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DANIA BEACH, Fla. — When it comes to the College Football Playoff semifinal of Michigan vs. Georgia, much of the talk is about how the Wolverine offense will fare against the Bulldog defense. But if you ask the maize and blue players, they’re confident in their abilities, especially because of the award-winning offensive line that Michigan has.
“Yeah, we’re well aware that especially their front in their box is very talented, but I think the heart and soul of our offense is our O-line, and I think if anyone in the country is going to block them, it’s going to be our dudes,” quarterback Cade McNamara said. “I think we size up well to them, and I think obviously they’ll be a good challenge, but we’re looking forward to it.”
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“We know they’ve got a good front seven, but we’ve got a good O-line, you know,” running back Haskins said. “So it’s going to be a fun, physical game. I like them type of games, so it’s going to determine who wants the game the most. We’re going to see on Friday.”
As far as the offensive line is concerned, they also feel that while Georgia presents a challenge defensively, it’s still about what the Joe Moore winners fare in the game.
“They’re a great defensive front. We’ve played a lot of great defensive fronts this whole year,” right tackle Andrew Stueber said. “We’ve prepared great for them, as well, and we’ve tackled them well I’d say. It’s something that we’ve taken a lot of emphasis on. We’ve had a lot of time to dissect and deconstruct what it is they do. They’re really well-coached, they play hard, they rotate a lot, they have some great schemes, some great fronts, some great movement, but at the end of the day it’s something that we focus on ourselves. I think Cade said it before, the offensive line is the heartbeat of this team, so we take that on our shoulders every day to start moving the ball, moving the line of scrimmage, and so it really starts with us. They’re a great front, but we just have to play Michigan football, play our game, play what has gotten us here right now, and I think we’ll do just fine.”
Michigan and Georgia will kick off on Friday, Dec. 31 at 7:30 p.m. EST at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
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