For the second year in a row, Michigan is preparing to play in the College Football Playoff. After last year resulted in a blowout loss to eventual champion Georgia in the national semifinal, Wolverines quarterback J.J. McCarthy said he and his teammates would do whatever it takes to avoid the same result.
Speaking ahead of No. 2 Michigan’s 2022 semifinal matchup against No. 3 TCU, McCarthy said he still remembers the “deep pit of regret” he felt in his stomach after the loss to Georgia last New Year’s Eve. That feeling has lingered with him and his returning teammates but is also what McCarthy credits as a major reason why the Wolverines were able to make their way back to the Playoff this winter.
“It was shared suffering for sure,” McCarthy said Tuesday. “It jump-started the whole offseason. We hit it really hard right away … we’re still riding that now.”
