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MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen

In the Trenches 98 - Jumbo Elliott, COVID-19 talk

MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen

The Varsity Podcast Network

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

4.8754 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

It's a special edition of In the Trenches. Jon sits down with John "Jumbo" Elliott, the newest Wolverine (and 32nd all-time) selected to the College Football Hall of Fame (9:20). We also talk about the impact of COVID-19, as Brian shares his experience from a surreal day in Indianapolis at the Big 10 men's basketball tournament.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to In the Trenches. We've got so much that we need to talk about today,

0:05.0

and I've got one of my favorite guests of all time, new member of the College Football Hall of Fame,

0:12.1

John, better known as Jumbo Elliott, stopped by this week to talk with us a little bit.

0:18.2

So we're going to, we'll get to him and so much more that has happened this week here on In the Trenches.

0:25.0

Let's go in the trenches with John Jansen.

0:28.1

The former Wolverines captain in Michigan Sports Hall of Famer will take you inside the locker room with players and coaches.

0:34.5

There'll be many more Michigan linemen get in there. So I'm looking at it.

0:38.9

Like I'm stepping in, you know, for my brothers I played with and all the other greats, you know,

0:45.4

played on the front lines from Michigan. Once again, here's John Jansen. Welcome back, friends.

0:51.2

And this is not our normal time that we come to you. Normally we release on Wednesdays, but this is a unique time frame that we are experiencing that we're living in.

1:03.4

Historic times, really. I think we're going to look back at this and say, we didn't understand it now. We don't understand it then, but with the coronavirus and no sports, we're going to

1:14.1

try and do our best to deliver as much entertainment as we possibly can.

1:20.2

But before we get to John Jumbo Elliott, I've got my radio partner who was in Indy preparing for the Michigan Rutgers basketball game,

1:31.2

and that is Brian Bush.

1:32.5

Brian, welcome.

1:34.6

And gosh, what was it like being down in Indianapolis?

1:39.9

Take us through the process.

1:42.4

This was as bizarre, as unique, as surreal of an experience as I've been a part of.

1:49.5

And Gary Mills, Tony Butler, and I made the trip down to Indianapolis.

1:53.9

We left Wednesday afternoon, got into town about before 4 o'clock, I'd say, into Indy and, you know, went to our rooms,

2:04.1

got set to go, ended up, you know, I ended up grabbing the dinner.

2:09.3

They ordered some pizza.

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