Brandon Peters to "Start" Spring Game on Maize Against Speight/Blue
Per Eddie McDoom, Brandon Peters will be suiting up for Maize and O'Korn will be on Blue backing up Speight. That likely means Peters will be getting a lot of reps with the 1's on Maize (as far as that exists in a split squad format). If you're willing to read the tea leaves a bit, that also seems to suggest Peters has passed O'Korn on the depth chart.
"On Tuesday, sophomore receiver Eddie McDoom (who will play on the Blue team) told reporters that O'Korn -- Michigan's backup last year -- will play on the Blue team with Speight.
Which means Peters -- the first quarterback Harbaugh fully recruited to Michigan and a player with plenty of physical tools -- will get the start for the Maize squad on the opposite side.
"BP on the (Maize) side is really great," McDoom said Tuesday. "It's good to have good quarterbacks all around."
Team Speight vs. Team Peters :)
Oh god, I can already see the division amongst fans
#TeamJacob
I'm both shocked and appalled that WD has not yet written a diary of the different jerseys/swoosh placement between the jerseys worn by Brady and Henson vs Kapsner. For shame
Kapsner's is a practice jersey and the other two are game jerseys. The side swoosh went away after 1998.
HAHAHAHHAHAHA. Perfect response
Wellllll... technically all three were game jerseys. Michigan used game jerseys from the previous year(s) for practice during most of the Carr years and into Rich Rod's first spring.
The unique practice jerseys started with adidas.
But the original reply post was made in jest.
on Saturday, now that he's been in the program for a full year. Still think this kid could really surprise and maybe see some playing time this year. Competition will make everyone better!
With the coaches publicly saying he's the starter, I would be surprised if Speight plays more than a couple series. It'll probably be O'Korn vs Peters primarily.
Should be a nice confidence booster for our backup QB!
Peters looks better on Saturday, creating an obnoxious divide from now until September that ends up being completely unfounded because Speight was always #1 for the staff.
Lazy Prediction II: Speight plays for one series then sits out the rest of the game as it becomes a battle between Peters and O'Korn
I don't think Harbaugh plays like that. If it's going to be a game, we're going to have the best two qbs play. There might be a vanilla playbook and the DL will be told not to level the qb though.
If he's going to have the best 2 QB play, why would O'Korn be backing up Speight?
Speight is the clear no. 1 guy. The spring game is going to be a battle to determine who is the backup.
lets not forget this is a coach who lets his QBs go live in these games
He's also a coach that has obvious starters sit out the spring game. Reference last year - Peppers, Lewis, Smith... Several others sat out it out, too. If Speight is the clear #1, he'll sit out most, if not all, of the game.
Speight goes something like 1/3 on his lone series and it's a scoring drive, making the arguments on here that much more obnoxious.
That's what we THOUGHT was happening last year. Then Speight won.
If this is just a way to get Speight and O'Korn playing against each other, as speculated in this thread... I'm still cool with it, because we all want to see Peters in action.
But I think the OP is correct, Peters is nosing ahead for the backup role. I feel kinda bad for O'Korn, who put in a couple of years and seemed like the next starter, but that's the way it goes.
Why would Speight and OKorn play against each other when both are on the Blue team stephenrjking?
Sounds right.
What if Peters pwns?
Ya but there isnt anyone on the moon to say its a bad day
But if you hadn't been there?
Right the coaches did the drafting. Presumably Peters went off the board for the Maize before Blue selected both Speight and O'Korn, meaning Peters was higher on the coaches' boards than O'Korn. Now, that could be earlier by one pick, or several rounds, hence it's just one indication and not gospel, but it does seem to suggest Peters is passing O'Korn for the back up spot. Of course, lots of time left until the opener.
+1 for any reference to Godzilla, regardless of context...
Godzilla
All this Michigan football talk is making my gym workouts 10x better. The cold footballess winter is over!
I wonder how much of the Speight is the only possible #1 talk is from the "insiders" that post here.
I agree with the notion that if Speight plays just a series or two he probably does have it locked down.
My only prediction is that there will be a few totally unwarranted meltdowns over a spring game which is specifically designed to not really show anyone too much of what is on the minds of the staff. Fortunately, I will be there and not on the blog at that moment - that way I can sort of "DVR" the blog.
April 13th, 2017 at 11:50 AM ^
Whoa there big fella! Try not to go too far out on a limb there.
Did Maize draft Peters before O'korn or did Blue draft O'korn first? I think that it would be slightly telling if Maize drafter Peters before O'korn, but it doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot until the Fall.
Nothing to do with O'Korn being passed. It would be dumb if they were on the same team. If Peters backed up Speight it wouldn't mean anything either...we know the starter. This game is going to be 99% of this board pulling for Peters and being irrational about 1 game with a depleted roster (because they're split).
Why exactly would it be dumb if O'Korn and Speight were on the same team if Speight only plays a series or two?
And my expectation (and hope) is that he'll be better this year. Hopefully, we can blow some teams out and get Peters some meaningful PT. O'Korn may be the odd man out.
GO BLUE!