In the Trenches 337 - Chris Partridge
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
The Varsity Podcast Network
4.8 • 754 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In this week's "Seven from 77," Jon talks about some of the Wolverines with the most to gain during spring practice (9:00) and reacts to potential rule changes in college football (18:30). Then, he catches up with a familiar face in Chris Partridge, who has returned to the program as its Linebackers Coach. Partridge discusses his journey back to Ann Arbor (29:30), why he enjoys the recruiting aspect of his role (35:00), and the acclimation process he will go through with the players in his room (39:30).
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| 0:00.0 | Well, there's never a dull moment with Michigan football, and we've got a new coach that is Chris Partridge. |
| 0:06.6 | Comes back from Old Miss, an old name, but a fresh face here this year for the 2023 football season. |
| 0:13.7 | He's going to join us today on In the Trenches. |
| 0:16.7 | Welcome to the official podcast of Michigan Football, in the Trenches with John Jansen, presented by Meyer, |
| 0:23.8 | presenting sponsor of the 2022 Michigan football season |
| 0:26.7 | and proud supporter of hundreds of local sports teams across the Midwest. |
| 0:31.2 | The former two-time captain and national champion covers the Wolverines better than anyone. |
| 0:36.1 | The first thing I did was I met with each player, |
| 0:38.3 | each linebacker one-on-one, you know, spent a good amount of time, |
| 0:41.3 | you know, hour or so with each one, got to know them, |
| 0:44.3 | and then I called their families. |
| 0:46.3 | This is In the Trenches, presented by Meyer. |
| 0:50.3 | Once again, here's John Jansen. |
| 0:52.3 | Welcome back, friends, and in case you missed anything or you're |
| 0:56.8 | looking forward to some things on mgo blue podcast this week thursday's episode of conquering heroes |
| 1:03.2 | wrestling hedge coach sean bourmet they're 11 and 4 in the regular season the big 10 championships |
| 1:09.2 | are coming to ann arbor. We're excited about |
| 1:11.9 | that. That's March 4 and 5. So on Thursday, he will join me on Conquering Heroes. Defend the |
| 1:17.8 | block this week. We've got postgame episodes following both the Rutgers game on Thursday night |
| 1:23.0 | and Wisconsin on Sunday. But right now, I want to bring in the voice of the Michigan basketball team. |
| 1:30.0 | And that is Brian Bush. Mr. Bush, big win on Saturday night. |
| 1:34.9 | Yes. And we're going to talk about the atmosphere and everything that's happened this week. |
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