When the No. 20 Michigan football team hired Chip Lindsey as the new offensive coordinator late last year, there was little doubt of his acumen.

Lindsey’s recent stint at North Carolina, in which the Tar Heels excelled in the air and on the ground, gave an idea as to what his debut season with the Wolverines could look like. And with highly touted freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood, junior running back Justice Haynes and 6-foot-5 graduate receiver Donaven McCulley all joining the program, it was easy to see the product Michigan envisioned on the field when hiring Lindsey.

But absent from all the preseason prognostications, however, was a small yet significant component of Lindsey’s offensive philosophy. Unexpectedly, the Wolverines’ outside zone has been a game changer.

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