Jim Harbaugh wasn't in the mood to get long-winded about his quarterbacks Monday afternoon in Ann Arbor, Mich.
So he kept it brief.
When asked about whether a quarterback competition continues through the season, after fall camp ends, Michigan's head coach took the opportunity to once again declare who his first-string quarterback is.
In case anyone was wondering.
"Wilton's the starting quarterback," Harbaugh said. "And we're forging on."
Through two weeks, Speight has been the team's starter and fifth-year senior John O'Korn has served as the primary backup. O'Korn saw action during the first half of Michigan's win over Florida in week one and came in the game late in the fourth quarter Saturday against Cincinnati.
Redshirt freshman Brandon Peters put himself into the quarterback conversation back in the spring with improved play, enough for Harbaugh to call it a "dead heat" between three quarterbacks when fall camp opened. Peters has been behind both Speight and O'Korn so far this season, though, and has not seen game time.
Asked specifically about Peters on Monday, Harbaugh again kept it brief.
"He's progressing," Harbaugh said. "Progressing nicely."
Through two weeks, Speight is 28 of 54 (51.9 percent) for 402 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. He also lost a fumble on a fly sweep handoff to Kekoa Crawford on Saturday against the Bearcats, something Harbaugh said was a coaching error.
Speight was 17 of 29 for 221 yards and 2 touchdowns last week.
After Saturday's win over the Bearcats, Harbaugh said Speight's performance was "not bad, could be better," before adding that he and his quarterback would continue to "strive for that perfection."
"(Offensively), we moved the ball again, the running game was good again, the play-action passing was good, we hit some big third down conversions, hit some touchdown passes, the protection was better from week one to week two," Harbaugh said. "The turnovers that occurred (were bad) and we've got coaching imprints on the fly sweep. We need to make a technique adjustment there, which we will make and we'll be better for it going forward."
Asked again, though, what Speight needs to do in order to improve, Harbaugh stayed brief.
"I think he's doing fine," he said.
