Key talking points from Michigan's loss to Penn State
The Michigan Insider
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🗓️ 29 November 2020
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss the biggest talking points stemming from Michigan's 27-17 loss to Penn State.
We open by discussing the fan opinion that Jim Harbaugh has lost Michigan's locker room. We look at why the Wolverines lost on so many "effort" plays, how significant that is and what that could mean to where the team is at in the season mentally.
Next, we look at the impact an expected change at defensive coordinator could have in 2021, and how many of Michigan's problems on the defensive side of the ball can be traced to the coordinator as opposed to other factors.
We then turn to the offensive side of the ball, looking at Josh Gattis' 19-game tenure with the Wolverines. We discuss the offense's youth, how excusable that is and other observations from Michigan's offense.
We then look at the validity of Michigan's injury situation as an excuse for results, and debate where Saturday's loss ranks among the Wolverines' worst performances of the season.
Finally, we close with our "air it out" section, as Lorenz shows sympathy to Michigan fans while Shaw ponders how the staples of Jim Harbaugh football have disappeared.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, |
| 0:03.8 | Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lawrence here with me, |
| 0:07.6 | read all of our stories, got lots of postgame stuff already over at the Michiganinsider.com, |
| 0:12.4 | Michigan.247 sports.com for those that are new, this is a podcast where, well, this is a post-game |
| 0:17.9 | podcast. So basically what we've been doing the past few weeks, |
| 0:21.6 | there is a lot to impact in every game. |
| 0:23.7 | We try to cover as many of the bases as we can. |
| 0:26.7 | Obviously, you can read more. |
| 0:28.4 | And we do podcasts a few times a week between myself and Steve and Sam and Tim McCormick pops in for some basketball podcasts. |
| 0:36.7 | And then you have a recruiting podcast with Sam, Steve, Josh, and Bryce. |
| 0:41.8 | So, lots of, hopefully you get your fix, but this episode, |
| 0:47.8 | we're talking about Michigan's 27 to 17 loss to Penn State. |
| 0:55.8 | And a lot of our questions are big picture. |
| 1:01.0 | I was trying to think, is there like a specific thing here or there that we can discuss? |
| 1:07.8 | But in reality, it's all big picture. |
| 1:10.6 | I mean, that's all anybody's talking about after the |
| 1:12.4 | game is, I mean, this season for Michigan, mostly a dud. I mean, we were just talking before |
| 1:17.9 | you hit record, Steve, that they probably need to beat Maryland and then win their crossover game |
| 1:24.0 | to be bowl eligible. Obviously, things are going to be very weird with bowl games this year. |
| 1:29.1 | But my thought was always four wins in this season. |
| 1:33.1 | We'll get you bowl eligibility. |
| 1:36.1 | So we'll have to see how that goes. |
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