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Michigan football's backup QB won, but its coaches lost in Big Ten's Week 5 action

Can one team be both a winner and a loser at the same time?

Michigan put that theory to the test this weekend.

The Wolverines are featured prominently in this list after their helter-skelter, 48-42 victory over Rutgers in three overtimes.

Below, we also take a look at the rest of the conference’s winners and losers:

Winners: Cade McNamara

After he steered Michigan to a 17-point comeback and willed his team to victory, Cade McNamara was asked if Jim Harbaugh should install him as the Wolverines’ No. 1 quarterback.

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“Personally, I feel like I’ve done enough for me to be put in that position,” McNamara said.