Five lasting thoughts from Big Ten Media Days

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🗓️ 22 July 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Reviewing Michigan's appearance at Big Ten Media Days in Chicago, we try to group a number of going-ons into five major categories.

First, we look at the national media's ability to blow Jim Harbaugh's comments out of proportion. Though we also discuss some of Harbaugh's shortcomings when tiptoeing a little too close to James Hudson's transfer case, we look into Harbaugh's platform, and what to make of the media storm surrounding his comments on Hudson and Urban Meyer.

Next, we focus on the team, and how Michigan handled the new component of being the top dog at Big Ten Media Days. We look a little into the Wolverines' seeming reserved confidence, and opine on the media's choice to pick Michigan as the Big Ten favorites.

Our next two takeaways draw upon two impressions the team offered while attending the event. First, we review Michigan's exceptional depth, which we argue is the Wolverines' best since in at least 15 years. Then, we look at how Michigan has taken increased pride in its offseason development program, and what it means for the team.

Finally, we look at the Michigan-Ohio State dynamic, how it might change or stay the same after hearing from Ryan Day, what both players' takes on the rivalry are and what it means for the Wolverines to "embrace the suck."

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting.
0:13.8	I'm your host, Zach Shaw.
0:14.8	Steve Lorenz on the phone line with me. We're going to talk Big Ten Media Days.
0:19.6	We're going to do five takeaways here. I'll have an article.
0:22.8	I'm one of the 600,000 Michiganders without power right now, so it's tough to time everything right for when I'm in in studio or whatever.
0:32.0	But I'll have something in as soon as I can, 10 takeaways from Big Ten Media Days. That'll get a little bit more specific, maybe more focused or micro takeaways,
0:43.3	you know, specific player, specific quote.
0:45.9	These, we're going to try to keep them five macro takeaways.
0:50.1	It might not be perfect.
0:51.1	We'll throw some other thoughts that we have in the meantime.
0:54.0	But first one, and Steve and I other thoughts that we have in the meantime.
0:58.0	But first one, and Steve and I were just talking about this before the show,
1:04.5	because, well, this is the big talking point, as odd as it was, you know,
1:07.8	the 15-minute podium session that Jim Harbaugh had,
1:13.7	the hour-long press conference that he had, well, it was 50 minutes.
1:17.5	The players talking, we heard from Ben Bradison, Jordan Glasgow, Cleek Hudson.
1:23.4	But the two biggest things, the two biggest things talked about from the entire Big Ten media days, all 14 teams, were Jim Harbaugh going on Tim Kawakami's podcast, saying that controversy has followed Urban Meyer everywhere he's gone,
1:34.7	and then him going on a serious XM radio segment with John Jansen and A.J. Hawk, and saying that players can forge or fabricates depression-related issues in order to get a waiver.
1:55.0	And so, Steve, I mean, you and I are in agreement.
1:58.1	I don't know that there was an inaccurate thing that he said.
2:01.9	You know, there was nothing that he said that was necessarily false.
2:07.7	But, and maybe we disagree just a little bit here.
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