Michigan-Illinois preview: How the Wolverines can start the second half of their season with a ranked road win
The Michigan Insider
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4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz preview the Michigan football team’s matchup at No. 22 Illinois, and what the Wolverines must do to start the second half of their season off with a win.
They open with a look at what Michigan’s offense must do against the Fighting Illini. They discuss the Wolverines’ need to come out with energy and drive, especially in the run game, and show more poise when it comes to sustaining drives and avoiding self-inflicted mistakes. They discuss some weak points in Illinois’ defense, and key Michigan players who can step up.
In the second half of the episode, they look at what the Wolverines’ defense must do to contain Illinois. They break down Luke Altmyer’s impressive season to date, the Illini passing game’s strengths and weaknesses and what it means for Michigan.
Along the way, they make prop bet picks for both sides of the ball, and close with their final thoughts and score predictions for the game.
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| 0:24.9 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:25.8 | Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan football, |
| 0:30.1 | basketball, and recruiting. |
| 0:31.7 | I'm your host, Zach Shaw. |
| 0:32.7 | Steve Lorenz is here with me. |
| 0:34.0 | This is the Michigan, Illinois preview episode. |
| 0:37.8 | Michigan had its by week. We also took the bye week. And this episode will talk about |
| 0:42.7 | what the Wolverines need to do to start the second half of their season better than the |
| 0:48.4 | first half. There's plenty of written stories over to Michiganinsider.com, Michigan.247 |
| 0:53.6 | sports.com. |
| 0:54.5 | But Steve, I think you would agree with me if Michigan wants to make something of its season, |
| 0:59.2 | be it the playoff, be it a certain win total, a meaningful game being in the top 15, |
| 1:06.0 | whatever the new goal for the season is, it has got to play better than it did in the first six games. |
| 1:13.2 | There's four ranked opponents on its remaining schedule, three road games, all against ranked teams currently, and two rivalry games. |
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