TAMPA, Fla. — Michigan’s offense was already one one of the worst in college football in 2024. Now with an interim play-caller, several key opt-outs and the unit in a state of transition, can the Wolverines do enough to keep up with No. 11 Alabama in Tuesday’s ReliaQuest Bowl (Noon, ESPN)?

Michigan's 2024 football season will come to an end on Tuesday when the Wolverines face Alabama in the ReliaQuest Bowl on New Years Eve. It was an up-and-down s

Alabama football is a large favorite ahead of its final game of the 2024 season. The Crimson Tide, which finished No. 11 in the final College Football Playoff rankings and just out of the first expanded 12-team CFP,

The Wolverines will likely have a new starting quarterback next season (favorites are freshman Bryce Underwood or incoming transfer Mikey Keene) and will certainly have a new offensive coordinator in former North Carolina OC Chip Lindsey. However, for the bowl game, tight ends coach Steve Casula is handling those duties in the interim.

The Wolverines also have another linebacker that Alabama fans need to know Jaishawn Barham, a junior as well. Barham, a transfer from the Maryland Terrapins, is Michigan’s second-leading tackler at 65 for the season, while also having recorded four TFL, one sack, and two PD in what is one of the top years of his collegiate career so far.

Jalen Hale, the second-year former four-star wide receiver, was on the practice field working with the wide receivers ahead of the ReliaQuest Bowl.

The biggest attraction during the Wolverines’ first bowl practice in Florida was the No. 1 overall recruit from Belleville.

Bryce Underwood is practicing with the Michigan team ahead of their ReliaQuest Bowl tilt vs Alabama. Here are videos and photos of Underwood at practice.