Michigan-Alabama recap: How the Wolverines pulled off a ReliaQuest Bowl surprise, and what it means

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🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this episode, Zach Shaw and Alejandro Zuniga break down the Michigan football team's upset win over No. 11 Alabama in the ReliaQuest Bowl, and what it means for the program in the scope of 2024 and beyond. They open with a look at how Michigan took down the Crimson Tide. They discuss Michigan’s culture, the value of another gritty performance and a team that embraced “adversity as a blessing.” They also discuss Michigan’s defense, and what stood out from the Wolverines in a shorthanded performance. They close the first half with a discussion of how the 2024 season will be remembered. In the second half of the episode, they look at what about Michigan’s 2024 season can apply to 2025, what needs to improve for the Wolverines moving forward and early expectations for the upcoming season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	Hello everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things,
0:34.1	Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. I'm your host Zach Zach Shaw. Alejandro Zunegas here with me.
0:38.6	We are once again at a hotel in Tampa talking about the Michigan football teams win over
0:44.0	Alabama, 19 to 13 in the Relia Quest Bowl, second win over Alabama in the calendar year
0:49.8	2024.
0:51.5	Be curious if anyone's beaten Alabama twice in one year, maybe an SEC team here or there,
0:56.9	but still, a very impressive win for the Wolverines. It was ugly, but I think Michigan wanted it
1:04.9	ugly. We kind of talked about that before the game. Michigan actually didn't even get to 200 yards.
1:09.8	They had 191 yards. Apparently the
1:12.3	ReliaQuest Bowl people said that was the fewest yards in Reliocquest bowl history. I don't know if
1:16.6	they're just talking about the three years that it's been Relyia Quest or if they mean like the
1:20.4	entire Tampa New Year's bowl history. But regardless, if you're beating Alabama with under
1:25.7	200 yards of offense, you probably had a really sick defensive day.
1:30.1	You probably got some forced turnovers, and you probably played pretty disciplined physical football to pull that off.
1:37.1	Michigan did.
1:38.0	You know, it rained, and during the rainstorm, it was really the first quarter, but it was a heavy downpour.
1:43.8	They outscored Alabama 16 to nothing and outgained them 43 to negative 2.
1:49.4	I don't know what's more impressive that they had a two touchdown lead with 43 yards or that
1:53.6	you and I had more yards than Alabama did in that first quarter.
1:57.4	But we'll talk about some of the key takeaways.
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