And we are back, folks here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTCA online at the big 1050.com.

And we are pleased this Friday morning to go inside the huddle making up for a Wednesday because his day job called.

But he said he's going to join us on Friday.

So we appreciate that.

Mike Spath joins us this morning.

Mike, good morning.

How are you?

I'm doing great, Sam.

Beautiful sun, you know, sunny morning here in southeast Michigan.

A lot to be excited about this upcoming weekend, which I know we're going to jump into.

Yes, and I appreciate you accommodating me.

I had an early morning presentation on Wednesday, and so I wasn't able to join you,

but excited to be with you guys today.

Yeah, man, tough one for the, uh, tough one for the maze and blue as they dropped one last night.

They just start off on a, on a somber note as the Wolverines dropped one last night to Minnesota on the road.

But this just goes to show you as they go on the road, they win at coal, they go on the road, they win at Pauley Pavilion,

but then they lose at the barn to what had

been an 0-and-16 in conference play. It just goes to show you, you know, you can lose any time

on the road in the Big Ten. Yeah, I mean, that's been what they've been saying this year. I mean,

the, you know, the parity across the league, I mean, the toughness that the teams play with at home.

I'll be honest, I didn't watch the game until overtime.

I kind of took it for granted.

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