{"id":4117,"date":"2025-12-29T09:49:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/what-kyle-whittinghams-role-will-look-like-during-the-citrus-bowl\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T09:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:49:07","slug":"what-kyle-whittinghams-role-will-look-like-during-the-citrus-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/what-kyle-whittinghams-role-will-look-like-during-the-citrus-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"What Kyle Whittingham\u2019s role will look like during the Citrus Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<head><br \/>\n\t<meta charset=\"UTF-8\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"profile\" href=\"https:\/\/gmpg.org\/xfn\/11\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1\"\/><\/p>\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\"\/>\n<p>\t<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ --><br \/>\n\t<title>What Kyle Whittingham\u2019s role will look like during the Citrus Bowl<\/title><link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-TMDFullLogo.png?fit=2854%2C388&amp;ssl=1\" as=\"image\" imagesrcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-TMDFullLogo.png?w=2854&amp;ssl=1 2854w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-TMDFullLogo.png?resize=1024%2C139&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-TMDFullLogo.png?resize=768%2C104&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-TMDFullLogo.png?resize=1536%2C209&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-TMDFullLogo.png?resize=2048%2C278&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-TMDFullLogo.png?resize=1200%2C163&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-TMDFullLogo.png?resize=1568%2C213&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-TMDFullLogo.png?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-TMDFullLogo.png?fit=2854%2C388&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-TMDFullLogo.png?fit=2854%2C388&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=400 400w\" imagesizes=\"(max-width: 2854px) 100vw, 2854px\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kyle-heart_7332.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" as=\"image\" imagesrcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kyle-heart_7332.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kyle-heart_7332.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kyle-heart_7332.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kyle-heart_7332.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kyle-heart_7332.jpg?resize=2048%2C1363&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kyle-heart_7332.jpg?resize=1200%2C799&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kyle-heart_7332.jpg?resize=2000%2C1331&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kyle-heart_7332.jpg?resize=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kyle-heart_7332.jpg?resize=400%2C266&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kyle-heart_7332.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kyle-heart_7332.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" imagesizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ahead of Michigan's Citrus Bowl, Kyle Whittingham is in an observatory role over the next week while he meets individually with players.\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/football\/what-kyle-whittinghams-role-will-look-like-during-the-citrus-bowl\/\"\/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Kyle Whittingham\u2019s role will look like during the Citrus Bowl\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ahead of Michigan's Citrus Bowl, Kyle Whittingham is in an observatory role over the next week while he meets individually with players.\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/football\/what-kyle-whittinghams-role-will-look-like-during-the-citrus-bowl\/\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Michigan Daily\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michigandaily\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-28T22:34:10+00:00\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-28T22:34:11+00:00\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kyle-heart_7332.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2400\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1597\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sam Gibson\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@michigandaily\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@michigandaily\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sam Gibson\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. --><\/p>\n<link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.wp.com\"\/>\n<link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\"\/>\n<link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\"\/>\n<link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\"\/>\n<link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\"\/>\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\"\/>\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/c0.wp.com\"\/>\n<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" title=\"The Michigan Daily \u00bb Feed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/feed\/\"\/>\n<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" title=\"The Michigan Daily \u00bb Comments Feed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/comments\/feed\/\"\/>\n<link rel=\"alternate\" title=\"oEmbed (JSON)\" type=\"application\/json+oembed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-json\/oembed\/1.0\/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michigandaily.com%2Fsports%2Ffootball%2Fwhat-kyle-whittinghams-role-will-look-like-during-the-citrus-bowl%2F\"\/>\n<link rel=\"alternate\" title=\"oEmbed (XML)\" type=\"text\/xml+oembed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-json\/oembed\/1.0\/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michigandaily.com%2Fsports%2Ffootball%2Fwhat-kyle-whittinghams-role-will-look-like-during-the-citrus-bowl%2F&amp;format=xml\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"jetpack_related-posts-css\" media=\"all\" data-pmdelayedstyle=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/jetpack\/modules\/related-posts\/related-posts.css?ver=20240116\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"flytedesk-digital-css\" media=\"all\" data-pmdelayedstyle=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/flytedesk-digital\/public\/css\/flytedesk-digital-public.css?ver=20181101\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-ads-media-kit-frontend-css\" media=\"all\" data-pmdelayedstyle=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/newspack-ads\/dist\/media-kit-frontend.css?ver=1764006601\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-ads-frontend-css\" media=\"all\" data-pmdelayedstyle=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/newspack-ads\/includes\/..\/dist\/frontend.css?ver=33bf52d469a9bc142086\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-blocks-block-styles-stylesheet-css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/newspack-blocks\/dist\/block_styles.css?ver=4.19.0\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-listings-curated-list-css\" media=\"all\" data-pmdelayedstyle=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/newspack-listings\/dist\/curated-list.css?ver=3.5.0\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"foundation-events-styles-css\" media=\"all\" data-pmdelayedstyle=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/newspack-manager\/includes\/foundation\/events\/styles.css?ver=1765982946\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"foundation-locations-styles-css\" media=\"all\" data-pmdelayedstyle=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/newspack-manager\/includes\/foundation\/locations\/styles.css?ver=1765982946\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"foundation-movies-styles-css\" media=\"all\" data-pmdelayedstyle=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/newspack-manager\/includes\/foundation\/movies\/styles.css?ver=1765982946\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-newsletters-subscriptions-css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/newspack-newsletters\/includes\/..\/dist\/subscriptions.css?ver=1766009750\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"wp-components-css\" href=\"https:\/\/c0.wp.com\/c\/6.9\/wp-includes\/css\/dist\/components\/style.min.css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-commons-css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/newspack-plugin\/dist\/commons.css?ver=6.27.4\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-reader-auth-css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/newspack-plugin\/dist\/reader-auth.css?ver=6.27.4\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-corrections-single-css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/newspack-plugin\/dist\/other-scripts\/corrections.css?ver=6.27.4\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-content_gate-block-patterns-css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/newspack-plugin\/dist\/content-gate-block-patterns.css?ver=6.27.4\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-ui-css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/newspack-plugin\/dist\/newspack-ui.css?ver=6.27.4\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"jetpack-instant-search-css\" media=\"all\" data-pmdelayedstyle=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/jetpack\/jetpack_vendor\/automattic\/jetpack-search\/build\/instant-search\/jp-search.chunk-main-payload.css?minify=false&amp;ver=62e24c826fcd11ccbe81\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-style-css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/themes\/newspack-theme\/style.css?ver=2.15.3\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-print-style-css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/themes\/newspack-theme\/styles\/print.css?ver=2.15.3\" media=\"print\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-font-import-css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/cache\/perfmatters\/www.michigandaily.com\/fonts\/b35bec5e48bd.google-fonts.min.css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"newspack-font-alternative-import-css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/cache\/perfmatters\/www.michigandaily.com\/fonts\/17eebdac5b33.google-fonts.min.css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"sharedaddy-css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/jetpack\/modules\/sharedaddy\/sharing.css?ver=15.4-a.5\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"social-logos-css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/jetpack\/_inc\/social-logos\/social-logos.min.css?ver=15.4-a.5\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<p><!-- Google tag (gtag.js) snippet added by Site Kit --><br \/>\n<!-- Google Analytics snippet added by Site Kit --><\/p>\n<link rel=\"https:\/\/api.w.org\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-json\/\"\/><link rel=\"alternate\" title=\"JSON\" type=\"application\/json\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579847\"\/><link rel=\"EditURI\" type=\"application\/rsd+xml\" title=\"RSD\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/xmlrpc.php?rsd\"\/>\n<link rel=\"shortlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/?p=579847\"\/>\n\t\t<!-- Custom Logo: hide header text --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"Site Kit by Google 1.168.0\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<p><!-- Google AdSense meta tags added by Site Kit --><br \/>\n<meta name=\"google-adsense-platform-account\" content=\"ca-host-pub-2644536267352236\"\/><br \/>\n<meta name=\"google-adsense-platform-domain\" content=\"sitekit.withgoogle.com\"\/><br \/>\n<!-- End Google AdSense meta tags added by Site Kit --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Google AdSense snippet added by Site Kit --><\/p>\n<p><!-- End Google AdSense snippet added by Site Kit -->\n<link rel=\"icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-michigan-daily-icon-200x200.png?crop=1\" sizes=\"32x32\"\/>\n<link rel=\"icon\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-michigan-daily-icon.png?fit=192%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"192x192\"\/>\n<link rel=\"apple-touch-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-michigan-daily-icon.png?fit=180%2C180&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\n<meta name=\"msapplication-TileImage\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-michigan-daily-icon.png?fit=270%2C270&amp;ssl=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript\/><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"jetpack-top-posts-widget-css\" media=\"all\" data-pmdelayedstyle=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/jetpack\/modules\/widgets\/top-posts\/style.css?ver=20141013\"\/>\n<\/head><\/p>\n<p><body class=\"wp-singular post-template-default single single-post postid-579847 single-format-standard wp-custom-logo wp-embed-responsive wp-theme-newspack-theme jps-theme-newspack-theme singular hide-homepage-title show-site-tagline h-nsub h-db h-cl h-dh has-sidebar cat-football cat-sports primary-cat-football has-featured-image single-featured-image-default newspack--font-loading tags-hidden\" data-amp-auto-lightbox-disable=\"\" id=\"wp_automatic_ReadabilityBody\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"page\" class=\"site\">\n\t<a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#main\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- #masthead --><\/p>\n<div class=\"site-breadcrumb desktop-only\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/\">Sports<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/football\/\">Football<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">What Kyle Whittingham\u2019s role will look like during the Citrus Bowl<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- #content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- #colophon --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- #page --><\/p>\n<p><\/body>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Kyle Whittingham\u2019s role will look like during the Citrus Bowl Skip to content Home \u00bb Sports \u00bb Football \u00bb What Kyle Whittingham\u2019s role will look like during the Citrus Bowl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[3621,3988,3975,707,4002],"class_list":{"0":"post-4117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-bowl","9":"tag-citrus","10":"tag-kyle","11":"tag-role","12":"tag-whittinghams"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4119,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117\/revisions\/4119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}