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Wolverine TV podcast: Who starts at QB vs. Ohio State, more with Borton and Crawford

Anthony Broomeby:Anthony Broome•08/16/22•

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Cade McNamara
Cade McNamara joined Denard Robinson and John Navarre as Michigan football quarterbacks to beat Ohio State this century. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)

John Borton and Tom Crawford join forces again on the latest edition of The Wolverine podcast to discuss some of the updated storylines from Michigan football’s fall camp. Chief among them remains the quarterback competition that continues to brew behind the scenes in Ann Arbor.

Also covered in this episode are:

— Kenneth Grant’s potential impact

— Jesse Minter’s take on edge rushers, pressure

— Michigan 8th in AP poll … reaction, does it mean anything

— Hype or Reality … breakout year for Gemon Green?

— What linebacker besides Junior Colson shows up?

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The Michigan quarterback situation

Michigan’s biggest storyline of the offseason revolves around senior Cade McNamara and sophomore J.J. McCarthy duking it out for the starting job. Heading into camp, head coach Jim Harbaugh laid out the battle and how it will play out.

“Both are really good, you know they ask at other positions, who’s going to play? I mean, the best player’s going to play, we’re going to know who the best player is by who plays the best,” Harbaugh said during Big Ten football media days. “Cade McNamara is going to be really tough to beat out for the starting quarterback job. JJ McCarthy’s going to be really tough to beat out for the starting quarterback job.”

Equal opportunity has been given during camp with McNamara getting the first nod when things got going.

“Cade’s the starting quarterback,” Harbaugh said “We line up first practice, it’s going to be him with the first team.

“Now, eventually, over the training camp, JJ will get the same opportunity. … They’re both going to get a ton of reps,” Harbaugh said. “There’ll be time for them to have that competition and determine who the starting quarterback is for the first game.”

Not much has seemingly changed heading into the third week of camp, but with less than three weeks to the season opener, clarity should come soon for the Michigan offense.

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