Michigan football 2023 season preview: Offensive line
The Michigan Insider
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🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz continue their preview series looking at each Michigan position group in 2023. In this episode, they break down the strengths, question marks, stats, X-factor players and make predictions for the Wolverines' offensive line.
They open with a look at the room's strengths, including the depth, size and experience the Wolverines have up front. They then look at the room’s question marks, including pass-protection, the challenge of finding the starter at each position and how the incoming transfers and underclassmen can factor into an experienced room.
In the second half of the episode, the two look at the position battles at center and offensive tackle, name X-factor players to watch along the line this fall, and make predictions for the room in 2023.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan |
| 0:04.2 | football, basketball, and recruiting. I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz is here with me. |
| 0:09.5 | We are rolling through these position preview episodes. If you missed our quarterback, running back, |
| 0:16.4 | wide receiver, tight end episodes, be sure to check those out. But this one is going to be looking at |
| 0:21.7 | that offensive line. Of course, we have lots of written stories over at the Michiganinsider.com. |
| 0:27.1 | Michigan.247 sports.com. We've got press conference coverage. We've got insider intel coverage. |
| 0:33.4 | We've got kind of the analytical big picture preview stories, kind of like this very podcast. |
| 0:40.3 | So be sure to check all of that out over at the Michigan Insider.com. |
| 0:44.0 | This format is going to be the same as the rest, strengths, question marks, position battles, |
| 0:49.1 | if there are any players and stats that we're watching closely. |
| 0:53.2 | And then, of course, a bold prediction for the room. |
| 0:55.6 | Steve, this offensive line, there's probably a lot of different directions you could go with the strength. |
| 1:00.7 | What jumps out to me is they have eight linemen with Power 5 starting experience, |
| 1:08.9 | and they have more than 150 combined starts under their belt. |
| 1:15.5 | I remember now part of this right is transfer portal, the extra year the NCAA has granted to |
| 1:21.6 | some players for COVID and then part of it is just, you know, the culmination of having |
| 1:27.4 | experienced linemen. |
| 1:28.9 | I don't know if you'll ever see an offensive line at Michigan with 150 career starts again. |
| 1:35.0 | Because I remember, I mean, back when I first started doing this job, you know, if an offensive line had more than 80 career starts within the group. That was considered, you know, |
| 1:46.4 | this really experienced veteran proven offensive line. To have more than 150 is incredible. |
| 1:51.9 | You know, obviously, Zach Zinter will be entering his fourth season as a starter. Trevor |
| 1:56.4 | Kegan will be entering his third season as a full-time starter. Carson Barnhart has 16 starts under his belt. |
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