

He doesn’t have a huge arm and is less athletic than Rocky Lombardi. Cade McNamara is reliant on having a terrific run game - which he does - and an offensive scheme that allows him to read the defense pre-snap, not post. Frankly, he’s no Jake Rudock or Wilton Speight. He’s no Denard Robinson or Devin Gardner. Will he single-handedly put the team on his back and carry them to a win? No. Josh: He is a fine, serviceable quarterback. Q: What’s your honest opinion about Cade McNamara? So I give Jim credit for not only winning the games he should, but winning the games he shouldn’t, and most of all get this program back on the right track. Despite Washington, Wisconsin, and Nebraska being down, those were all games that Michigan under previous versions of Jim Harbaugh would’ve lost.

I never thought that Michigan would be 7-0 entering this game week. When it was announced that Jim Harbaugh was coming back, I was disappointed to say the least. Personally, I am a big Matt Campbell fan - the head coach of the Iowa State Cyclones - and along with many Michigan fans, felt he was the guy to bring back the historically consistent Michigan Wolverine style of football and culture. Josh: I was fully in the camp of fire Harbaugh. Q: Where did you sit this offseason in terms of Jim Harbaugh? Did you believe he could turn it around this year?

To commemorate the top-10 rivalry battle (the first such matchup since 1964), we caught up with GBMWolverine writer Josh LaFond to talk about the game from an opponent’s perspective with a quick Q&A.
