Michigan Football Star Confident Against Alabama Offense

That said, Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe seemed less concerned with Michigan’s hidden coverages, citing his SEC experience as a reason for confidence against the Maize and Blue. I just had a chance to speak with Michigan football safety Rod Moore, one of the best in the sport, who expressed overwhelming confidence in his team’s ability to execute their game plan in the Rose Bowl.

“Yes (I feel confident in Michigan’s scheme), I believe he hasn’t seen a lot of the looks we’re about to give him (Milroe),” Moore said. “… Like Marvin Harrison said — we’ve got all these defenses in the Big Ten, but he hadn’t seen anything that we ran.”

Rod Moore called CFP a “money game” and more

The Michigan football star also told me that facing Alabama in the Rose Bowl is a “money game,” pitting the best against the best with the whole nation watching.

“We just take it as an opportunity game and a money game, because you can make money off this,” he said. “Being able to cover — especially the guys that (Alabama) has.”

Rose Bowl has a different feel to it

Michigan Football-Alabama Rose Bowl will be played on Monday. Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

It’s Michigan’s third straight trip to the College Football Playoff, but it’s the Rose Bowl, and it’s Alabama. Of course, some of Michigan’s top players told me today that this is a business trip for them, and that it being the Rose Bowl makes no difference; however, Rod Moore said that this one is a bit different, though the differences only started to set in once Michigan got to LA on Wednesday.

“When we got here it didn’t feel any different, but now that we’re here, and it’s really the Rose Bowl — I believe everybody that’s about to be on that field on Monday watched the Rose Bowl as a kid,” Rod Moore told me. “… When we step on the field, it’s gonna be a lot of energy, a lot of hype.”

Michigan football and Alabama have a few more days of prep — including a pair of open practices today and tomorrow — before taking the field in the Rose Bowl on Monday. Blue by Ninety will have up-to-date coverage daily as Michigan’s third straight College Football Playoff bout approaches.