Michigan quarterback Wilton Speight doesn’t need to be told who will start under center for the Wolverines this weekend. He said last week that, in time, the answer becomes easy to see.
“You just kind of read body language and how practice is going and stuff like that,” Speight said a week ago as he casually and confidently fielded questions about a months-long competition for the job. “I think guys will have a certain mindset going into the game. You just kind of feel it out.”
The 6-foot-6 redshirt sophomore has grown from not much more than an afterthought at the start of Jim Harbaugh’s tenure to his spot at the forefront of the battle to lead Michigan’s offense this season.