In the Trenches 120 - Dan Dierdorf
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
The Varsity Podcast Network
4.8 • 754 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2020
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
The great Dan Dierdorf joins the show to talk about the effects of COVID-19 on his day-to-day life, share some amazing stories about Bo Schembechler and the 1969 Big Ten Championship team, break down the 2020 Wolverines and so much more (33:30). Before that, in today's "Seven from 77," Jon and Brian discuss some comments from league commissioners on college football's plans for 2020, the newly-drafted Wolverines' fits with their teams and the beginning of bacon's relationship with eggs.
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| 0:00.0 | I know I have mentioned this before when I get to talk to some of the legends that are involved in Michigan athletics, |
| 0:07.4 | but today it is probably the one guy that everybody points to right now that says that is Michigan football. |
| 0:15.5 | He is Michigan football. |
| 0:18.5 | Dan Dierdorf, his first time on the In the Trenches podcast will join us next. |
| 0:25.9 | Let's go in the trenches with John Jansen. The former Wolverines captain in Michigan Sports |
| 0:31.6 | Hall of Famer will take you inside the locker room with players and coaches. I had met Bo Schembeckler before because I went on a recruiting trip to Miami of Ohio. |
| 0:42.3 | And I remember leaving his office going, |
| 0:45.3 | there's no way I want to play for this lunatic. |
| 0:48.3 | And I thought that when I walked out of there, |
| 0:53.3 | that that was the last time I was ever going to see |
| 0:56.0 | O Schembeckler. |
| 0:57.0 | So two years later was my first lesson that the world is a much smaller place than I envision. |
| 1:05.0 | Once again, here's John Jansen. |
| 1:08.0 | Welcome back, friends. |
| 1:09.0 | I can't wait to get to the Dan Deirdorf interview. |
| 1:12.8 | Every time I get a chance to talk to him, |
| 1:14.6 | I learn something new about his time at Michigan, |
| 1:18.0 | about Michigan football in general |
| 1:19.8 | and what it means to be a Michigan Wolverine. |
| 1:21.9 | I think you will as well. |
| 1:23.4 | A great conversation coming up in just a little bit. |
| 1:26.3 | But before we get there, I'm going to bring in my |
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