Ann Arbor — Michigan quarterback Wilton Speight entered the spring feeling confident and refreshed, his left shoulder injury that hampered him late in the season fully recovered.
But Speight also approached spring practice with no illusions of how Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh handles competition and has not once assumed that because he was the starter last year, helping guide Michigan to a 10-3 record, the job was all his just like that.
Speight was the first to admit after Saturday’s spring game at Michigan Stadium that it was not one of his shining moments. He threw two interceptions — he referenced them several times as “boneheaded plays” — including one returned 100 yards for a touchdown by Jordan Glasgow and was 9-of-26 for 78 yards with no touchdowns for the Blue team.