Ann Arbor — Three games in, and Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh felt he needed to silence what must have seemed like growing noise and criticism about his quarterback.
Jake Rudock, a graduate-transfer and former two-year starter at Iowa, has thrown five interceptions in three games, had a fumble and has missed on some key throws. Harbaugh wasn’t thrilled about the line of questioning about Rudock during his weekly Monday news conference and quickly and definitively shut it down.
“To be clear, Jake Rudock’s the best quarterback,” Harbaugh said. “Not by a small margin. He’s our best quarterback.