INDIANAPOLIS — Before the clarity came another dose of confusion.
For the better part of a year, observers of Michigan football have wondered if or when former five-star recruit J.J. McCarthy will supplant Cade McNamara as the starting quarterback.
Some surmised McCarthy would win the job as a true freshman given his mouthwatering potential and McNamara’s modest experience in a pandemic-shortened season. Others assumed the change would come a few games into last season as the Wolverines promised to turn the page and their new coach, Jim Harbaugh, had his compensation halved.
But fall camp came and went with McNamara atop the depth chart.