He did it again on the road against Notre Dame the week after that, playing well enough in South Bend to solidify his starting spot.

Though there’s a lot of pressure on his shoulders now, Threet never appears nervous. He has always been laid back and quick to laugh anytime — and being Michigan’s starting quarterback won’t change that.

“I feel that I can be focused, but be myself, at the same time,” Threet said. “Me as a person, I can’t be uptight. I don’t like that feeling, so that’s not how I’m going to approach a game.”

Though Sheridan hasn’t matched Threet’s success in the first three games of the season, he isn’t planning to cede the starting spot.

Bill Sheridan will attend the game tomorrow with the Giants on a bye week, and Nick is hoping his father will get to see him play in person. But even more, he wants Bill to see Michigan upset Wisconsin.

“I’m excited, hopefully I get in there (tomorrow),” Nick Sheridan said. “Who knows what the circumstances will be? If I don’t, that’s OK, too. I just want to win.”

Answering the doubters
A year ago, few Michigan football fans knew much about Steven Threet and Nick Sheridan. Neither did Adrian Arrinton

But Threet has stepped up as a capable signal-caller and proven that Arrington was wrong at the NFL Scouting Combine.

And now, fans can take a measure of relief — Michigan has a quarterback.