Michigan is 2-1, headed to Lincoln, Nebraska to start the Big Ten season, and there would be nobody better than the hit man, Brandon Hillman, to join us today on In the Trenches.

Welcome to the official podcast of Michigan football, in the trenches with John Jansen, presented by Meyer, presenting sponsor of the 2025 Michigan football season

and proud supporter of hundreds of local sports teams across the Midwest.

The former two-time captain and national champion covers the Wolverines better than anyone.

You guys excited to get the Big Ten season going?

Yes, I'm ready for Big Ten play.

Is it different?

Yeah, I'm ready.

You got to strap your extra

pass on gear ready to put your put your lunch pedal in your hand and go to work so it's a different

feeling when you get the big 10 this is in the trenches presented by mire once again here's

john jansen welcome back friends to another live edition of in the trenches let you know what's going on on an Mgo Blue podcast. We've got additions out. We have them out all week. You guys are very familiar. Now that we're in midseason, you should know almost every single day we have something, whether it's on In the Trenches, Defend the Block, Conquering Heroes, something all week week long to let you know what's going on to defend the block already out. Men's basketball assistant coach Kyle Church with my partner

Brian Bush, Conquering Heroes. Brandon Lociavo, diving coach here at the University of Michigan,

joins us this week. And in the trenches, we've got our keys to the game edition, which will come out on Thursday.

And there might be, this is always the Nebraska week.

And it's always a little something special in that locker room speech that I give.

So make sure you tune into that one.

And then, as we all know, post-game edition from Lincoln, Nebraska,

as all of the children are weeping, leaving Memorial Stadium.

Brian and I will find a way to put together the victorious post-game edition of In the Trenches.

What's going on, John?

Not much.

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