In the Trenches 347 - NFL Draft Preview & Dave Ablauf
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
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🗓️ 26 April 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
With the NFL Draft on the horizon this week, Jon discusses some potential team fits for the draft-eligible Wolverines (5:00) and answers some questions about the draft class as a whole, including a prediction of the first six picks (20:00), during our "Seven from 77." Then, Jon sits down with Dave Ablauf, Michigan's Associate Athletic Director for Football Communications, to detail the planning process and tentative schedule for the Wolverines' team trip, which begins this weekend in New York City (43:00).
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| 0:00.0 | Well, the NFL draft is finally upon us. |
| 0:03.6 | April the 27th, we're going to find out where some of our Wolverines are going this coming weekend. |
| 0:09.9 | We know where this current team is headed that's out east. |
| 0:13.6 | Dave Abloff is going to stop by to give us the rundown on where they're headed, |
| 0:18.6 | some of the itinerary, why they're doing it, and the logistics |
| 0:21.8 | that go into it, all of that coming up in just a few moments on In the Trenches. |
| 0:27.4 | Welcome to the official podcast of Michigan Football, in the trenches with John Jansen, presented |
| 0:33.6 | by Meyer, presenting sponsor of the 2022 Michigan football season and proud supporter of hundreds of local sports teams across the Midwest. |
| 0:41.9 | The former two-time captain and national champion covers the Wolverines better than anyone. |
| 0:46.8 | I think it always goes back to when you think about these team trips. |
| 0:50.0 | It always goes back to one of the things that Coach Harbaugh said a long time ago when we started doing him. |
| 0:55.3 | Not all learning is done in a classroom. |
| 0:57.6 | And I think when you start with that, everything else kind of falls in line. |
| 1:01.1 | And I think that's where his emphasis has been from the start. |
| 1:05.6 | This is In the Trenches, presented by Meyer. |
| 1:09.0 | Once again, here's John Janson. Welcome back, friends, |
| 1:12.3 | and already out. Defend the Block is back with Will Shetter, and that's with Brian Bush, the voice |
| 1:18.5 | of Michigan basketball. Still to come, we've got, we're going to have a spotlight on this |
| 1:24.3 | year's Michigan softball team. That'll come out on Thursday on Conquering Heroes. |
| 1:29.6 | But as I mentioned in the open, we've got the NFL draft upon us. The Michigan football team is going on |
| 1:35.8 | their yearly trip, which is going to be out east, a place that I'm very familiar with. I'm |
| 1:41.6 | excited for them to experience D.C., New York, Pennsylvania, a lot going on there. And a state that I know my partner, |
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