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I am a graduate of Central Michigan University with a major in Journalism and a minor in Sports Management. I have written about sports for multiple sports websites, covering the NFL, NCAA, UFC, and much more.
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It's the year 2020, and things haven't gone right for many people around the world. Many things aren't what they used to be, and things will have to change everywhere. Sometimes the change will be permanent instead of temporary. Michigan football is one of those things that needs to make a permanent change.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - It's the end of the 2017 season and Michigan is coming off an 8-5 season and a bowl game loss to South Carolina. Fans are mixed about the starting quarterback position. Plenty of people were glad that John O'Korn was graduating, but some weren't sold on freshman Brandon Peters as being the guy for 2018.
October 24 will be the beginning of a new era in Ann Arbor. A new quarterback will start for Michigan football this season and that is Joe Milton. Milton has seen a minor amount of playing time in the two years he's been at Michigan, but now he will start instead of being the backup or third-stringer.
The 2020 offseason talk for Michigan football was primarily about the quarterback position and the battle between Joe Milton and Dylan McCaffrey. While it seemed that McCaffrey would win that battle, Milton ended up coming out on top, and McCaffrey would end up opting out of the 2020 season and will transfer away from Michigan after this season.
Smash mouth football. Running the ball between the tackles. Stiff and tough defenses. Those are usually what you see when Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh leads a team. This year in 2020, we see far from that. We see a struggling offensive line create running lanes for the running backs.
Go back the past decade of quarterbacks who have played for Michigan and the list is long. While I didn't touch on EVERY quarterback that has played at least a snap in Ann Arbor, I focused more on the ones who appeared in double-digit games and did more than just come in to kneel or hand the ball off to the running back.
This is probably the hardest thing I have ever had to write in my entire life. Doing so on Fathers' Day makes it even more difficult, but in an odd way, it makes it easier as well. Trying to get such a jumble of thoughts and feelings out when everything is so fresh...
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