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Let's get back to the Michigan football offensive breakdown.

Sam Webb and Outboard just now here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTCA.

Getting back to Michigan Northwestern, Northwestern goes on to lose that game, which it was, you know, it was pretty nip,tuck for first quarter. It was more than the first quarter. It was, it was a battle. It was a battle. What was it at halftime? I think it was 21 to 14 at halftime. Yeah, it was close. Yeah, it was close. And then they, they obviously, they were able to pull the way in the fourth quarter. but, you know, that fake, that was a game-changing play for the Trojans.

And they got one over on, got one over on the Wildcat,

who have looked better this year, Al.

And so we're going to dedicate a good portion of this conversation to breaking down the Wildcats

on defense and how Michigan might attack them coming off the by.

This is a very, very intriguing game from a couple of standpoint,

Northwestern being an improved team,

it being a road matchup, Michigan still being in the thick of the hunt, and of course,

this offense being at an interesting sort of position.

You know, they have maintained their smash identity. They're really trying to get this

passing game on track and they had a by week to try to aid in that out. Yeah, it's going to be

an interesting deal. This will be a challenging game. As Northwestern always is, because Northwestern

always, for whatever reason, seems to play well against Michigan. But, you know, they're a team

saying that's, they're not easy team to trick. You know what I mean? If you got a lot of, you know,

gadgetry in your office, I don't necessarily mean just trick plays, but just maybe nuanced plays

that most teams don't handle real well. Northwestern tends to play those plays better than most teams. I'll just say that. Why I'm not 100% sure, but that's been how it's gone in the past. We've talked about that several times in our breakdowns. You know, we're, God, they run this play last week, but they couldn't run it against Northwestern. They ran that play now last week. But Northwestern doesn't bite on a lot of the stuff that some of the

other teams do. So they're formidable. They're formidable. And they're not bad, particularly

in their front. Their front's pretty good. I mean, they play with that Saka, is how you say it?

S-A-A-A- is a very good pass rusher. Bastone and Flakes are their inside guys,

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