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Former Wolverine Marcus Ray likes what he saw out of fifth-year senior quarterback John O'Korn in Michigan's win at Purdue.

Ray talks about O'Korn, Michigan's defense, and a host of other topics in this session.

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• O'Korn's performance: "He's a senior, he's been around the program long enough. He could probably start at other programs. He stepped in and delivered, and that's really what the program has been built on over the years. One guy goes down, and the other guy goes in and gets it done.

"The expectation is for the position. When you look at his numbers, 18 of 26 for 270, that's 10 yards a completion. The touchdown to [redshirt sophomore tight end Zach] Gentry … I thought he did extremely well. He had the big run in the fourth quarter."

• Whether O'Korn should be the starter going forward: "You evaluate everything. Michigan has a week off. They have time to figure it out. The old saying goes, you don't lose your job to injury.

"I don't really think it matters who goes in at quarterback, because you're going to need two of them to win anyway, whether one guy goes down or the other guy is not playing well. We can get into a situation against Michigan State where O'Korn is not playing well and he gets pulled, and then [redshirt junior Wilton] Speight has to come in.

"It really doesn't matter. Jim Harbaugh will figure that out. It's just good to know you've got two quarterbacks."

• O'Korn buying extra time with his feet: "That's what O'Korn can do — improvise, extend plays, buy time for other guys. He kept plays alive, and I thought he threw the ball well.

"I predicted they would be losing at halftime. With this team, it seems like it takes some time, if the game plan they come in with doesn't work. They go into halftime and come up with something. The 21 unanswered [points] in the second half … I think Michigan is a second-half team, and it showed yesterday."

• Michigan's defense adjusting to throwbacks, tunnel screens, etc.: "It's the same thing Cincinnati did. It's a copycat sport, so if you see something that worked in the past, you try to go to it. That's why, defensively, it's hard to prepare for just one team and what they do offensively.

"You have to also work on some things that worked against you, because you'll see it again. The same way Michigan adjusted to Cincinnati, they did it to Purdue.

"The defensive line stopped getting upfield as much. They read blocks better. They didn't send as much pressure up the middle on the obvious downs. Certain situations are pretty obvious for screens and draws, tunnel screens. [Defensive coordinator] Don Brown just adjusted his calls to the situations when he anticipated that stuff."

• Where the Wolverines stand: "I think Michigan is probably still the second- or third-best team in the East. The tougher opponents are coming. We've seen this script from Michigan for years — a hot September, things happen in October and in November, they don't finish.

"I'll wait until after Halloween to really assess where they are. Right now, they're in a good place for what their schedule warranted. They got a road win out of the way, they beat an SEC opponent at a neutral site, they're undefeated, they get two weeks off before they play their rival.

"They're controlling the controllables and taking care of their own business. Two weeks from now, they still should be undefeated, if they continue to play the way they played defensively and if John O'Korn is in there taking care of the ball."

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