Welcome on Into the Wolverine.com podcast. Clayton Safie here with Chris Ballast. We're live in Vegas.

I'm still at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center here, the site of Big Ten Media Day. Chris, you're back in your hotel room.

We just finished up and still have a lot of work to do, but the portion with Michigan coach Sharon Moore, three players,

we wrapped that up just a little bit ago. Five other teams in attendance today, the other 12

were here earlier in the week, Tuesday, Wednesday. I'm excited for football a little bit more

than I was at the beginning of the day. It was a fun whirlwind of a day, Chris.

100%. I think you did the math wrong. We have six today, right? You said five others, including Michigan. So yeah, that's right. Five others. It's up to 18. But what a day, man. I'll tell you what, Sharon Moore seemed comfortable to me. You know, last year he was fine. This year he seemed like, okay, I'm the head coach at the University of Michigan.

I know I have a good team.

I know I'm the head coach at the University of Michigan.

I know I have a good team. I know I'm recruiting extremely well. Ernest Housman, who we're seeing here, for those who can't see it and are just listening, was unbelievably impressive. This kid's going to be a captain, in my opinion, along with Rod Moore, but all the guys were. And that's what we're used to when you have Michigan here.

Max Bredison, who was talking about his low rating in the EA sports college football 26 game.

And I told him, hey, don't worry, man.

We know your higher rate.

What is this rating, Clay?

I don't remember exactly.

You said it was ridiculously low, though.

Yeah, it was low.

Yeah.

And he said it's, yeah.

Yeah, he was low. Yeah. And he said it's, yeah. Yeah, he said low. And I said, hey, don't worry, man. Michigan fans appreciate you. But anyway, it was exciting hearing about the weight gains and the weight losses that some of the Michigan players made, hearing them talk about Bryce Underwood and his work ethic. And it's, this is really kind of the unofficial kickoff of football season, even though we have a month and a week.

We have about five, five and a half weeks before the actual kickoff.

And it really felt like it.

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