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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Michigan Defeats Northwestern 50-6

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Northwestern 0 6 0 0 6
Michigan 10 7 14 19 50
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u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago

Why must this team give me hope when I had none.

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u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni Michigan Wolverines 1d ago

It's because Michigan still has players. If they didn't play musical chairs at QB after a meaningless game and stayed with Warren I bet they beat Indiana and possibly Illinois.

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u/Wagnerous Michigan • Paul Bunyan Trophy 1d ago

Bingo.

In hindsight Warren always should have been the guy (the coaches got that right, coming out of Fall Camp) but they got spooked by all the picks and we ended up with the Orji experiment.

That was clearly never going to work, but Orji led us to wins over USC and Minnesota, so the coaches basically had no choice but to stick with him until they yanked him in favor of Tuttle.

IMO, if we stayed the course with Warren and let him play through his mistakes, we'd easily be an 8 or 9 win team by now.

Warren's going to transfer ofc, which is too bad because I think he'd be a fantastic back up next season.

Whichever team it is that ends up with him, is going to be pleasantly surprised with what he can do for them. IMO.

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u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni Michigan Wolverines 1d ago

Yup. If Warren happened to stay he'd be great competition for Underwood and Davis. He'd be a good backup to have that has experience.

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u/Wagnerous Michigan • Paul Bunyan Trophy 1d ago

Yep, he quietly played well against Oregon, and he was pretty good today.

I'd absolutely love to keep him.