Welcome on into the Wolverine.com podcast, quick reaction video here from Orlando, Clayton Safie,

just after Kyle Whittingham's introductory press conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel here,

as Michigan prepares for the Citrus Bowl, but also is preparing for 2026.

Kyle Whittingham, the former Utah head coach, was there for 32 years.

21 as the head coach is now the head coach of the winning-est college football program of all time.

Like the video if you're excited about that for Michigan fans out there.

I apologize for the background noise.

We've got some elevator music playing here.

We're doing this on the fly before we head out to practice.

So stay tuned later on in the YouTube channel and the Wolverine.com for all of your

coverage from that. We will be at practice and see Whittingham observe his first Michigan practice

as the Wolverines get set for the New Year's Eve game against Texas. But let's start. We're just

going to rapid fire.

Kind of surreal to see Kyle Whittingham get introduced as Michigan's head coach after, you know,

he's a guy that's three and O against Michigan as a head coach at Utah and somebody that's been highly regarded in the sport that you've, likely a lot of people out there respected from afar

for a long time.

And, you know, he talked about why the Michigan job was appealing.

It was exciting.

There were only a few jobs in the country, a few programs that if they would have reached out,

he would have listened after he stepped down from the head coaching post at Utah on December 12th.

He was asked about that from some Utah reporters who were here, and he said, no bad blood at all in so many words and said that it was his choice to step down, even though there's been some reporting that maybe, you know, there was some pressure to step down. He said he's been enamored with Michigan since he was seven years old, watching a Beaumbeckler team against Ohio State, Woody Hayes. He saw the winged helmets come out of that tunnel, and he was hooked at that point.

He says, physicality will be our calling card, running the football, defending the run, winning

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