Three takeaways from No. 8 Michigan's blowout win over Colorado State, including how JJ McCarthy's showing impacts the continuing QB debate. From BrandonJustice_:
football's first game of the season, against Colorado State, it won comfortably 51-7 after scoring 44 points consecutively. The Rams finally found the scoreboard with nine minutes left in the fourth quarter.
The breezy victory should be no surprise. U-M is a top 10 team with a load of offensive production back from 2021. Meanwhile, Colorado State has over 40 new players as it begins a program rebuild under first-year head coach Jay Norvell.Here are three takeaways from Week 1 in Ann Arbor.Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh announced last week that the program's two quarterbacks, Cade McNamara and J.J.
If Harbaugh plans to use in-game performance -- or points per possession, as he pointed out -- as the measuring stick, then this quarterback battle shouldn't last much longer.The returning starter from last year's historic season, McNamara finished 9-for-18 for 136 yards and a touchdown.How Michigan would create pressure without its dynamic pass-rush duo was perhaps the biggest question mark for the defense.
We got our answer on that quickly in Week 1 as the starting unit combined for 11 tackles for loss and seven sacks, including a scoop-and-score resulting from a Mike Morris sack that forced a fumble.Nine different players were credited with a half-sack or more while 11 were credited with half of a tackle for loss or more.
The biggest star of the day was senior defensive end Mike Morris, who had three tackles, two for a loss, and a forced fumble.When former five-star recruit Eyabi Anoma joined the Michigan football program midway through fall camp, everyone wondered if it would work and how long it would take for the former Tennessee-Martin start to adapt.Anoma was consistently on the screen Saturday, racking up a sack and a tackle for loss in his Wolverine debut.