Michigan-Central Michigan preview: What the Wolverines need to show in final non-conference game
The Michigan Insider
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4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz preview the Michigan football team’s week-three clash against Central Michigan, and what would make for a successful weekend for the Wolverines.
They open with a look at the offense, and what Michigan’s offense needs to sort out ahead of next week’s trip to Nebraska. They discuss areas of needed growth in the passing game, ideas to get Bryce Underwood mort comfortable, players they want to see more of on Saturday, the position group that must improve the most and other topics.
In the second half of the episode, they look at what would make the weekend successful for Michigan’s defense. They discuss one area of needed improvement, other areas they’re watching closely from the Wolverines, players they want to see more of and other factors to watch. They make prop-bet picks throughout the episode, and offer their final score predictions for the game.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. |
| 0:06.9 | I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz is here with me. This is our Michigan versus Central Michigan preview episode. |
| 0:13.0 | If you missed our Oklahoma recap, wherever you found this, you can probably find the Oklahoma recap. |
| 0:19.2 | But yeah, in this episode, we'll be looking at, looking at, since it is a group of five game, |
| 0:23.5 | we're looking at what would make for a successful weekend. |
| 0:26.2 | Because obviously, keys to victory slightly different than what would make this a successful |
| 0:30.6 | weekend for the Wolverines. |
| 0:32.3 | Looking at the offense, looking at the defense, some players we want to see more of, |
| 0:37.1 | some things Michigan needs to correct |
| 0:38.5 | because even though they just got back from their road trip, they're on the road again next week, |
| 0:43.5 | taking on Nebraska on the road. |
| 0:45.2 | And that one's for Big Ten play. |
| 0:47.2 | You know, the stakes are a little bit higher, even if it's not a ranked, ranked matchup like Oklahoma was. |
| 0:52.8 | But yeah, regardless, we'll look at what we want to see from the Wolverines this weekend. |
| 0:56.5 | If you want to read our written content from our whole staff over at the Michiganinsider.com, |
| 1:01.4 | Michigan.247sports.com. |
| 1:03.2 | Be sure to check that out. |
| 1:04.7 | Lots of stuff coming off of this game against Oklahoma and then heading into this weekend's home game against Central Michigan. |
| 1:13.0 | So Steve, I think offense, I mean, literally anything would make for a successful weekend. |
| 1:18.7 | They scored 13 points against Oklahoma. |
| 1:21.7 | They had less than 300 yards of total offense. |
| 1:24.2 | We'll probably get into both the run and the pass, but we probably should start with the |
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