WATCH: Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore Fresno State week press conference
Michigan Wolverines football head coach Sherrone Moore met with the media Monday afternoon ahead of his team’s season opener against Fresno State. Watch video of his press conference in the player at the top of the screen or on our YouTube channel.
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Moore discussed Michigan’s ongoing quarterback competition between junior Alex Orji and senior Davis Warren. He wasn’t ready to name a starter.
“We’re close,” Moore said. “We’ll figure that out soon, though. We’re in a good place.
“We’ll just see who practices better these next couple days, and then we’ll make a decision — whether it’s Friday, whether it’s right before the game. We’ll let them know, then everybody else will find out at the same time.”
The Michigan coach said Orji and Warren have taken an even amount of snaps with the first team.
“Those guys have done an outstanding job, and obviously they’ve made it very hard for us to make a decision,” Moore said.
Moore said Michigan hasn’t had a deadline on when they’ve wanted to name a starter and build the offense around that individual. It’s helped, too, that both players can run the entire system.
“I think you just have to figure out what their strengths are, which we’ve done in camp,” Moore explained. “There’s a menu of stuff that we can do with each guy, and it’s not like both of them can’t throw and both of them can’t run. We just do it differently with each guy in the game. I feel like we have a really good menu of plays, and both of them can execute the offense fully. It’s just about figuring out who’s gonna do that consistently over these next couple days.”
Moore discussed his excitement for Michigan’s season, as well.
“I think the biggest excitement is they don’t have to bash each other’s head in against each other for the next whatever weeks,” Moore said. “So that’s awesome to see. But it’s also awesome to game plan and get into that part of preparing for another opponent and the competitive part of it, and then playing in the stadium with all the fans.
“We’re super excited about that. But for me, it’s been awesome. Camp has been phenomenal, just to be out there for the guys and grinding and really building the callous of our team and who we are and what we’re going to be. It’s been fun to do that.
“We’re going to take the next step in preparing for this Fresno team.”
