In the Trenches 243 - Andrew Vastardis & Aaron Taylor
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
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4.8 • 754 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
It's a special episode, as we honor the Wolverines' offensive line for winning the Joe Moore Award! Jon shares his excitement off the top of the show before transitioning to more Orange Bowl talk in our "Seven from 77" (17:45). We then hear from Andrew Vastardis, the center on the Wolverines' award-winning offensive line. He discusses his reaction to this incredible honor (27:30) and the coaches and players who helped this unit become the best in college football (30:30). We conclude this episode by hearing from the founder of the Joe Moore Award, College Football Hall of Famer Aaron Taylor, who provides context on the award and its namesake (34:30), discusses why the Wolverines' offensive line earned this honor (41:45), and shares his thoughts on next week's Orange Bowl (49:30). Thanks to DTE Energy for being the presenting sponsor of this episode!
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| 0:00.0 | We are officially 10 days away from Michigan and Georgia in the semifinal game, |
| 0:07.5 | the Orange Bowl down in Miami, and we've got a special award that is being bestowed upon |
| 0:14.6 | one group of this Michigan team. |
| 0:17.1 | We'll talk about that when we come back on In the Trenches. |
| 0:22.1 | Let's go in the trenches with John Jansen. The former Wolverines captain in Michigan Sports |
| 0:27.6 | Hall of Famer will take you inside the locker room with players and coaches. We all feel confident. |
| 0:32.4 | We trust each other. We trust people behind us and sides of us. And just, you know, knowing that no matter what happens, |
| 0:38.7 | every guy is going to handle their job, do their best to handle whatever's asked of them. So just |
| 0:43.7 | that confidence, that trust in each other, this just makes it easy to play fast, play loose, |
| 0:48.4 | and just have fun. Once again, here's John Jansen. Welcome back, friends, and I want to get to the award that we're going to be talking about |
| 0:56.4 | a lot today and over the course of this playoffs and what has happened throughout the course |
| 1:02.4 | of this year. |
| 1:03.3 | But first, we want to thank DTE Energy for being the presenting sponsor of today's podcast. |
| 1:08.1 | Stay tuned, because a little later, I'm going to tell you about some of the rebates, |
| 1:12.5 | programs, tools, and tips available to DTE customers to help reduce their energy usage |
| 1:17.7 | and lower their energy bill. I want to give you an idea of what's going on on Mgo Blue |
| 1:22.9 | podcast through the end of the season. In the Trenches, you are listening to. There's going to be two |
| 1:27.4 | more before the Georgia game, December 27. |
| 1:31.2 | We're going to have Scott Howard. |
| 1:32.4 | He is the voice of the Georgia Bulldogs, play-by-play voice. |
| 1:36.7 | I've got an interview with him, much like we did in the off-season, a preview of what is to come. |
| 1:43.4 | And then December 29, keys to the game, because as you know, we will be playing this |
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