After battling all spring and fall to be Michigan’s starting quarterback — he transferred from Houston expecting to start — John O’Korn was passed over for Wilton Speight.
His reaction to the news surprised his teammates as O’Korn took an approach to work even harder.
“He watches film after practice probably more than anybody I have seen at the college level, which is weird for someone who isn’t asked to play as much as he does (because) he’s not the starter,” U-M co-captain Chris Wormley said Tuesday night after practice. “I guess doing that for the past 2-3 months, it’s going to help him out big-time, starting Saturday.