The turning point in Saturday’s game between Michigan football and Colorado State was not the fumble-return touchdown by cornerback DJ Turner that gave the Wolverines an insurmountable 30-point lead early in the third quarter. Nor was it the 61-yard touchdown catch by wideout Roman Wilson to open U-M’s scoring for the 2022 season.
The real turning point involved the competition between quarterback Cade McNamara against J.J. McCarthy, which will be scrutinized daily between now and Sept. 24's Big Ten opener against Maryland — if not longer. And that turning point was a 20-yard touchdown run by McCarthy after McNamara had already been pulled.