In the Trenches 188 - "We're Back" Reaction, NIU Preview
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
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🗓️ 27 May 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
We begin this week's episode by discussing the athletic department's statement that events are on a path to return to full capacity starting in the fall (2:00). Jon and Brian also discuss the impact that this news will have on the team (11:15), along with a few news items regarding the Michigan staff (13:00). Then, we continue our previews of each 2021 game with a look at the Northern Illinois Huskies, as their play-by-play voice Bill Baker stops by to talk about the Huskies' youth movement (24:00), his impressions of third-year head coach Thomas Hammock (28:00), the impact that grad transfer Rocky Lombardi can have at quarterback (32:00), and some of the other key Huskies to watch come September 18 (37:00).
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| 0:00.0 | We're going to continue our trip through Michigan's fall football schedule. |
| 0:03.4 | We've already taken care of Western Michigan and a Washington Huskies. |
| 0:07.1 | Now we're going to head to the Huskies again, but that is the Northern Illinois Huskies. |
| 0:11.0 | And my guest today, Bill Baker, the voice of the Huskies, is going to stop by here on In the Trenches. |
| 0:18.0 | Let's go in the trenches with John Jansen. |
| 0:26.6 | The former Wolverines captain in Michigan Sports Hall of Famer will take you inside the locker room with players and coaches. We all want to be able to share that experience with the players. |
| 0:30.6 | We want them to be able to run out of the tunnel and hit the banner and look up and see that 110,000, 111,000 screaming fans. |
| 0:39.5 | And it's going to be really exciting. |
| 0:42.2 | Once again, here's John Jansen. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome back, friends, and we're going to get to Bill Baker, who is the voice of the Northern Illinois Huskies. |
| 0:50.9 | And he's going to give us some great perspective on that program where they're at now and some things to look forward to because he has been doing, he's been calling Northern Illinois games for nearly four decades. So he's going to give us a little bit of a history lesson as well as what to look for this coming season. And their head coach, Thomas Hammock, is going into his third year. So |
| 1:11.8 | Bill has the rundown on everything. I'm excited for you to hear about that matchup that we're |
| 1:16.9 | going to have this coming fall. But I want to get my friend and my partner here, Brian Bush, |
| 1:22.7 | the play-by-play voice of Michigan basketball. Mr. Bush, how are you this, this lovely summer day? |
| 1:30.1 | I'm great, John. This is a big deal because, yeah, we're going to talk Northern Illinois today, |
| 1:36.1 | but the crux of our 7 from 77 is about the announcement that came out last week. |
| 1:43.2 | And the headline, John, you you saw it many people saw it |
| 1:46.2 | we're back now there's an asterisk by it because that's how we have to handle these things |
| 1:52.2 | but boy i am as optimistic as ever and when i mean you know the school has taken this as they should |
| 1:59.4 | very very carefully. |
| 2:01.3 | It's been a delicate situation. |
| 2:03.7 | But to see that from the university directly from their mouths and their press releases, |
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