BY JOHN BORTON
F
ive offensive linemen will
take the field for Michigan's
opening snap at Utah. De-
pending on the formation,
the Wolverines could trot out two,
three or four receivers, a pair of tight
ends, a pair of running backs, etc.
Only one young man will cradle
the snap from center, opening the
2015 football season — one of Mich-
igan's most anticipated in many
years. At press time, that individual
had yet to be named publicly.
Passing game coordinator/quar-
terbacks and wide receivers coach
Jedd Fisch knows this much: who-
ever it is will have shown the great-
est desire and the greatest mastery
of certain imperatives.
"I'm sure if we rolled out the ball
in the middle and said 'whoever
gets the ball gets the first snap,' I
hope there are six guys in a dead
sprint, diving on it, to try to get
that first snap," Fisch said. "And if
they're not, and there are only three
guys that are doing it, those are the
three guys you want to go to battle
with."
Fisch has coached quarterbacks or
coordinated offenses, or both, in a
number of college and NFL venues,
most recently with the NFL's Jack-
sonville Jaguars. He knows it takes
more than desire, no matter how im-
portant such an intangible might be.
Michigan's coaches are looking
for specifics while the fall practice
battles play out. They're tracking
every throw, but more importantly
what those throws and field leader-
ship produce.
"It's completing passes and not
turning it over," Fisch stressed.
"The guy that does that the most,
