In the Trenches 542 - USC Preview

MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen

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

4.8 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The Wolverines head west for a massive showdown against USC on Saturday night. Gear up for the game with our radio network scene setter, the Keys to the Game, and Jon's Locker Room Speech right here on In the Trenches, presented by Meijer!

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0:00.0	Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co.
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0:12.1	Michigan and USC. This is vintage college football.
0:15.6	You're talking about two of the biggest brands in all of college football.
0:19.1	And really all of the sport. The fight songs are iconic. The helmets are iconic. That USC helmet. You're going to see the winged helmet from Michigan out there. This is what I came for to be able to play in big games like this. Once in a lifetime opportunity, so making sure that our team is attacking it and staying together. Guys are trying to play for each other, and I think they don't want to let, you know, each other down. They're a great football team, so that will be a great test for us and then. We're in the Big Ten play now, and it's do or die, and we have to perform. It'll be a playoff game, and we'll be able to see where we stand after that game. We're closing in on another Michigan game day.
0:55.0	Let's get you set for Saturday's matchup with our keys to the game edition of In the Trenches.
1:00.4	Presented by Meyer, presenting sponsor of the 2025 Michigan football season and proud
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1:09.1	Now, here's John Jensen.
1:12.5	Michigan's 210 in the Big Ten and taking the big trip out west to take on USC. We're going to get the keys to the game in
1:17.6	just a moment. But before we do, Meyer is the presenting sponsor of In the Trenches, the 2025
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1:59.0	and fan of the 2025 Michigan football season.
2:02.9	Offense.
2:03.9	The number one key to this offense against USC is to protect Bryce Underwood.
2:09.6	This may be the best pair of edge rushers that Michigan has seen to this point.
2:16.0	And respectively, they've got two and a half sacks on one side,
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