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MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen

In the Trenches 271: PFF's Dave Sulfaro

MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen

The Varsity Podcast Network

Michigan, College, Sports, Ncaa, Jon Jansen, Wolverines, Football

4.8734 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Dave Sulfaro, the Director of Communications at Pro Football Focus and a U-M alumnus, sits down with Jon for a wide-ranging conversation. Sulfaro discusses his experience at last season's Ohio State game (2:30), some takeaways from the Aidan Hutchinson-themed podcast series he did with PFF (7:30), his impressions of the Wolverines for the upcoming season (14:00), and the key storylines he is monitoring in the Big Ten and throughout the national picture (29:00).

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You ever wonder where all the numbers, all of the analytics come from? Well, one of the entities

0:05.8

that is a leader in the analytics of football is pro football focus. And to give us a breakdown,

0:13.8

as well as some projects that he's working on is alumni of the University of Michigan, David

0:19.6

Salfaro. He is the director of communications at Pro Football Focus,

0:24.0

and he's going to join us today on In the Trenches.

0:27.7

Let's go In the Trenches with John Jansen.

0:31.1

The former Wolverines captain in Michigan Sports Hall of Famer

0:33.8

will take you inside the locker room with players and coaches.

0:37.4

Coach Harbaugh is such an interesting coach and why he's such an elite coach is he is a player's coach.

0:44.1

And yes, in the national media, they will throw around certain narratives that just aren't true.

0:51.3

But you ask any coach or player affiliated with Coach Harbaugh.

0:55.5

He has these guys backs the way that not many people do.

0:59.8

Once again, here's John Jansen.

1:02.5

Special guest today, we're going, I don't want to say outside the family, but not a player, not a coach,

1:09.2

but a guy that's been around the program, been around

1:11.7

the University of Michigan as a student.

1:14.9

He's an alum.

1:16.6

He worked with the basketball program, is very familiar with the football program, has worked

1:21.7

with Chad Shepard, Dave Abloff, and that is David Safaro.

1:26.4

He is the Director of Communications at Pro Football Focus, an entity that we referenced

1:34.1

quite a lot in talking about, whether it's Michigan football or football in general.

1:40.5

David, thank you for joining us.

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