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TheWolverine.com Chat: Michigan football pre-Nebraska, recruiting, and more

Chris Balasby:Chris Balas•09/28/23•

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Michigan Wolverines football and basketball have both had plenty of success in recent years. We discuss both programs in today's chat. (Getty Images)

Our weekly noon chat in which we answer all your questions related to Michigan football prior to a road trip at Nebraska, basketball, recruiting, NIL, and much more. As always, this segment is brought to you by My Perfect Franchise.

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The Wolverines are heavily favored to beat the Cornhuskers in Lincoln, and if they do handle them, J.J. McCarthy will likely be a big reason why. He’s coming off another outstanding game — that’s 3 out of 4 — and has plenty of experience on the road.

“He’s been good ever since he got here,” Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh said. “He’s one of those kinds of freshmen that’s just good right away and contributing right away. From the first practice, the presence he walked out with, it’s just been that way ever since.

“This was one of his best games. When I say AP quarterbacking … [one] play was being defended and he kicks it out in the flat and we get a nice gain to Donovan Edwards. There was another really good play … it was similar to the ECU game where we’re running a flat corner combination. In the ECU game, J.J. made that throw in there that was right on the money into a tight window. I think you probably remember that one. It was a similar play in this game and, Cornelius Johnson is running the route and the corner was baiting J.J. He had seen that play on film and was doing a great job of baiting him into the throw, but he was moving to intercept that ball and J.J. just kicked it out of AJ Barner, who was in the flat on the sideline, might’ve been a six-yard gain. Might’ve been an eight-yard gain.

“There were plays where multiple times, people were covered. There was nobody open, and he brought the ball down, ran it. There was another play where they were covered and he was starting to get pressure, stepped up and threw the ball away. The very next play he came back and threw a touchdown pass. Quick hands in decisions on the option, the two-way option, hand off or run himself. Big gains … big third down conversions by running and throwing. Big plays by running and throwing. He was sharp. Just a really sharp game.”

They’ll be hoping for another Saturday.

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