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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Though Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh has disguised the quarterback situation in Ann Arbor as a mystery, he created some intrigue on Monday when he wouldn’t commit to a starter in his weekly press conference.
“The way we have this all set up here, the timing of everything, I talk to you in the media before the players arrive for meetings,” Harbaugh said on Monday afternoon. “Not gonna make any dramatic announcements, as per usual, at this press conference.”
It wasn’t necessarily undermining Harbaugh’s wishes on Tuesday when Wolverines redshirt sophomore cornerback Vincent Gray seemed to inadvertently reveal who would be under center for the maize and blue come Saturday as the team hosts Penn State.
See, the Nittany Lions have their own QB issues, with returning starter Sean Clifford having been benched in successive weeks — just like Joe Milton has for Michigan — with Will Levis taking the mantle and performing just a bit better once he’s come in. Gray was asked who the Wolverines anticipate seeing from PSU, only to share what he thinks will happen for his team come Saturday.
“From the looks of it, I think Cade’s gonna be starting for us this Saturday,” Gray said. “Either way, they’re both very talented and they both do a good job. Either way, I feel like we’ll be fine, to be honest.
“But I think Cade’s got the wheels turning for the offense right now and I think they’re gonna let him keep going.”
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For those who have been up in arms on social media about Harbaugh’s response, there you go — now you know that the second-year QB who helped engineer the team’s second-biggest road comeback win will likely be under center at The Big House on Saturday.
The Wolverines and Nittany Lions kick off at noon EST with the game set to be nationally televised on ABC. Penn State is currently winless in the 2020 Big Ten season.