Michigan has closed the talent gap in the Ohio State rivalry in most areas except for one. Quarterback. We need a quick aside before getting further into this. One of the more frustrating media narratives of the Jim Harbaugh era is his supposed inability to develop a quarterback, despite that being his expertise. It’s as if the first 22 games of his tenure in Ann Arbor don’t count. Despite inheriting three Al Borges quarterbacks in Shane Morris, Wilton Speight and the already-committed Alex Malzone, Harbaugh made Dalwhinnie Scotch out of moonshine dirt in his first two years. His first band-aid was Jake Rudock, who transformed from a Kirk Ferentz reject to an NFL Draft pick in one season. In year two, Speight threw for over 2,000 yards with 5-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio before getting hurt that fateful night in Kinnick Stadium. Year three is where the anti-Harbaugh story starts for some.…
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