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Albert Breer is now joining us.

Oh, it's a big week for Albert.

Ohio State guy. Michigan now. Michigan's beat up in the backfield. That probably means Ohio State escapes a second straight. So you hit Michigan number one, Colin, didn't you? All year. And then I watched them Saturday, and their running back got hurt. And I'm like, okay, they're not beating Ohio State not beating Ohio State without their best player. Like that's not happening. So I think I'm going to have begrudgingly give Ohio State the win. We'll get to that in a second, though. I want to start with Justin Fields. Zach Wilson got heat for not owning it in the locker room. And I've, I've taken heat through the years on the Baker-Mayfields to Johnny Manzelles.

The podium matters.

It ends up mattering a lot in this league.

What you say after wins and losses.

And I thought Zach Wilson just said no, and it changed the trajectory of everything.

Justin Fields, though, you have a story on Justin Fields, what you heard he said after Atlanta's loss, the Atlanta loss.

Yeah, it's pretty crazy.

So, you know, obviously he had the shoulder injury and wasn't a great deal of pain after that game.

And, you know, after the game, he comes into the locker room and he apologizes to his teammates and said that the defense gave the offensive chance and the offense let the defense down. And, you know, I think in that moment, it was big for the other guys

in the locker room to hear that from their quarterback. And my understanding is before he could even

get through the apology, a couple of his defensive teammates stood up and stopped him and said, we have your

back. And so I think it was one of these moments, this big for Justin Fields as a leader, obviously,

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