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The Michigan Insider

Behind Enemy Lines - Michigan vs. Michigan State

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🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

It’s rivalry week! The Michigan Insider’s Alejandro Zúñiga previews Michigan vs. Michigan State with Stephen Brooks, who covers the Spartans for 247Sports. The two discuss why Michigan State has underachieved this season, whether that secondary is really as bad as it looks, and what the Spartans need to do if they want to keep the Paul Bunyan Trophy in East Lansing. 

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0:00.0

And we are back, folks, on Michigan Insider, Michigan.247Sports.com.

0:05.2

I'm Alejandro Suniga, here with another episode of Behind Enemy Lines, where we take a closer look at the Michigan football team's upcoming opponent.

0:14.6

The biweek is over.

0:16.1

It is finally here.

0:17.3

It's rivalry week.

0:18.5

It's Michigan versus Michigan State.

0:20.2

And I am so excited to have

0:22.6

with me today, Stephen Brooks, who covers Michigan State, all things Spartans for 24-7 sports.

0:28.8

Steven, how you doing? I'm doing great, man. I appreciate you having me on. It was weird.

0:33.8

I think I heard that this is the first time that both teams have been on the bi-week heading into

0:37.4

this game. It definitely felt weird leading into it. I think I heard that this is the first time that both teams have been on the biweek heading into this game.

0:38.3

It definitely felt weird leading into it. I think I heard that recently too. So I'm very excited about the night game atmosphere and just, you know, see how this thing plays out.

0:47.9

Yeah, I think you're right with both teams being on the biweek. It's it's certainly been a long week.

0:55.8

By weeks are always long in the middle of the football season, but when you add the fact that it's it's the rivalry game, it's the in-state

1:00.2

rivalry game, and it's both teams on a buy, it makes it feel especially long. And it will be a few

1:06.7

hours longer than, you know, than you might expect., as you mentioned, it is going to be a night

1:11.5

game. Got a 7.30 p.m. kickoff on ABC. It should be quite, quite the atmosphere at Michigan Stadium.

1:20.8

And it's a game that Michigan as a program has been waiting for for quite some time, right?

1:26.3

Michigan against Mel Tucker is 0 and 2.

1:29.7

And you go back all the way to spring camp following the 2021 college football playoff

1:36.0

through spring camp and certainly in fall camp.

1:39.7

The Michigan State game was one of those that was circled right away.

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