Thursday meant we were 100 days from watching the Michigan football team take the Big House field under the lights to kick off the 2024 season against Fresno State.
A lot has happened with U-M’s chief athletic program since it was last seen on the field, confetti reigning down upon the team at NRG Stadium in Houston, moments after defeating Washington 34-13 to become 2023 national champions.
However as much fun as that was for Wolverines fans across the globe, it’s officially in the past and will not factor into this upcoming season. There are some things we think we know about what the new team will look like and questions that are certainly unanswered — precisely what this exercise is for.
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Here are 100 Michigan football things — thoughts, questions and general musings — with kickoff now less than 100 days away.
Final thoughts about the 2023 season and team
Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy celebrates a play against Alabama during overtime of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.
It’s still hard to believe Michigan actually won the national championship.
J.J. McCarthy will be even more appreciated with each passing week, and his 27-1 record in two years as a starter will not be bettered for at least 50 years.
The transfers who came in — primarily Drake Nugent, LaDarius Henderson, Myles Hinton, Ernest Hausmann, Josh Wallace, James Turner, AJ Barner — didn’t become stars, but were the final pieces of the puzzle.
Right, wrong or indifferent; the various scandals surrounding the team served as a unifying force to bond the group and help spearhead the national title run.
Neither Blake Corum nor Donovan Edwards were fully healthy last season, yet combined for more than 2,100 all-purpose yards of offense and…
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Publish date : 2024-05-24 10:11:49
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