ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh hasn’t yet come across as annoyed by questions regarding the quarterback situation with returning starter Cade McNamara competing with J.J. McCarthy, the freshman backup last season, but he did rely on one of his old standbys while responding to a question at his weekly news conference.
Harbaugh was reminded Monday of comments he made during preseason camp that one quarterback could emerge as the starter with the other the backup, or there could be a combination of both playing this season. McNamara started Saturday’s rout of Colorado State, but McCarthy got significant playing time in the second half. McCarthy is set to start the night game against Hawaii this Saturday, a plan Harbaugh had laid out a week before the start of the season.
“We plowed this ground about as thoroughly as it can possibly be plowed, dating back to the summer,” Harbaugh said, borrowing a comment he has used many times during his eight seasons at Michigan
