Good morning and Arbor, Michigan.

Happy Wednesday, everybody.

It's a hump day Wednesday, March 18th, 2026.

This is the Michigan Insider.

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Online at the Big 1050.com.

Happy birthday to my mom.

Today is Grammy's birthday. Hope she has a great day. We'll talk to her later. It's also Benny Friedman's birthday. Well, he was born in 1905. And today, Brian Greasy turns 51 years old. So happy birthday to my mom. And happy birthday to Brian. So we will, and we're going to be discussing a little bit of Michigan football here on the show this morning here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTK online at the big 1050.com. Spring practice is now underway for the Michigan football team. And prior to the first practice yesterday, Kyle Whittingham met with the media. We're going to bring that to you coming up in a little bit. They practiced yesterday. They practice tomorrow. He kind of gets into the timeline a little bit. They'll be in pads on

Saturday for the first time. So just kind of getting started. Obviously, the very early

stages of the spring practice sessions for the Michigan football team. But the first

opportunity for this coaching staff to get together with these players on the field and to see what kind

of improvements they can make over the next four weeks or so, give or take.

And the 15th and final practice, of course, is on Saturday, April 18th at 2 p.m. at Michigan

Stadium, the annual spring game here in Ann Arbor.

So we'll hear from Kyle Whittingham coming up in just a little bit.

We're going to have, it sounds like regular immediate check-ins with some coaches down there.

So we'll have more this week and into next weekend beyond as we continue through spring practice with the Michigan football team.

I want to give a quick shout out yesterday.

Yaxa Lendeborg was named AP All-American.

Also want to shout out Olivia Olson yesterday.

So Yaxa's first team AP All-American.

Yesterday, Olivia Olson was named third team All-American by the U.S. Basketball Writers

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