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Assessing Joe Milton's Michigan football debut: Here's our top takeaway

Free Press writer Rainer Sabin answers three questions after Michigan's 49-24 victory over Minnesota on Saturday.

Was Joe Milton worthy of the preseason hype?

Prior to Saturday, Milton’s resume was practically blank. He had played 47 snaps — 11 of them passes, with six completions for 117 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions, and a rushing touchdown — in his career, with more speculation than evidence of his greatness.

His offensive coordinator, Josh Gattis, crowed about his 70-yard bombs with pinpoint accuracy in practice. Teammates boasted about Milton’s development during an offseason when he beat out Dylan McCaffrey for the starting job.