Succession (Michigan 56, Hawaii 10)

It's not complicated. It's just football.

Photo: Zoey Holmstrom Funny thing, this sport of ours – it waits for no one.

It doesn't matter if you're the starting quarterback or the backup long snapper...there's always someone right behind you, pushing you, ready to take even the smallest opportunity to overtake you. There's only 22 starters and there's just 1 ball. And while everyone wants to win, no one wants to watch from the sideline.

Guys come to a place like Michigan because they want to be the guy – especially quarterbacks. They want the ball. They want to compete.

Sometimes, those competitions are more visible than others. Like when you're the starting quarterback for the defending Big Ten…