November 28th, 2022 at 12:50 PM ^
Thank you Cade. We wish you nothing but the best. Please don't go anywhere in the Big 10!!!
November 28th, 2022 at 1:53 PM ^
I wouldn't mind him at IA next year. Could beat MSU and PSU next year.
"That's my quarterback!" -- Aiden Hutchinson
November 28th, 2022 at 6:27 PM ^
Everything changed when Cade arrived. He finally gave us an advantage because of his +++ decision making. Very rare.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:51 PM ^
You misspelled "in the transfer portal".
November 28th, 2022 at 12:55 PM ^
apparently I don't have enough points to upvote this or am not techy enough.... So here is your comment vote! Literally LOL'd
November 28th, 2022 at 12:51 PM ^
No doubt..Forever a legend.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:51 PM ^
Nothing but heartfelt gratitude for everything Cade contributed to the program. Best of luck, Cade! Please go somewhere we don't have to play you.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:51 PM ^
Forever a UM legend. Good Luck young man.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:52 PM ^
Will be sad to watch him in another jersey, but I’ll be rooting for him regardless of where he lands. Cade is and always will be a Michigan legend. He deserves every accolade and free drinks for life.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:52 PM ^
Good luck to Cade.
If he EVER has to buy a drink or dinner in the state of Michigan I'll be incredibly disappointed. He deserves to be a Michigan legend for all eternity for what he did last year.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:52 PM ^
Michigan Man.
Thank You, Cade
November 28th, 2022 at 12:52 PM ^
Yes. He had to enter the portal 3 times, apparently. Maybe it was a Beetlejuice thing? Or maybe he hit submit more than once while it was still processing?
November 28th, 2022 at 12:52 PM ^
Great young man and a real credit to the University of Michigan. Best of luck to him!
November 28th, 2022 at 12:53 PM ^
Michigan legend, Cade Macnamara.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:53 PM ^
A Michigan Legend. Thank you for all you’ve done for the Maize and Blue. Looking forward to seeing you healthy and back on the field soon, wherever your land.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:53 PM ^
Not only do we appreciate Cade for being the catalyst for turning around UM football, but we should fully support this move. He is a talented QB who deserves to start. Best of luck to a great Michigan Man.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:53 PM ^
Will be rooting for him wherever he goes. Thanks for helping turn this program around and your leadership.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:53 PM ^
Indeed, what a great Wolverine. In retrospect, he may have been a "game manager" type of QB here because of scheme, not ability.
November 28th, 2022 at 1:13 PM ^
I like Devin Gardner's phrase "game controller."
November 28th, 2022 at 1:27 PM ^
Perfect, and I hope he lights it up at his new school (just not against Michigan, of course).
November 28th, 2022 at 12:53 PM ^
Amen. Great kid. Best of luck to him wherever he goes. Going to be a lot of schools after him. Purdue and Iowa both will need QBs next year for starters.
November 28th, 2022 at 1:02 PM ^
Minnesota too.
November 28th, 2022 at 1:02 PM ^
I hate how right you are about this. I hope he goes to a decent ACC or Big 12 school where we can root for him and not against him.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:54 PM ^
Thank you for everything Cade! Will never forget your big game performances last year, espcially against the Buckeyes.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:54 PM ^
I know this was inevitable, but it makes me sad.
I wish Cade much future success (outside the Big 10).
November 28th, 2022 at 12:54 PM ^
Thanks Cade….
November 28th, 2022 at 12:54 PM ^
Transfer back for the 2024 season Cade!
November 28th, 2022 at 12:56 PM ^
I'll say this. If Cade transfers to a school that plays at Michigan over the next two years I hope he gets an absolute thunderous standing ovation when he gets introduced.
Will forever go down in Michigan lore as the QB who FINALLY helped push the OSU monkey off our collective backs.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:57 PM ^
Agree 100%
November 28th, 2022 at 1:15 PM ^
Could not possibly agree more.
November 28th, 2022 at 1:41 PM ^
This.
November 28th, 2022 at 3:10 PM ^
Certainly will be better than the sound of the drunken dickheads who were booing him early in the season.
I'm sorry to see him go, but I completely understand his decision. He's got at least two years of eligibility left, and they may be the last time he gets to play football. So don't spend them holding a clipboard. He's got a Michigan degree, a B1G championship, and the heartfelt gratitude of a fan base who won't ever forget.
Best of luck to you, young man. Go Blue!
November 28th, 2022 at 12:57 PM ^
Champion
Legend
Michigan Man
November 28th, 2022 at 12:58 PM ^
Will always be a Michigan hero for his leadership and poise throughout the 2021 season, and especially against Ohio State. Thank you, Cade
November 28th, 2022 at 12:58 PM ^
Posted this in another thread, but I think it's more relevant here:
Thank you for everything you've done for us, Cade. You will always be one of my favorite players for the win against OSU last year, and one moment in particular.
"Cool story, bro" incoming:
2016 was a difficult year. My dad, who is my hero, had his dementia go from "moderate" to "severe". I developed an anxiety disorder that made my life a constant, waking hell for several months until I managed to learn and develop coping and deescalation mechanisms. And a lot of other stuff. Then, The Game happened that year and - after coming so close and losing, in no small part due to biased officiating - it just felt like a lot of things went off the rails.
It felt like Michigan football was a microcosm of my life for the next five years. Always waiting for the other shoe to drop (and it did), positive optimism being stomped into the dirt (a la The Game 2018), coming close but not doing it (2017). It didn't affect my day-to-day life but the parallels were there.
2021 was a seismic shift in a lot of ways. Haskins, to quote Seth, pulled me out of the BPONE. But the biggest moment of the game to me - the moment that made me know we were going to win - was that brief clip of Cade screaming, "COME ON! LET'S GO!!!!!" when we were preparing to go for it. The passion and fire he showed in that moment was what tempered me and made me believe, "We will do this."
So thank you, Cade. I wish you'd gotten more from us, and I wish you nothing but the best wherever you go.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:58 PM ^
Good luck
November 28th, 2022 at 12:59 PM ^
Good night, sweet prince…
We’ll always have 2021!
November 28th, 2022 at 1:00 PM ^
Cade is full of class and character. Sad to see an M captain play elsewhere but will always be a supporter.
November 28th, 2022 at 1:28 PM ^
McNamara did an excellent job in 2021. This year, his reaction to losing the job is was first petulance and then silence. Maybe I missed it, but I don’t recall any public statements of support for his successor. I hope he says something now that changes that. His reaction to losing his job, while understandable to a degree, hasn’t been the finest demonstration of “class and character.”
November 28th, 2022 at 1:43 PM ^
"hasn't been the finest demonstration of 'class and character.'"
This statement more accurately describes your posts about him than Cade's behavior.
November 28th, 2022 at 4:58 PM ^
How would you explain his silence until this point? How would you compare how he’s conducted himself while injured with what Ronnie Bell did last year?
November 28th, 2022 at 6:04 PM ^
Cade did more than enough for this team the past two years.
His silence was (and continued to be) his own grown-ass man's damn choice, and the fact his teammates are wishing him well suggests that his "petulance" is entirely of your own speculation.
November 28th, 2022 at 1:53 PM ^
Edit: Cade lost the job and was knocked out for the year. Were you expecting him to go on a JJ lobbying tour? Get a grip.
(original comment simply said "You Suck")
November 28th, 2022 at 2:30 PM ^
Don’t know how to fairly describe most of Oracle’s takes. Bad, perhaps? One of most consistently negative posters, even on threads explicitly denominated as “appreciation.”
November 28th, 2022 at 5:07 PM ^
I’d describe those a lot of people don’t like as mostly realistic. Many thought it was awful when I said McCarthy would have to be the starter this year. It wasn’t popular, but it was just a common sense look at what was probably going to happen. I’ve never said McNamara was a bad QB or a bad person, but he could’ve handled this situation and his disappointment better than he did.
November 28th, 2022 at 6:53 PM ^
Or you are looking for things to justify your takes, even after JJ has won the job. Classic troll
November 29th, 2022 at 2:42 AM ^
I’m not looking for justification. I don’t need anyone else to approve of my opinions.
November 28th, 2022 at 1:02 PM ^
Wherever he goes I hope he gets his mojo back. At his best he's a much better QB than he showed this season before he went down.
In fact, I hope he leaves the B1G, because if he DOES get his mojo back he'd be a pretty darn dangerous QB, even if he's forever a cyan in the run game.
November 28th, 2022 at 1:03 PM ^
Captain, B1G champion, BUCKEYE SLAYER!