Good morning, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Happy Wednesday, everybody.

It is Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025.

This is the Michigan Insider.

This is the Big 1050 WTCA online at the big 1050.com.

And it has been 262 days now,

2,062 days since Ohio State last beat Michigan on the football field.

And seriously, if you see a Buckeye around, please tell them that or tell her that.

2,062 days and counting since Ohio State last beat Michigan on the football field.

I say that partly because I was, I got sidetracked late last night.

I was reading a thing from 11 Warriors and they had their, all their writers do their order

of predicted finish in the Big Ten.

No one had Michigan higher than fourth or fifth, I think.

And that's fine.

I saw a meal where Michigan was in the, we talked about this yesterday, where Michigan was behind Illinois in the predicted preseason standings and because Illinois scheduled ridiculously easy. But regardless, they have, I saw them as low as like eighth or ninth in some of their predictions. Yeah, they just are trying in their head. They just need to wrap around some sort of an idea of how they figure, find a way, how they can find a way to beat Michigan this year. Because they couldn't do it last year at home against the team that had the, anyway, we know how that played out last year. It's not been 2,062 days since Ohio State last beat Michigan on the football field. And I pretty much laugh at Buckeye comments on social media or on the internet in some may shape or form just about every day at this stage as we were fast approaching the football season.

And so these conversations are going to come back.

And of course, yesterday Ryan Day spoke at the podium at Big Ten Media Days.

So there was that as well, which actually total aside, he said, now he was talking about collectives,

and he was asked if there should still be collectives.

He says, I don't know.

I'm excited to find out what the rules are so I can play by them and whether they'll be enforced.

The last line, I just think we need to pull this quote from him because I believe that this is the statement that he believes maybe more than anything else in his life. Quote, the gray is what drives me insane. Sure, looks like it like that with his beard dye. Anyway, all right, so let's get to today's show. We're going to actually hear from Tony Petiti, Big Ten Commissioner coming up in a little bit. He spoke about, well, he kind of punted about being asked about Michigan, but we expected

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