Wilton Speight sat between Michigan teammates Taco Charlton and Jabrill Peppers on Saturday night listening to them field questions about a dominant defensive performance and an electric homecoming for Peppers.
Speight didn't need to add much.
The first-year starting quarterback for the Wolverines had thrown a touchdown pass (a well-placed lob to the end zone in the first quarter) and compiled 100 yards through the air before watching the second half of a 78-0 blowout over Rutgers from the sideline. He was more or less an afterthought in the shadow of Peppers' two touchdowns and a defense that didn't surrender a first down until long after the starters had departed.