Michigan defensive breakdown with Vance Bedford (2nd bye week) - Northwestern preview; B1G outlook
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🗓️ 13 November 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In this week's episode, Vance Bedford and Sam Webb previewed Michigan's upcoming game versus Northwestern. They discussed Michigan's defensive preparations for the matchup, emphasizing Vance's concerns about the Wildcats' physical running game and West Coast offensive concepts. He highlighted Northwestern's ability to exploit defensive gaps and the importance of proper alignment and assignment for defensive linemen, particularly against Northwestern's 12 personnel. Vance predicted Michigan would need to score at least 28 points to win. The episode closed with his thoughts on the top teams in the Big Ten, especially Ohio State, providing broader context for the upcoming matchup.
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| 0:00.0 | And we are live again, folks, on the Michigan football breakdown. |
| 0:05.6 | Focus on the defense with Vance. |
| 0:07.7 | It's the second by week. |
| 0:10.7 | Gives the fellas, the experts. |
| 0:14.0 | First, Al, now Vance, a chance to take a deep dive into the upcoming opponent. |
| 0:20.0 | In this instance, it's the Northwestern Wildcats team. |
| 0:23.1 | The Vance has been talking about for a little while, and I said, watch out for those |
| 0:27.0 | wildcats. |
| 0:28.3 | You're going down to the shy. |
| 0:31.5 | You're going down to the land. |
| 0:33.1 | It's not going to be easy. |
| 0:34.7 | These dudes, they're tough, they well coach, just smart. And it's going to be a tough game for Michigan. And with that, we got my man Vance on the train. How you doing, Vance? Doing fantastic, man. Sam, we got beautiful weather today. It's going to get right at 70 degrees. Two days ago, we had a high, 60, low at 22. |
| 0:58.3 | So, you know, that's Colorado weather, so you can't beat it. But that's a beautiful day today. And I'm looking forward to talking about Northwestern because I was worried about |
| 1:02.5 | them two weeks ago. And after breaking them down a little bit, I'm really worried right now. |
| 1:06.5 | Yeah, man, you talked a lot about the defensive line in the last game. |
| 1:12.6 | And it sounds like you're offering some warnings that if they played the way they played against Purdue against Northwestern, it would be a problem, Vance. |
| 1:22.2 | And so as you sort of get into your deep dive into Northwestern. Why were you so worried about Northwestern |
| 1:31.2 | based on what you have seen from Michigan so far? Sam, they run, if I watched that offensive |
| 1:38.4 | line, I'm thinking, I'm looking at Michigan. They run duo. I mean, and they just mawled |
| 1:43.1 | defensive line. As to know his guard from USC, I bet he wanted to quit. I mean, they were knocking them five yards off the ball. And then if the duo is not working, they go to the outside zone and protect and go to the perimeter. Then after that, they actually run stretch, take it outside. They also run some counter. |
| 2:01.3 | I mean, so all the things that we've been talking about, we've had some issues with. |
| 2:05.9 | And they're closer to USC. |
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