Losing is the single worst thing that any head coach can do in college football. The second worst thing is probably trying to deflect from those losing.

Kyle Whittingham is not making a lot of friends with the way he has tried to ingratiate himself into Michigan.

Less than a year into his tenure, Whittingham feels like a fish out of water with the way he has spoken about a lot of different aspects of the Michigan program.

His postgame comments on Saturday were just another mark against him as the Wolverines try to dig out of a 4-3 start.

Unless you ask Whittingham, then 4-3 isn’t that bad and they must be good because they were able to take a game down to the wire against the number six team in the country.

“If that’s a number six team in the country, then we’re a pretty good football team even though we’re sitting at 4-3,” Whittingham said.

Two years removed from a national championship, those are the comments of the head coach of the winningest program in the history of college football.…