Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh was up front leading up to the season about the desire to get both Shea Patterson and Dylan McCaffrey into game action at quarterback early on this season, sometimes on the field together.
When it finally came to fruition on Saturday night in the 40-21 victory over Middle Tennessee State, people still seemed taken aback by it and some nice runs from McCaffrey and a handful of drives where Michigan moved the ball seemed to re-spark the age-old tradition of hyping up the backup quarterback.
Patterson was 17-of-29 passing for 203 yards and three touchdowns — all in the first half — but was “working through something” (an injury) and received treatment at halftime.