigan would be thrilled if Marcus Freeman (a former Buckeye) would leave South Bend for Ann Arbor. But if the rising star makes a move it is most likely going to be to the NFL, where the transfer portal and NIL don't exist.

The school is unlikely to hire someone who has never been a head coach before. Too risky.

The repair work with will start immediately, with the team's recruits the first stop. The 2026 recruiting class has dropped six spots in a week, with the fall slide likely to continue.

If he is willing to listen, Alabama's Kalen DeBoer would be an ideal fit. He has made the College Football Playoff with two other programs.

He understands the Midwest and the Big Ten. He worked at Indiana, Southern Illinois and Eastern Michigan among his many stops.

Two years after replacing Nick Saban, if DeBoer is sick of hearing "That's not how Nick did it," he might be open to a move.

If Michigan lands DeBoer, it will challenge Ohio State and Indiana for Big Ten supremacy sooner rather than later.

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