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MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen

Defend the Block 344 - Rutgers Recap

MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen

The Varsity Podcast Network

Football, Ncaa, College, Wolverines, Michigan, Jon Jansen, Sports

4.8754 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Wolverines started Big Ten play in style with a dominant victory over Rutgers on Saturday in Ann Arbor. Brian Boesch and Terry Mills share their perspective on another outstanding performance from the Maize and Blue. Our postgame interviews begin around the 10-minute mark and include conversations with Head Coach Dusty May, Assistant Coach Justin Joyner, senior Roddy Gayle Jr., and sophomore Morez Johnson Jr. The episode concludes with a full highlight recap of Michigan's record-matching day.

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40, 30, 40, and then 41.

0:46.8

I'll give you another number, and that's 79.

0:57.2

Last season, Michigan won 14 Big Ten games, and the margin of victory was a combined 79 points. Of course, Michigan competed for that Big Ten regular season championship until the final week of that regular

1:02.0

season. Michigan ended up getting outscored by seven total points in Big Ten play a season ago.

1:08.5

Their six losses came by seven more points than those 14 wins did.

1:13.6

On Saturday, Michigan took care of Rutgers by 41. More than half of that winning margin

1:19.7

from last season's Big Ten contention. There's been a lot of firsts or wows or incredible stats.

1:28.5

The fact that Michigan has three consecutive 100-point performances for just the second time in program history and the first sense, the aftermath of the 1989 national championship season.

1:39.0

When in the season's first month, Michigan scored 100 or more against Iowa State, Central Michigan,

1:44.5

and then Duke all in wins at Chrysler Center.

1:48.0

This team continues to add more and more to its tremendous start, to its prowess, to the

1:55.7

story that could lead to being number one across everything.

1:58.9

The net, Ken Palm, AP, coaches, poll, we'll see.

2:02.4

But ultimately, it's just the start of a journey for the fact that, yeah, Michigan has

2:06.6

scored all these points. They've won all these games big, but there is still a long way to go

2:11.5

in all of this. There are still more than 120 days until the destination Michigan wants to get

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