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Another season of Michigan football is here as the Wolverines look to build off last season's Big Ten championship and College Football Playoff appearance.

Find college football odds, betting picks and predictions for Colorado State vs. Michigan on Saturday, September 3.

The Colorado State Rams and Michigan Wolverines meet in Ann Arbor on Saturday. Here's everything you need to know for the game and a pick.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — More than 100,000 people will pack Michigan Stadium on Saturday afternoon to watch the Michigan football team begin its season against ...

The Wolverines won a Big Ten title for the first time since 2004 and earned its first trip to the College Football Playoff.

Follow along here for live updates of Saturday's season opener between Michigan and Colorado State from Detroit News contributor Jared Ramsey.

- Colorado State wins the toss and defers. Michigan starts the second quarter on the Colorado State 10-yard line looking to extend its lead. Kicker Jake Moody connected on his first field goal of the season to put Michigan up 10-0. [in a competition against J.J. - 1Q 9:01 Michigan safety Rod Moore jumped in front of a Colorado State pass for an interception and returned the ball to the Colorado State 13-yard line. Michigan takes over on offense at its own 21.

The defending Big Ten champions won't be at full strength for Week 1.

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Published: Sep. 03, 2022, 10:03 a.m.. Cade McNamara/ J.J. McCarthy. Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara warms up before the Orange Bowl NCAA College ...

Michigan is coming off its best season of the Jim Harbaugh era, winning the Big Ten title for the first time since 2003. “They are both the kind of guys that don’t flinch, fold, or quit at the slightest whiff of adverse circumstances or something that doesn’t go their way. He connected on 58% of his 59 passes for a total of 516 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions. “That’s not Cade McNamara. That’s not J.J. He also had 124 yards rushing and two scores. “Did it factor in that one would transfer or not? McCarthy seems to be more of a big-play threat, giving defenses the challenge of containing a speedy quarterback with a big arm. Also, [Sling TV](https://www.sling.com/programming/sports/college-football) has promotional offers. 8 Michigan hosts Colorado State in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday, Sept. McNamara started every game last season as a junior, leading Michigan to a win over rival Ohio State for the first time in a decade and to its first Big Ten title since 2004. 3 on ABC.

The Wolverines will be without a starting offensive lineman and linebacker on Saturday (noon, ABC).

Look for Michael Barrett and Kalel Mullings to see extra time at the inside linebacker spot, alongside starter Junior Colson. 3 on the depth chart. • Other notes: While Cade McNamara will get the start at quarterback, J.J. Hayes was spotted out of uniform on the sideline during warmups, forcing Michigan to go without the second-team left tackle. Hill-Green appeared in all 14 games for the Wolverines last season, starting six of them, and was expected to be in the mix for extended playing time this fall. On Wednesday, linebackers coach George Helow didn’t have an update.

Michigan football will begin its 2022 campaign without starting left tackle Ryan Hayes and inside linebacker Nikhai Hill-Green against Colorado State.

[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). [Michigan Wolverines vs. The replacement at left tackle is likely to be Karsen Barnhart, the team's utility offensive lineman.

1. Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards will both score a touchdown. Michigan's offensive line is expected to be dominant and Corum and Edwards are special, so this ...

I would just about guarantee that U-M will be up by at least 31 points at some point in the game, but later on when the backups and walk-ons are in, maybe the Rams sneak a few scores in. As explained in the first prediction, Michigan is simply not going to need to throw very often. Michigan's offensive line is expected to be dominant and Corum and Edwards are special, so this one might happen in the first quarter.

Jim Harbaugh has told the media that this has been one of the healthiest camps that he has been around during his coaching career and other than linebacker ...

Barnhart is sort of a hybrid lineman who he can play any position on the line, save for center. The injury to Hayes is unknown, but we will continue to keep you updated when we know something. Jim Harbaugh has told the media that this has been one of the healthiest camps that he has been around during his coaching career and other than linebacker Nikhai Hill-Green, there wasn’t much talk about any other player missing the game against Colorado State.

J.J. McCarthy is vying for the starting QB job at Michigan, and making plays like this is a good start.

[Bookmark](https://si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq) [Rankings](https://www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq/ncaa-football-rankings) [would start the season opener against Colorado State](https://www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq/ncaa-football/michigan-football-2022-qb-cade-mcnamara-jj-mccarthy) and that McCarthy would start in Week 2 against Hawaii.

Live updates from Ann Arbor as the Colorado State football team plays at Michigan to open the 2022 college football season.

McNamara will start against CSU and McCarthy will get the start next week against Hawaii. Colorado State: For the Rams, it was never a debate who would start at quarterback against Michigan. local time, the CSU football team buses rolled up the the Big House. The 2022 college football season is here for Colorado State. It's 7-0 Michigan with 9:49 left in the first quarter. It was a long drive, going 71 yards in 6:48 but the Rams have twice held Michigan to field goals in the red zone. There are tons of Rams around, too, with more than 1,000 CSU fans expected in one of the largest away followings ever for CSU. He grabbed his first sack with a super speed rush in the second quarter to sack McNamara and force a punt. Michigan leads CSU 10-0 after the first quarter. For the other, it's a way to ease into the season. Michigan has run 33 plays compared to 19 for CSU and time of possession is 15:55 to 8:40. Michigan is now up 30-0 early in the second half.

The sixth-ranked Wolverines got a complete game on defense. Their offense was a mixed bag.

McCarthy into the game, briefly, in the first half before giving him a larger role in the second. Perhaps more impressive, Michigan’s rushing success on the ground came down a pair of key pieces along the offensive line. He nearly had a pass intercepted in the first quarter when tight end Erick All tripped on a play near the end zone. In fact, Michigan’s best-looking first-half drive was a seven-play touchdown drive comprised of all rushing plays. McNamara struggled to get into a rhythm early, missing Cornelius Johnson on a pair of incomplete passes on the first drive. Quarterback Cade McNamara was unimpressive in his tryout to regain the starting job, completing 9 of his 18 passes for 136 yards and a touchdown.

With the game no longer in doubt, J.J. McCarthy wowed Michigan football fans with a 20-yard TD run in the Wolverines' 51-7 win over Colorado State.

A speed rush from McGregor, whose physical traits (6-6, 261 pounds) have drawn comparisons to Aidan Hutchinson, forced Millen to climb the pocket and overthrow a pass that was intercepted by safety Rod Moore in the first quarter. Moore and Anoma combined to snuff out a drive in the second quarter with pressures on consecutive snaps. Little definitive will be gleaned about Michigan’s new crop of edge rushers over the next few weeks facing a trio of nonconference opponents who might combine for fewer wins than the Wolverines in 2022. Barnhart, who logged 262 snaps last season at left tackle (64), left guard (173) and right guard (25) was evaluated in the medical tent and reportedly cleared to return, according to the U-M radio broadcast. But the coaching staff appeared content to err on the side of caution, shifting Keegan to left tackle and using former four-star prospect Giovanni El-Hadi at left guard. New defensive coordinator Jesse Minter’s unit overwhelmed a CSU offense led by a quarterback making the first start of his career in Clay Millen (16-for-20 for 137 yards with one TD and one interception) and a left tackle who had never played a snap. McCarthy](https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2022/09/03/michigan-football-colorado-state-three-questions-cade-mcnamara/65472009007/), which will be scrutinized daily between now and Sept. His rhetoric after being elected captain in a players-only vote was that of someone who assumed the honor secured his position. Instead, utility lineman Karsen Barnhart — a key backup at every position but center — was part of the first-string offensive line alongside left tackle Trevor Keegan. The final score — Michigan 51, Colorado State 7 — reflected an unflinching beating in what was a blowout at best and a laughingstock at worst. The Wolverines began four-for-four in the red zone under McNamara’s direction, but three of those scores were field goals from kicker Jake Moody. A crowd of more than 109,000 exulted when McCarthy juked defensive back Angel King in the open field and bounded into the end zone with ease.

The college football season is officially back in Ann Arbor. The No. 8 Michigan Wolverines hosted Colorado State, which is only the second contest ever ...

On Saturday, the duo combined for 140 yards on the ground, and each rushed for a touchdown. In the third quarter, his shining moment was when he pushed the center straight back and helped record a sack. Moody connected on all three of his field goal attempts and drilled all of the extra point attempts. But overall Johnson showed the potential that a five-star recruit possesses. But one thing that did remain great was the Michigan running attack. McNamara was sacked on that play and it forced Michigan to punt. McNamara ended up settling in around drive four of the first half, but it still feels a little unsettling that the timing between the incumbent receiver and receivers was off. He also had two tackles and a tackle-for-loss. The 6-foot-6 redshirt sophomore was a pass-rushing fiend on third downs. The maize and blue had 440 yards on offense compared to 219 yards that Colorado State had. He had one sack and a forced fumble. McCarthy came in and ran a 20-yard run for a touchdown.

Michigan improved to 117-23-3 all-time in season openers, while head coach Jim Harbaugh is 15-4 in season openers, including 6-2 at Michigan.

[Roman Wilson](/roster.aspx?rp_id=22071) scored Michigan's first touchdown of 2022 with a 61-yard reception in the first quarter. McCarthy scored his eighth career touchdown – third rushing – on a 20-yard run in the third quarter. Only Remy Hamilton (14), Kenny Allen (15) and Brendan Gibbons (16) have longer streaks. It was his fifth career touchdown and his second-longest catch of his career, behind a 71-yard touchdown catch last season vs. He is two shy of the fourth spot, currently held by Brendan Gibbons (45, 2010-13). It was also Turner's second career touchdown; he previously returned an interception 42 yards for a touchdown last season at Maryland. It is Barrett's second sack of his career. The record was 83 yards, shared by Leon Hall (Northwestern, 2005) and Courtney Avery (Minnesota, 2011). Anoma previously recorded 12 sacks at the University of Tennessee at Martin from 2020-21. McCarthy](/roster.aspx?rp_id=22084) completed 4-of-4 passes for 40 yards and posted a career high with 50 rushing yards on three attempts. Defensive lineman [Cam Goode](/roster.aspx?rp_id=23602) and center [Olusegun Oluwatimi](/roster.aspx?rp_id=23140) both made their Michigan debuts, after previously earning varsity letters at USF and Virginia, respectively. • U-M improved to 2-0 in the all-time series against Colorado State.

The No. 8-ranked University of Michigan football team started the 2022 campaign clicking on all cylinders, jumping ahead early and rolling to a 51-7 romp of ...

[Alan Bowman](/roster.aspx?rp_id=22435) threw for 40 and McCarthy 30. [Junior Colson](/roster.aspx?rp_id=22078) leading the Wolverines with 10 total tackles. [Coach Harbaugh](/watch/?Archive=30426) 8-ranked University of Michigan football team started the 2022 campaign clicking on all cylinders, jumping ahead early and rolling to a 51-7 romp of Colorado State on Saturday (Sept. (TV: Big Ten Network) Hawaii (Ann Arbor, Mich.), 8 p.m.

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Mike Morris and Junior Colson share their praises on the edge room that Michigan has. The Wolverines rotated eight edge defenders on Saturday.

And today he showed us what he can bring to our team and he showed us at practice as well but today he solidified what he could do for our defense.” And I feel like that fell on the coaches and the players because it’s like, I feel like people didn’t have faith in the coaches recruiting, and didn’t have faith in the coaches development of us and didn’t have faith in our development. He was strong in the weight room and doing his thing in the field. “I guess now I’m just excited for the defense you know we know there’s been a lot of talk about — we lost a lot of guys,” said Colson. If you look at the stat sheet he only had a quarterback hurry, but he was a menace for the Rams’ offensive line. He says that players come and go, but the coaches have done an excellent job recruiting and developing the room, so the Wolverines have multiple players that can get the job done. He said he was just happy for the defense with how well they played. “We have a, we have so many edges and so many different guys at d-line who can do great things for the football team,” said Morris. It’s paramount to give small breaks, and if there are so many players that can play winning football, then Michigan can always have players that are fresh out on the field. Going back to the loss of Hutchinson and Ojabo, the Wolverines lost, statistically, a ton of contribution. The Wolverines’ offense totaled 440 yards of total offense and rushed for 234 yards on the ground. Michigan had to replace three starters on the defensive line, but Aidan Hutchinson and David Ojabo were, arguably, the greatest edge duo in football last season.

Michigan football opened the 2022 docket with a victory over an inferior opponent Saturday. The Wolverines flexed their muscle all day and Colorado State ...

They were just about mistake-free in the penalty department, had no turnovers and they put the exclamation point on things when they had to. McCarthy came in and the offense didn’t skip a beat with him in charge. They settled for a couple of more field goals and eventually hit paydirt with every score after the break.

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Michigan football defeated Colorado State Saturday 51-7. Here are the best Twitter reactions.

The Michigan edge defenders were causing so much havoc in the backfield and Millen had to constantly look behind his shoulder so he wouldn’t get hit. 8 in the nation and Michigan did what any top 10 team should do when facing an unranked team, the maize and blue defeated the Rams 51-7 on Saturday. Offensively, Michigan didn’t do much in the passing game, save for a 61-yard screen pass to Roman Wilson that went for a touchdown.

The No. 6/8 Wolverines showed some of everything in their depth of quality as the 2021 College Football Playoff game brushed aside Colorado State in front ...

The reality of this game is that it was never likely to be a contest. For a Group of 5 program, that kind of money is important for the books. The bulk of our season is behind this game. The hope is that this will be a great learning experience. By late in the third quarter and into the fourth the game was over. But losing in such a lopsided way equally doesn’t show some terrible sign of bad things to come. This “buy game” netted a big $1.8 million pay day for CSU, a big number for a guarantee game. He fumbled and it was returned for a touchdown. It was like going from zero to 100 for the group. It's the first career TD for Millen. But the defense wore down and allowed some big plays as well. Further, Brian Crespo-Jaquez at left tackle was making his first career start and Jacob Gardner was playing his first game at the center spot.

With Michigan football beating Colorado State, 51-7, the Rams head coach shared why the Wolverines are so good.

And they made some plays on us, they sacked us a couple of times, we got behind in the score as well. “We figured that with the success that they had a year ago that they would continue with that (and) they pretty much did. “We were concerned, we had a bunch of new guys playing up front — the offensive line never played together. I thought late in the game, their offensive line started leaning on us, and we got overpowered a couple of times in our line. And if we continue to do those things, we’re going to see improvement as we go through the year.” But for a guy playing in his first game, I thought he did a lot of good things, threw for 16-of-20.

It's clear that Michigan's Hunter Dickinson was paying close attention to Jim Harbaugh's postgame speech after beating Ohio State in 2021.

"Probably the things you're thinking of are the same things I'm thinking of. He's is also known for not biting his tongue when it comes to speaking his mind, whether it's his stance on things like NIL, or - in this case - the Ohio State Football program. Here's what Harbaugh had to say:

Cade McNamara started the game as Jim Harbaugh said he would, and he took nearly every snap with the Wolverines offense in the first half. He did not take ...

Michigan was up big by the time McNamara came out of [his designated start], but McNamara himself had underwhelmed. [the Michigan quarterback decision dilemma], the more convinced I am that Jim Harbaugh set this all up to make his case for choosing JJ McCarthy. 8 Michigan rolled past Colorado State, 51-7, with Cade McNamara finishing 9-for-18 with 136 yards and one touchdown in the win. He completed just nine of 18 passes for 136 yards and a touchdown — stats padded by yards after the catch from [Roman Wilson]— and he was nearly picked off in the first quarter as well. Cade McNamara kicked off the weird, two-quarterback derby thing that triggered Jim Harbaugh to cite biblical verses earlier this week, but he wasn’t the star. While McNamara threw for 136 yards and a score in the Wolverines’ easy 51-7 win against the Rams, McCarthy managed to steal the show by completing all four of his attempts for 30 yards with another 50 yards on the ground, including a 20-yard touchdown run. He completed all four of his pass attempts for 30 yards, and also rushed for 50 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown run. McCarthy would draw the starting assignment next week against Hawaii. In comparison, McNamara completed only nine of his 18 passes for 136 yards, but did have a nice 61-yard touchdown pass to Roman Wilson. The maize and blue got no mention in a couple national publications’ feature articles, including ESPN and Sporting News. For instance, though Ohio State beat Notre Dame and is often included as ‘winners’ in various ‘winners and losers’ columns on Sunday, the Buckeyes are falling in most top 10 rankings coming out of the game. But five big ones did mention the Wolverines.

The third goal in Harbaugh's mind heading into the game was to stay healthy. And though the Wolverines had two starters out due to injury ahead of the game, ...

It is free and a great way to get daily updates on Michigan football, basketball, baseball, recruiting, and more delivered straight to your inbox Believed to be a soft-tissue injury, Hill-Green did not play Saturday, but Harbaugh told the team's official radio broadcast, "you'll see Nikhai next week." The first, obviously, was to win, which Michigan did to the tune of a 51-7 drubbing of Colorado State. The redshirt junior, who made his first-career start at left tackle, left the game early due to an ankle injury. And though the Wolverines had two starters out due to injury ahead of the game, Michigan's head coach felt like that goal was accomplished as well. The second, naturally, was to get better, which Harbaugh felt was accomplished by Michigan's ability to play 84 players Saturday afternoon.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Michigan Wolverines took care of business on Saturday against an unranked Colorado State team that hired Jay Norvell as the head ...

The offense seemed to go to the next level when McCarthy was running the show. Wilson had great blocks from both Ronnie Bell and Cornelius Johnson that led to Wilson showing off why he may be the fastest player on the team. Colson led the team 10 tackles against the pass-heavy Rams. Corum led the Michigan offense on Saturday rushing for 76 yards and caught a pass for nine yards. Photo: Isaiah Hole The Michigan defense was able to stop the ball carrier multiple times on Saturday, recording 11 tackles-for-loss.

Free Press sports writer Michael Cohen looks at players who helped or hurt their stock Saturday at Michigan Stadium.

He finished with the lowest run-blocking grade and lowest pass-blocking grade of any offensive lineman while also allowing a team-high three pressures, tied with right tackle Trent Jones, who gave up the lone sack on the day. He struggled with accuracy on short and intermediate passes and was saved from throwing just the seventh interception of his career when the ball slipped through a defender's arms. [McNamara’s deflated tone and dejected body language in a postgame news conference](https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2022/09/04/michigan-football-cade-mcnamara-quarterback-race-colorado-state/65472221007/) matched what he must have known was an underwhelming effort. That Moore and the coaching staff stuck with a struggling Keegan at left tackle over any of the true tackles on the roster reflects poorly on Michigan’s depth. Little of that translated to the field against Colorado State as McNamara completed just nine of 18 passes for 136 yards and a touchdown in what was best described as an uneven performance. The offense averaged 3.75 points per possession with McNamara on the field, but three of the four trips to the red zone failed to produce a touchdown. Anoma was credited with three quarterback pressures on three pass-rushing attempts to equal the outputs of fellow defensive linemen Braiden McGregor, Kris Jenkins and Mike Morris, according to PFF. The only pass thrown in Turner’s direction was a quick screen that he eradicated by barreling through the blocker and burying the wideout for a 3-yard loss. A true freshman from Columbia, South Carolina, where he was rated the No. He earned a sack on the first snap of his Michigan career by beating a double team. The only player with more pressures was edge rusher Jaylen Harrell. Turner also made the most impressive defensive play of the game when he scooped up a fumble in the middle of the field and returned it 45 yards for a touchdown, shoving aside a would-be tackler en route to the end zone.

Michigan's defense also scored the same amount of points as Colorado State — seven. That was thanks to a DJ Turner fumble return for a touchdown in the third ...

He’s a warrior and he’s a competitor. McNamara bounced his first two passes and threw a red-zone interception that was dropped and therefore overturned. Michigan is loaded on the defensive side of the ball and Jim Harbaugh might be right about it being even better than last year. McCarthy created a spark and scored on a 20-yard touchdown run. He’ll get his chance to start next week against Hawaii and the QB is our first topic of conversation. [finished with seven sacks, 11 tackles for loss, a forced fumble, and an interception](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2022-09-03-michigan.html).

College football players are allowed to participate in up to four games during a given season and still qualify for a redshirt season and maintain four more ...

Moore was a major bright spot, but you wouldn’t be able to tell just from looking at the box score as he finished with zero tackles. In Michigan’s 51-7 opening week win against Colorado State, there were plenty of true freshmen who made their college debuts. The Wolverines had plenty of contributions made from true freshmen on the offensive side of the ball, highlighted by a four-yard touchdown run from quarterback Alex Orji late in the game.

Jim Harbaugh had some "biblical" ideas for Michigan football's QBs, and so, it turns out, does the Good Book for the rest of Big Ten football.

A field goal and two safeties — at home — against an Football Championship Subdivision squad (albeit one that went 11-4 in 2021 and made the national semifinals). Possibly related: Greg Schiano is just one win away from tying Frank Burns (78 wins from 1973-83) as the school’s winningest coach. The Badgers avenged the Big Ten’s 2016 loss to the Redbirds (Northwestern, 9-6, on Sept. All that was missing was a to-go container of hot dish for the trip back to Las Cruces. Look, it’s been a while since Indiana won at all, so coach Tom Allen has kinda forgotten how to just say, “Scoreboard, baby!” Instead, he went with this Friday night: “The bottom line, last time I checked, is we got more points than they did.” We won’t be ranking the Bruins and Trojans every week, but we should point out the Brue-Crew’s strong step toward Big Ten-ification in their opener — UCLA trailed perennial MAC doormat BGSU 17-7 in the second quarter Saturday before scoring the final 38 points. 29, let’s run through the misery index, from least miserable to most in this two-game week: For what it’s worth, he isn’t even the only coach with a biblical inspiration — or a two-QB system. [looking for a QB who could “turn water into wine” ](https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2022/09/04/michigan-football-quarterback-competition-cade-mcnamara-jj-mccarthy/65471755007/)(ahem, from John 2.1-11, and we don’t mean Harbaugh’s brother in Baltimore). McNamara’s 9-for-18 performance with several missed throws wasn’t exactly a surrender; but it’s not exactly showing the tightest grip on the job, either. [College football in September is (mostly) broken. Spoiler alert: He threatened to split a baby in half — some serious Scott Frost vibes there — between two mothers claiming it, expecting the deserving mother to surrender her child in order to keep it from being split in two.