ANN ARBOR -- Brady Hoke has a plan.

And Brian Griese sounds like he knows that plan.

Griese, a former national championship-winning quarterback at Michigan who now works as an ESPN analyst, says he spoke with Hoke on Saturday morning about the team's quarterback situation, and he expects a change to be made under center today against Minnesota.

"I totally expect Shane Morris to start this game today against Minnesota," Griese said on ESPN's College GameDay. "I talked with coach Brady Hoke this morning, he said he had a good week of practice, both guys did. Devin Gardner, his confidence has just suffered so much.

"Sometimes as a starting quarterback when everybody's talking about the team and how bad the offense is, sometimes it's a benefit to that quarterback to sit on the sidelines and watch a game, get out of the pressure cooker and see what Shane Morris can do. This is not to say that Shane Morris is going to be the silver bullet that fixes all the problems ... but maybe you get a spark."

Gardner has thrown five interceptions in four games this season, and was pulled after two more picks a week ago against Utah.

Morris entered the game in the second half, went 4 of 13 for 43 yards, an interception and a lost fumble.

Afterward, Hoke would not publicly back either quarterback, but said Tuesday he had a plan for what he'd like to do this weekend.

"Offensively they have not been able to get the production they would like and a lot of that goes to the quarterback," Griese said. "Devin Gardner turning the football over with six interceptions so far early in this year.

"It's very difficult to win football games when you turn it over as much as Michigan has. For the last 40 years, the heart and soul of Michigan has always been their offensive line. And we've seen in the last two years, this is an offensive line that's shaky. I think they're getting better, but they have so many young players. The combination of that lack of a presence up front, and then Devin Gardner losing some confidence and not seeing the field and turning the ball over has really been the biggest downfall."

Griese concluded with: "This is a huge game against Minnesota. They've got to get this thing turned around, back on track."

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