JJ McCarthy not yet satisfied with Michigan making it to College Football Playoff

Michigan has reached the same point they were at a year ago. After beating Ohio State and winning the Big Ten for the second straight year, the Wolverines are back in the College Football Playoff. However, just making the CFP isn’t good enough for JJ McCarthy.

McCarthy spoke with the media following Michigan’s selection in the playoff on Sunday. Making the field is a goal the young Wolverine QB said he and his teammates were happy to check off. With that said, he said the job is not finished and their sole focus now is finishing what they started.

“It was one of the goals we checked off. So it was obviously great,” said McCarthy. “But, at the end of the day, we still have one more goal to check off. And we’re focused on that.”

Michigan sits at 13-0 on the year, which is better than their mark entering the CFP in 2021. That leaves just one thing left to accomplish in 2022 that they didn’t last season and that’s to win the whole thing.

In McCarthy’s opinion, winning the national championship wasn’t their main focus a year ago. Making the field last season was just the benefit of accomplishing their goals of knocking off the Buckeyes and winning the conference crown. Now, one year later, McCarthy says they’re back to actually bring it home.

“It’s everything we worked for. It’s our ultimate goal to be in that position. And it just feels really nice to kind of have that satisfaction of work paying off,” McCarthy said. “We really weren’t shooting for that national championship. Last year was kind of ‘beat Ohio State, win the Big Ten Championship’. But this year we’re shooting for it and we’re gonna get it.”

The Wolverines are the No. 2 seed this time around and will face TCU in the Fiesta Bowl in the CFP’s first round. Still, McCarthy’s eyes are already set on revenge against Georgia or another win over their arch-rivals en route to a national title for the blue & maize.