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When Michigan takes on Hawaii on Saturday night they’ll be as highly favored as it gets.
Michigan is currently a 51.5-point favorite. Hawaii has had a rough go of it to start the year. They dropped their season opener to Vanderbilt 63-10 and lost to Western Kentucky last week 49-17.
Despite Hawaii’s less than stellar play, sophomore quarterback J.J. McCarthy aims to have a high level of focus. McCarthy wants to have the same approach this week as he would against the best teams on Michigan’s schedule.
“Definitely kind of look at these games in the front end of the season as an illusion,” McCarthy said on In the Trenches with Jon Jansen. “These nameless, faceless opponents, we’re not worried about them. They’re running different schemes and all that and we gotta understand that, but it’s just all about how are we getting better? We’re expected to win these games but what strides are we making? What steps are we making to get better as a unit so when it comes down the line, we aren’t just doing this all the way down to when we play a good opponent. We always want to be here, just always looking to get better
