Blake Corum describes Michigan's hunger for national championship this season

Blake Corum and the Michigan Wolverines want to avoid complacency and being comfortable in the quest for a national title this season.

After back-to-back losses in the College Football Playoff semifinals, the Wolverines are hungrier than ever. Based on Corum’s performance in three games this year, so is he.

Joining On3 for an exclusive conversation, Corum explained how Michigan stays on its toes week-to-week.

“You know, we just don’t get big heads, man,” Corum told On3. “When you start to get a big head, that’s when you think you’re the stuff, that’s when you start to lose, you don’t work as hard, you’re full, you’re not hungry. And that’s not us. We feel like we haven’t really accomplished anything, you know, because honestly, we haven’t.

“We won the Big Ten twice but, you know, at the end of the day, you know, are you gonna be remembered for the Big Ten or do you remember who won the national championship?” 

Corum went on to say how this Michigan team has one clear goal in mind: run through the schedule week by week and get to the biggest game of the year.

“We’re hungry, hungrier than ever and honestly, this is what we do, you know, saying we’re never satisfied,” Corum said. “We’re always trying to get better. I’m just trying to find how we can get better, watch a lot of film and just always critiquing ourselves. 

“You could have a good game, but basically, we’re gonna find all the bad in that game and fix it. So, you know, that’s how you know we stay hungry and humble at the same time.”

Blake Corum, Michigan ready to finally win it all

As far as the two previous losses in the playoffs, Georgia and TCU the last two seasons, Blake Corum said the team thought about them, but they’re now in the rearview mirror.

​​”It was definitely in the back of our mind  throughout the summer, but it’s a new season now so we don’t look back at those losses,” Corum said. “You know, we feel like we’ve already learned from them. Obviously they will stay in the back of your mind but we don’t necessarily talk about it. 

“We knew what we had to fix after both of those games, especially with the latest one to TCU, so you know we focused on that this summer. But since it’s a new season, it’s a new us, new players came in. So that’s what we’re focusing on right now. Taking it one day at a time, one game at a time. And, you know, just give it our all and see how the season plays out.”

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