Michigan Wolverines national championship-winning quarterback J.J. McCarthy was selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the No. 10 pick in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday.

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Michigan football finished off the non-conference season with a blowout win over Bowling Green, but it certainly wasn’t pretty.

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Michigan football quarterback Cade McNamara, who helped turn the program around last season, announced that he has transferred to Iowa.

The Michigan quarterback controversy is over, but there’s another issue that needs to be addressed.

Last week’s excitement for the Michigan football opener has been replaced by the buzz of a new starting quarterback, as the Wolverines prepare for what should be another blowout victory.

There’s the score of the game, and then there’s the score of life, and if it were up to Michigan fans, they would have already decided who their starting quarterback should be after week one.

The quarterback battle between Cade McNamara and J.J. McCarthy has consumed the Michigan football fan base this offseason, and this weekend, Jim Harbaugh fanned the flames by giving starts to both.

Michigan quarterback Joe Milton throws a pass during the first quarter of the team's NCAA college football game against Wisconsin in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Tony Ding)ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan football quarterback Joe Milton announced Thursday that he will transfer. pic.twitter.com/PeANE2vWmD — Joe milton #5 (@Qbjayy7) February 18, 2021Milton, an impending redshirt junior, began the 2020 season as Michigan’s starting quarterback. Even though he spent three years with the Wolverines, Milton will have three years of eligibility remaining. The 2020 season didn’t count against player eligibility, and Milton also had a redshirt season.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan football’s star quarterback commit, J.J. McCarthy, is holding the team’s talented recruiting class together despite an ugly three-game losing streak. "This great university demands excellence. We are all in this together.”By all accounts, McCarthy could be the stabilizing presence Michigan needs at the quarterback position. — J.J. McCarthy (@jjmccarthy09) November 15, 2020This great university demands excellence. — J.J. McCarthy (@jjmccarthy09) November 15, 2020There is always light at the end of the tunnel.