‘Nothing is going to stop me” – Michigan players focused on Georgia now that they’re in Florida

The College Football Playoff is less than a week away, and Michigan football is the first of the two teams to arrive in South Florida for the Capital One Orange Bowl.

Considering 2020’s moribund 2-4 campaign, it shouldn’t be beyond the maize and blue faithful to pinch themselves. But that’s not how these players see it.

Upon landing in Fort Lauderdale, quarterback Cade McNamara said this isn’t just what he and the team envisioned for 2021, but it’s what he anticipated when he committed to the Wolverines out of Reno (Nev.) Damonte Ranch.

“Yeah this is what I envisioned when I decided to come here to Michigan,” McNamara said. “These are the type of games that we commit to. The success that we’re having this season, this is what we envisioned. I’m super excited and I know the rest of the team is for this week and the upcoming events.”

The Wolverines have been practicing in earnest now for nearly two weeks, and while there have been some who have worried whether or not the momentum could continue from Ohio State and Iowa games, McNamara has no doubt based on what he’s seen in practice thus far.

“I think we’ve honestly done a really good job of picking right up where we left off at the Big Ten
Championship over the last couple of weeks in practice,” McNamara said. “I think as we come back here as the environment shifts just a little bit, I think myself and the other leaders on this team are just going to do the best we can to make sure that that momentum carries into practice because however we practice it’ll reflect to how we play in the game.”

When it comes to Georgia, though a lot of the talk has been about the defense, the Bulldog offense has been among the top in the nation, ranked sixth in scoring and No. 26 in yards per game.

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