Five-star quarterback recruit Bryce Underwood flipped his commitment from LSU to Michigan on Thursday. .Detroit Free Press sports writer Rainer Sabin answers three questions about the decision and what it means for the Wolverines amid their disappointing season under first-year coach Sherrone Moore.
How does this change the trajectory of Michigan?
Soon after the Wolverines won the national championship last January, the program began to fall from its perch atop the sport. Eighteen starters from the title-winning team departed. Head coach Jim Harbaugh left for the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers fled to the NFL, and his entire defensive staff soon followed him out the door. In the wake of this mass exodus, Moore, one of Harbaugh’s top assistants, took charge in late January. The offense he coordinated under Harbaugh was now gutted.