Welcome to the Audible presented by Trader Joe.

I'm Stuart Mandel, joined as always by Bruce Feldman for our final episode of the

2023 season.

Michigan is your national champion.

Ends up beating Washington 34 to 13 in Houston where Bruce is.

Rare occasion where I stayed home and watched the game on TV.

Bruce was there in Houston.

Saw it firsthand. Let's just start off the bat. where I stayed home and watched the game on TV. Bruce was there in Houston, saw it first hand.

Let's just start off the bat. Biggest takeaways from the national championship game.

I think Michigan was the more dominant team physically. It showed up. I think, you know,

Michigan ran the ball down Washington's throats in the, in the first quarter,

especially. There were times where I thought Michigan got away from the run a little bit,

and the game got closer. But ultimately, you know, they did something nobody had done in a long time, which was they made Michael Pennix and the Washington receivers look not great.

And one thing that stood out to me,

and it's like it was a reminder tonight,

and I think it's something that is probably not made a big,

isn't a big enough deal,

but it hasn't been made a big enough deal but it probably should be

which is this michigan is a outstanding tackling team you saw that time and time again and i go back

to it's funny i this is what we're talking i'm thinking about this one of the people who made

this point like of the, last 20 years of football

as a spread and the game became much more wide open is a former Michigan coach.

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