Saturday’s game at The Big House features two teams that find themselves in serious transition. After winning a national title, Michigan lost head coach Jim Harbaugh and virtually its entire offense to the NFL. Fresno State will look more familiar on the field, but will be without former head coach Jeff Tedford, a program icon who abruptly retired for health reasons in July.
In step two longtime assistants. Sherrone Moore, the former offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, takes over for Harbaugh after guiding Michigan to wins over Bowling Green, Penn State, Maryland and Ohio State as acting head coach, while Harbaugh served multiple in-season suspensions. Fresno State tabbed assistant head coach and linebackers coach Tim Skipper, who is in his second stint at the school, as its interim head coach for the 2023 season.
The Bulldogs bring back the core of a very strong offense, while Michigan retains some of the nation’s best players on defense. The other side of this matchup brings far more questions. Saturday’s game will be the first matchup between the Wolverines and Bulldogs.
Detroit Free Press/USA TODAY Sports Michigan vs. Fresno State Location: Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kickoff: Saturday, Aug.
31 at 7:30 p.m. ET TV: NBC/Peacock Spread: Michigan -20.
5 Over/Under: 45.5 Announcers: Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge and Kathryn Tappen Why Michigan Will Win For all that has changed from the 2023 season, this is still an incredibly talented team. Last year’.