And we are bat folks here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTK online at the big 1050.com.

And you know how we do it at the top of the 8 o'clock hour.

Every single Wednesday, we go inside the huddle with Mike Spath.

Mike, good morning.

How are you?

Doing well, guys.

Finding me driving to Ann Arbor for a at least place board meeting and i'm excited to talk

to you guys certainly a lot to discuss across many different sports and uh and levels here indeed

my friend indeed that is the case so let's start out first on the gridiron as the Wolverines headed into the buy.

It was a little bit more labor intensive than many expected, but they got the W behind a ground game, a powerful ground game,

and a struggling passing game.

Your thoughts on what you saw against Purdue and where Michigan stands as they are now in the buy.

Yeah, you know, it's interesting.

I think for most of the season, we have been trying to figure out what this team's

offensive identity is, believing that, you know, the way that the offensive line was

configured early on in the year, that, you know, maybe it wouldn't be a great running

team or maybe a different type of running team that we've seen in the past with Justice Haynes and Bryce Underwood and what can Bryce be as a passer.

And I think now these last couple of games, we've got a pretty clear understanding of who this team is.

And that is very much a team that's similar to what we've seen in the past.

A run first smash, play physical,

try to wear down the opponents. They have the perfect back and Jordan Marshall to do that.

And yet, obviously, as we saw for the second straight week, he still has some giddy-up. He's still

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