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WATCH: JJ McCarthy enters game, immediately produces with touchdown to extend lead

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The Michigan quarterback competition might have taken another turn on Saturday. JJ McCarthy took his first carry of the season into the end zone.

McCarthy entered the game in the third quarter and, after an impressive run from CJ Stokes, took it himself for a 20-yard touchdown run to extend the Wolverines’ lead to 37-0 over Colorado State in Ann Arbor on Saturday.

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It was the third snap McCarthy took in the game. It’s all part of Harbaugh’s plan to use two quarterbacks this season. Cade McNamara got the start in the opener against Colorado State, and McCarthy will start under center next week against Hawaii.

John Harbaugh attempts to explain brother Jim’s ‘biblical’ reference for Michigan QB competition

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh started an interesting discussion last week with his “biblical” plan at quarterback this year. During Saturday’s game between the Wolverines and Colorado State, his brother, John Harbaugh, weighed in.

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ESPN’s Robert Griffin III said he got a text from John explaining where his brother was coming from with his explanation. When discussing his decision to start Cade McNamara in Week 1 and JJ McCarthy in Week 2, Jim cited Solomon as part of his reasoning.

In his text to Griffin, John shared what Jim was getting at with that reference, which was apparently to Ecclesiastes 11:6 — written by Solomon.

“I actually just got a text message from John Harbaugh, Jim’s brother,” Griffin said on the ABC broadcast. “And he just explained to me how Solomon wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes and the reference that coach Jim Harbaugh was making was to the fact that you plant two seeds, you water them both equally and you see which one grows and develops. That’s how Jim is looking at this quarterback competition between JJ McCarthy and Cade McNamara.”