Justin Fields has no reason to respect Michigan football, so why should he?
Justin Fields has one more year before he’s a pro, but he can’t wait to beat Michigan one last time.
Fields projects as the No. 2 quarterback in the 2021 NFL Draft behind Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence. With pinpoint accuracy, elite scrambling abilities and a proclivity for winning, Fields could become the next Steve Young in the NFL. Surely, bottom-feeding teams like the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars will have to love the sound of that.
Because Fields is only entering his true junior season, the Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback has one more year before he can turn pro. 2020 will be presumably his second and final season in Columbus, as he spent his true freshman year in Athens playing for the Georgia Bulldogs. Fields can’t wait to beat Michigan football again, no matter when they play.
Justin Fields says he doesn't care when Ohio State plays Michigan on the schedule, he just says "I just want to play them. And beat the brakes off them."
— Dave Biddle (@davebiddle) August 4, 2020
Did Justin Fields just give Michigan football some bulletin board material?
“I just want to play them. And beat the brakes off them,” said Fields.
While we should expect Michigan and Ohio State to meet sometime towards the end of the 2020 college football season, scheduling is totally up in the air with the Power 5 this year. The Big Ten is one of four Power 5 conferences going with a 10-game conference schedule and three going conference-only this fall.
Because Michigan vs. Ohio State is the preeminent rivalry in the Big Ten (don’t kid yourself if you think it’s something else because you’re wrong), this game will get played above all else if the Big Ten does, in fact, play college football this year. The Wolverines and the Buckeyes play in the same Big Ten East division already, so they square off every Thanksgiving Weekend annually anyway.
The last time Michigan beat Ohio State, Fields was in middle school in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, probably contemplating taking a razor to his face for the first time in his life. So Michigan winning football games over Ohio State clearly predates Fields’ earliest of shaving years. If he does what we expect him to in 2020, he’ll be a millionaire before the Wolverines beat the Buckeyes again.
Eventually, Michigan must beat Ohio State or head coach Jim Harbaugh will get fired by his alma mater. What’s the point of a lifetime contract when it’s a guaranteed lifetime of losing to your arch-rival? There’s nothing quite like eating a cold, leftover turkey sandwich after getting beat by a rival every single season. Something has to give in Ann Arbor eventually, right?
For now, Fields has every reason to believe he’ll be like Urban Meyer and never lose to Michigan.
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