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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Not many are giving Michigan football much of a chance to compete against Texas in Week 2, despite having won the national championship last year. And much of that is due to the personnel losses mixed with how the offense looked in Week 1.
But Fox Sports analyst Brady Quinn doesn’t think it’s as much of a conundrum as many seem to.
The former Notre Dame quarterback met with us at the ‘Big Noon Kickoff’ set the afternoon before the Wolverines host the Longhorns and we asked him about how Davis Warren performed, the two quarterbacks who are likely to see action, what he saw from the offense, and what it’s like to play quarterback against a Wink Martindale-led defense.
What he saw out of Davis Warren in Week 1
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It could be a combination of things. I think the first thing is when you look at kind of spreading the field more horizontally, like that could be a byproduct of your own personnel. Could be scheme-based, maybe what the defense, like Fresno State was presenting you at that point in time, what the quarterback excels at, what he feels comfortable with. So there’s a bunch of reasons for it. I think at the end of the day, though, Davis did a really good job first start, he seems to be the guy that probably feels most comfortable with the system, and everything that he’s being asked to run, which is why he’s gonna play the bulk of the amount of shares, unless they’re keeping some stuff back because they didn’t want to show it before they have to play Texas in Week 2. So that’s always that wild card. You don’t really know, though.
Why did Warren do a great job in his mind?
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I think Michigan does a great job. They’ve always kind of done this. I mean, even going back when I was young, growing up watching guys like Tom Brady, they have tremendous…
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Author : Wolverines Wire
Publish date : 2024-09-06 23:59:45
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