The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS 16 THE WOLVERINE NOVEMBER 2022 BY THE NUMBERS PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL "I'm doing the same thing to them. That comes with the territory. I feel like with my play, I haven't scratched the surface yet of what I'm fully capable of. They haven't seen things that I have in my bag that I haven't shown yet, so it's a new week ev- ery single week, there are new things being put out there every single week. I'm doing the same thing to them. They're putting things on tape, I'm study- ing it, and that's the fun thing about sports." — Sophomore quarterback J.J. McCarthy on opponents having more film of him to study "The kid is special. He acts like me; he is me. He just eats better than I did." — Running backs coach and run game coordinator Mike Hart on junior Blake Corum "I truly believe he can play the noon game, and then take a break, re-suit up and play another game. I think he can play two games back to back every single Saturday — that's how well-prepared he is." — Head football coach Jim Harbaugh on junior running back Blake Corum We have to have the best half of football of the season. Got to come right now. Get locked in. … All we're asking is everything you got." — Head football coach Jim Harbaugh at halftime of his team's Oct. 8 game at Indiana, when the score was tied 10-10 before the Wolverines outscored the Hoosiers 21-0 in the second half. 1973-74 1973-74 Was the last time Michigan be- gan back-to-back seasons 7-0 until the Wolverines did so in 2021 and 2022. U-M has now started off with seven straight victories three times under eighth-year head coach Jim Harbaugh (2016, 2021 and 2022). 28 28 Pressures for Michigan senior edge defender MIKE MORRIS through seven games, per Pro Football Focus. That total is tied for eighth in the country among edge rushers. Morris leads U-M with 5 sacks, 4 of which have come in Big Ten play. 13th Is where Michigan's head coaching position placed ed on CBSSports.com writer Matt Nor- lander 's top jobs in men's college basketball rank- ings. That slotted as the third-best post in the Big Ten, behind Indi- ana and Michi- gan State. 1st B o w l e l i g i b l e team of the 2022 college football season was Michigan, after defeat- ing Indiana 31-10 in a noon game Oct. 8. The Wolverines and Kansas were the only two 5-0 squads play- ing in the noon slate that day, but the Jayhawks fell to TCU, 38-31. 77.1 Pass comple - tion percent- age for Michi- gan sophomore quarterback J.J. MCCARTHY (94-of-120), which leads the nation through seven out- ings. While there's a long way to go, if the season ended after the Penn State game, McCarthy would have the second-highest completion percentage of any qualifying quarterback (at least 14 pass attempts per game) in a campaign since 1956, per Sports Ref- erence. Former Alabama standout Mac Jones had the highest ever (77.4 in 2020).