Good morning and Arbor, Michigan.

Happy Thursday, everybody.

It is Thursday, February 19th, 2026.

This is the Michigan Insider.

This is the Big 1050 WTKA online at the Big 1050.com.

Coming up in just a little bit, we'll get our weekly check-in with Michigan men's lacrosse coach, Kevin Conner. Talk about a difficult schedule. They have nine games remaining on their schedule. Every single one of those games is against a team that is currently in the Division 1 NCAA lacrosse men's lacrosse, men's lacrosse, every single one of their final nine games. So it's a make it or break it every single week. They have opportunities every single week. We'll talk to Kevin Connery about that coming up in a little bit here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTCA online at the Big 1050.com. It's also the return of the Michigan Recruiting Insider podcast with Sam Webb, Bryce Merritt, and Steve Lorenzz. They are talking about staff as the Michigan recruiting staff and the recruiting department has been overhauled. And there were a few that were on their way out earlier in the week. And also, of course, Michigan had a decommitment at the quarterback position. And so the guys will talk about that. So we'll get to the Michigan Recruiting Insider podcast coming up

a little bit later on this hour as well with Sam Webb, Bryce, Marisch and Steve Lorenz here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTK online at the big 1050.com. Coming up in the 8 o'clock hour, it's a Thursday, which means at 805 will have the top dog of the week with the Humane Society if you're on Valley here on the show.

And then at 825, a little bit of an audible,

actually bumped into Michigan softball coach,

bribute. the top dog of the week with the Humane Society of here on Valley here on the show. And then at 825, a little bit of an audible.

Actually bumped into Michigan softball coach Bonnie Thole last night.

She was getting a takeout order for dinner.

And we bumped into her.

And she let me know that she actually is heading out to Arizona a little early.

And they are, because the Michigan softball team has their weekend series this weekend. Their weekend trip is in Arizona. It's going to be nice and warm down there. Ooh, I believe the temperature is in the mid-the-upper 80s down in Arizona for this trip. But we're going to be joined by Amanda Chittister. Chitty is going to join us at around 825 this morning to give us our weekly take on Michigan softball. And then, of course, the 9 o'clock hour, the MGOBlog Roundtable with Brian Cook, Craig, Russ, and Seth Fisher here are the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTCA online at the big 1050.com. I should say health permitting, waiting for check-ins from all those guys, as particular Brian and Craig have both been going through

some things health-wise over these last few weeks.

But the roundtable returns for the 9 o'clock hour here on the Michigan Insider on the Big

150 WTCA online at the big 1050.com.

So a couple of pieces of news on the Michigan football front.

The first one is that the Michigan football program yesterday made it official that they

have hired defensive tackles coach Larry Black. And so to roll through his resume real quick,

Larry, who will turn 37 later on this year. Actually, he shares his birthday with my dad,

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