ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- What we saw for the second consecutive season opener was the importance of a coach having faith, and then a quarterback responding as coolly as could be expected after a quick failure.
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As cool as a cucumber, the other side of the pillow or Michael Jordan -- who just happened to be the team's honorary captain -- Michigan quarterback Wilton Speight put early adversity in his rear-view mirror and drove his team to a lop-sided victory.
Speight could not have begun his first start much worse, throwing a bad interception on his first play of the game.