McNamara going into Surgery
November 9th, 2022 at 11:37 AM ^
Best of luck, Captain! Come out stronger on the other side.
November 9th, 2022 at 2:19 PM ^
A great kid. I want the very best for Cade!
November 9th, 2022 at 11:38 AM ^
So sorry to hear. Hope the best for him.
Link: https://twitter.com/ByAZuniga/status/1590379227878129665
November 9th, 2022 at 1:31 PM ^
Is that a cyan circle I see? It might actually be warranted now.
November 9th, 2022 at 1:50 PM ^
He wrote “not this leg!” Inside the circle
November 9th, 2022 at 11:38 AM ^
yup, a legend - he was as responsible as anyone for last season. productive on the field, and a leader off the field. he kept that team together after a really grim 2020.
November 9th, 2022 at 1:32 PM ^
And *during* a really grim 2020. If we lose that Rutgers game -- it was 17-0 Rutgers when Milton was pulled, before Cade threw 4 TDs -- I wonder how much more people lose their minds and demand Harbaugh's firing.
Edit: LOL sorry I should have scrolled a bit more. Exact same (but more detailed) comment a little further down
November 9th, 2022 at 4:42 PM ^
Cade's performance that game was the only bright spot of the season.
November 9th, 2022 at 10:20 PM ^
Also, in terms of great comebacks, I got banned from mgoblog after the 2020 Rutgers game for calling someone an a$$hole who wasn't impressed with Cade and the Michigan comeback.
I sulked for a week or two, paid $5 to rejoin mgoblog under a slightly different name, and haven't looked back!
November 9th, 2022 at 11:39 AM ^
Dude deserves to be remembered forever for piloting a team that turned the tide in our school's history. A true winner, even if his talent was eclipsed by others.
November 9th, 2022 at 12:26 PM ^
It should go down in Michigan lore that Captain Cade is the biggest reason Michigan did not fall into college football abyss.
For those who may forgot, here is his stat line against Rutgers in 2020:
27/36 260yds and 4 TDs in two and a half quarters (Milton started)
Cade came in when we were 1-3 and down 17-0 to RUTGERS in the 2nd quarter. BPONE was in NOVA STAR HOT RAGE......
Cade led the team back and saved Michigan football that season and then came back the next year a delivered a championship...
Thank you Cade, you will always be in Michigan football lore...
November 9th, 2022 at 12:43 PM ^
Gary Nova style hot rage
November 9th, 2022 at 4:00 PM ^
He saved Jim's job that day, and by extension, the program.
A legend regardless of what happens from here.
November 9th, 2022 at 8:23 PM ^
I hadn't thought of that... what irony, that the guy whose job he saved, ends up benching him, despite winning the Big Ten title and beating OSU. It is still hard to beleive his plight.
November 9th, 2022 at 7:08 PM ^
Tougher than a $2 steak
November 9th, 2022 at 11:39 AM ^
Captain Cade! The QB who brought Michigan back! Good luck sir
November 9th, 2022 at 11:42 AM ^
he is our football zach novak. two novak references this week. I'm on a roll.
November 9th, 2022 at 12:12 PM ^
Great comparison! Both had heart , desire and leadership! I also think Devin Bush kicking up the Spartan logo was symbolic for the program!
November 9th, 2022 at 12:37 PM ^
The "What if we win out?" of leadership! It wasn't the best postgame speech I ever saw, but on that team in 2020 and going into 2021, we absolutely needed his optimism and competitiveness.
November 9th, 2022 at 11:42 AM ^
I hope that Cade's fondness and appreciation for Michigan, the team and the university, is as great as many of the fans who have supported both him and the team.
Last year wouldn't have been a success without him. He'll always be welcome at our tailgate - and, I hope he returns in the future.
Wishing him a complete and quick recovery. Go Blue!
(And, now the discussion of "who is the #2 behind JJ" will begin in earnest.)
November 9th, 2022 at 2:39 PM ^
Judging by the reps we've seen in games this year, it's Davis Warren.
November 9th, 2022 at 5:51 PM ^
Good luck and God speed Captain Cade. You are a great leader, champ, and captain. Many here including me will alway appreciate your accomplishments and leadership for the Michigan football program and leading the 2021 Big 10 Champion Michigan Wolverines. We will always be pulling for you.
November 9th, 2022 at 11:42 AM ^
I'm gonna go ahead and say it: All of the people who put Cade down should feel bad.
November 9th, 2022 at 12:18 PM ^
But but but, why isn’t he traveling with the team?!?!?!?
November 9th, 2022 at 1:42 PM ^
i seem to recall some B1G rule about players not in uniform traveling with the team? am i misremembering that?
he did show up in the post-penn state tunnel video that went around, pre-david diamond. so he's been around, or was.
November 9th, 2022 at 1:48 PM ^
Yeah, you’re right - if you travel with the team you take up a roster spot. My comment was aimed at a consistent group of posters who point out his absence at every away game as some kind of proof that he’s ‘checked out’ or isn’t interested in being part of the program anymore or some such nonsense
November 9th, 2022 at 12:22 PM ^
Very bad… may their oatmeal be lumpy and their clothes wrinkly!
November 9th, 2022 at 12:54 PM ^
Lot of fans, and some that call themselves “insider”.
Get well, Captain.
November 9th, 2022 at 2:58 PM ^
Surgery or not, he should have stopped the MSU tunnel assault and gotten Jadyn Davis to sign his LOI already
November 9th, 2022 at 11:44 AM ^
The guy who led the team that changed the course of UM QB recent history. I noticed a subtle change in how the commentators talk about Michigan now. Even with OSU being a "juggernaut" so they say... a Charmin Juggernaut, I say, but... nobody says "when osu beats michigan".. all i hear is... 'the winner of...".
For the past 15 years, it was a joke.. we were a joke. They clowned us and they could. because we did nothing to reverse it. Not only did we win last year, we beat them into submission.
They may or may not beat us this year, but nobody is going into it with confidence that its a foregone conclusion. That is because of Cade + Hutch + Haskins + Harbaugh.
November 9th, 2022 at 12:36 PM ^
+ Poggi if yesterday's athletic article is to be believed
November 9th, 2022 at 11:44 AM ^
If true, best of luck in surgery and rehab to Cade, so that he can return to the football field better than ever!
I would love to see him back in the Winged Helmet, but even if it's elsewhere I'll always be rooting for him.
November 9th, 2022 at 1:28 PM ^
.....how about Delaware if not Michigan.
In all seriousness, best of luck to a great Michigan Man in all his endeavors!!!
November 9th, 2022 at 11:47 AM ^
Get well soon, captain.
November 9th, 2022 at 11:48 AM ^
Good luck and speedy recovery. This will all work out for him -- great guy.
November 9th, 2022 at 11:48 AM ^
So, he could apply for a medical redshirt for this year, thus giving him the opportunity to have a seven-year college career, yes?
November 9th, 2022 at 1:42 PM ^
He’d need to retroactively apply for a 2019 medical redshirt, as well.
In order to get two redshirts, they both need to be injury-related.
November 9th, 2022 at 1:51 PM ^
Only if he is able to convince the NCAA that his 2019 redshirt was also for medical reasons. And, assuming he wants a 7-year college career, which I sort of doubt.
November 9th, 2022 at 11:49 AM ^
Best #12 in Michigan football history (admittedly, the competition is not stiff) even if he never plays here again. He deserved so much better than the crap he had to go through this year. Not so much being passed by JJ, but getting repeatedly clobbered until he was knocked out for the season.
November 9th, 2022 at 12:02 PM ^
Ricky Powers is the only other #12 I can think of. Very good back who shared duties with Vaughn and Wheatley. The story is that his recruitment lost us Jerome Bettis.
November 9th, 2022 at 12:15 PM ^
Right, Ricky Powers and Roy Roundtree are the only 12s that come to mind and what Cade accomplished last year is greater than either of those did in their careers.
I should say that my jersey numerology memory doesn't go further back then early 70s Bo-era. Seth has a vastly more comprehensive list and I don't recall who his 12 is.
November 9th, 2022 at 1:53 PM ^
I gotta stick up for Ricky. As a true freshman, he set the RB rushing record and carried the team to a win at OSU in 1990. They don't beat OSU and claim a share of the conference title without him that day. He led the team in rushing the next year and won three straight conference titles. I think recency bias and sharing the backfield with Wheatley has made people undervalue his place in team history.
November 10th, 2022 at 7:53 AM ^
A lot of folks on here are too young to have watched Ricky Powers. He was really good and a lot of fun to watch.
Prayers to Cade for a successful surgery and recovery. Always a Michigan stud no matter his future.
November 9th, 2022 at 12:15 PM ^
Best #12 in Michigan football history (admittedly, the competition is not stiff)
Love Cade and what he did here, but have to disagree. Elvis Grbac wore 12 as a freshman (thanks Bentley Library!), so I'd give that nod to him. And there's been some other pretty good #12s as well (not that I'd necessarily place them all above Cade, but as information), including Devin Gardner, Roy Roundtree, Ricky Powers, JT Floyd, Chris Evans, Josh Ross, etc...
November 9th, 2022 at 12:21 PM ^
Don't forget Scott Dreisbach
November 9th, 2022 at 12:24 PM ^
I didn't, just decided to omit him. But you could definitely add him to the list, though I'd clearly rank Cade over him.
November 9th, 2022 at 12:40 PM ^
I still have my Dreisbach #12 jersey. Only because the Woodson #2s were sold out. I still rock it.
November 9th, 2022 at 12:30 PM ^
It gets complicated when guys switch numbers. Elvis wore 15 when he did what we remember him for so I give him that (over Steve Breaston and Chase Winovich).