Michigan-Maryland preview: Keys, predictions for the Wolverines in final game before The Game
The Michigan Insider
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4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Zach Shaw and Alejandro Zuniga break down the Michigan football team's matchup at Maryland, what the Wolverines need to show against the Terrapins and what Michigan must do to prepare itself for next week's game against Ohio State.
They begin with a look at the offense. The discuss the Wolverines' balancing act at running back as injuries add up, but a prime opportunity for depth in the ground game to show itself against a struggling Maryland run defense. They also dissect what changes need to be made in the passing game, both for this weekend's game and next's. Along the way, they do prop bets for what the offense will accomplish in College Park.
In the second half of the episode, they look at Michigan's defense, and the keys to containing Maryland's young-but-talented offense. They discuss Malik Washington's rushing ability, the Terrapins' ability to work the ball around the field, struggles in the run game and areas Michigan wants to improve. They once again look at prop-bet picks, and make their final score predictions for the game.
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| 0:29.9 | Hello everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, |
| 0:34.2 | Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. I'm your host Zach Shaw. Alejandro Zunegas here with me. This is our Michigan-Maryland preview episode. We'll be talking about what we want to see for Michigan's offense, what we want to see for Michigan's defense. We'll do some prop bet over-under picks along the way and make our final score predictions at the end of the episode. Wolverines are 8 and 2. |
| 0:55.1 | The line, the statistics suggest they've got a strong chance of going 9 and 2. |
| 0:59.1 | So in addition to winning the game and what it's going to take to win the game on the road, |
| 1:03.3 | we'll also be talking about what would count as a successful weekend beyond just a win |
| 1:08.2 | as Ohio State looms the next week. |
| 1:12.3 | And Alejandro, I mean, normally we start with the passing offense when we, |
| 1:15.4 | when we break down the offense. |
| 1:16.6 | I feel like the rushing offense, there's some intrigue here, too, |
| 1:19.8 | just because Justice Haynes expected to be out, basically based on what Sharon Moore said. |
| 1:25.8 | And then Jordan Marshall, I mean, Sharon did kind of, he still skewed optimistic about Marshall. |
| 1:31.8 | But if I were a head coach making this decision, I would want Jordan Marshall fully healthy for Ohio State. |
| 1:39.0 | And just looking at what Maryland has done in run defense, you know, giving up, what, 250 yards rushing each of the last |
| 1:47.8 | four weeks, I believe. It's really falling off. It is not a strength of theirs. So I think this is a |
| 1:53.3 | huge game for the offensive line to kind of set the tone. And I think guys like Bryson Cudzel, |
| 1:59.7 | Jasper Parker, even if Marshall plays, I have to |
| 2:02.5 | imagine this is a game where they would love to see Cudzel and Parker be effective on the ground |
| 2:08.7 | so that they can carry the lion's share of the workload tonight. What do you think keys for the |
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