Under new coach Rich Rodriguez, the Michigan Wolverines might be opening the season with a walk-on quarterback.
No one would be stunned to see Michigan lose on the opening Saturday of the 2008 season. And I won’t be stunned to see a walk-on quarterback the Wolverines. Nick Sheridan gives Rich Rodriguez a more versatile threat than Georgia Tech transfer Steven Threet. For months, folks have sort of assumed Threet will win the job. Coach Rod is not saying, but I think he’ll give Sheridan a shot against narrow underdog Utah (ABC, 3:30 p.m. ET). Think about that: a walk-on as the opening day QB for the Maize and Blue. Wow.
At home, Michigan is a 3-point favorite over Utah.
