ANN ARBOR -- Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges has been around the block a time or two.

He's been in charge of college offenses since 1986. So, naturally, he's been the target of a few fan critics before.

This season? Well, that's no different.

As Michigan's offense continues to sputter off the tracks, Borges has seemingly become Wolverine fan public enemy No. 1 in advance of the team's regular-season finale Saturday against Ohio State (noon, ABC).

For Borges, though, he says this is nothing new. He's heard it all before, and now, he doesn't listen to any of it.

"If I internalized everything a fan said, I'd slit my wrists," Borges said Tuesday. "We win games and people still complain, that's the nature of the job. That's why they pay us and that's why we do what we do. We have to be beyond all that, we have to be stronger than all that.

"I've done this a long time, I promise you, other places I've been my first name's been a cuss word. ... This isn't the first place where it's been like that."

As Michigan fans continue to seethe over what's become a completely underwhelming season, Borges -- who says he hasn't read the newspaper since 1993 -- appears to be not only an easy , but a natural target.

His unit now ranks No. 96 nationally in total offense. The Wolverines have rushed for an average of less than 35 yards per game in November. Michigan has allowed more than 100 tackles for loss through 11 games.

If one thing gets fixed, something else pops up. Nothing's worked consistently this season, nothing's been all together at once.

For most of the season, Borges has pointed to player execution as the team's biggest problem.

But on Tuesday, he started to point inward as well.

"We're not playing in sync, and that's my responsibility, we've got to find a way to get back in sync," Borges said. "We're not converting third downs, we were one of the top in the country at that a year ago. Last year we could score in the red zone, we were doing that type of thing.

"But somewhere, we lost it. And it's my job to figure out where and get it fixed. As quick as we can, because we have the biggest game of the season coming up."

Asked if he's ever had an offense go through a regression quite like this, especially over a four-game period in November, Borges said no, he hasn't.

The Wolverines had negative rushing performances against Michigan State and Nebraska, and scored one regulation touchdown over a three-game period against the Spartans, Cornhuskers and Northwestern.

Still, Borges isn't giving up. He says he doesn't believe this group has lost completely confidence, and there's still a chance things could turn around