Michigan defensive breakdown with Vance Bedford (week 11) - Northwestern recap; Maryland preview
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🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
In this week's episode, Vance Bedford and Sam Webb discussed Michigan's defensive performance in their 24-22 win over Northwestern, highlighting the team's resilience despite losing the turnover battle 5-0. Bedford praised Wink Martindale's defensive strategy, particularly the pressure applied, but also noted problems with 50/50 balls and RPOs. Shifting to the defensive line, Bedford criticized deficiencies in maintaining gap responsibility during stunts. He stressed the need for stronger execution in the secondary, especially in man-to-man coverage. Finally, Bedford emphasized that the team must first focus on Maryland before turning their attention to Ohio State.
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| 0:00.0 | And we are back, folks, for another edition of the Michigan Football Breakdown. |
| 0:05.4 | Focused on the defense with that man. |
| 0:07.5 | They called Vance Befford. |
| 0:11.3 | Fass, Bedford, got a chance to see a game. |
| 0:16.4 | I don't know if you have you seen a lot of football fans. |
| 0:18.5 | I don't know if you ever saw a team turn the football over or lose a turnover battle five times and win the game. |
| 0:24.8 | That's what the Michigan football team did last week. |
| 0:29.9 | And even though there were some moments defensively where they gave up some plays, |
| 0:36.1 | they need to stand up strong at the end of that game |
| 0:39.1 | to give their offense a shot and special teams a shot to come back and win it. And they were |
| 0:46.4 | able to do it on the road and gave their team a chance to do just that. And they won a 24 to 22. |
| 0:57.1 | Vance, how are you doing today? I'm doing fantastic. |
| 1:02.9 | Glad to be here and glad to be talking about a win after five turnovers. My goodness. |
| 1:08.6 | But what did I say? I say that this team, Northwestern, would not beat itself. You don't have to beat them or we try to give it to them every which way |
| 1:11.1 | but possible. Think about five turnover, Sam, you're not supposed to win. If I was |
| 1:16.7 | betting it in Vegas right now, and you told me Michigan was going to turn the ball over five times, |
| 1:22.0 | Sam, I'm betting my Social Security check. I'm good as goal. I'm going to wear that day. |
| 1:28.1 | So I should have wore this shirt in the last, for the last episode for the |
| 1:35.2 | offensive breakdown. |
| 1:36.7 | But a man from Katie, Texas, committed to Michigan last year, Andrew Marsh. |
| 1:43.5 | And when he committed, he gave me this shirt. |
| 1:47.3 | And the search said, he said, Sam, everything going to be okay. |
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