Michigan-Michigan State preview: Keys for the Wolverine to hold off Spartans, win fourth straight in rivalry
The Michigan Insider
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4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz break down the Michigan football team's upcoming game at Michigan State, looking at the keys for the Wolverines and prominent storylines in the matchup.
They open with a look at Michigan's offense, and what needs to be done against the Spartans' struggling defense. They discuss the Wolverines picking up where they left off in last week's simplified, higher-efficiency passing game, players they would like to see more of if the game goes as expected and other factors to watch from each position group.
In the second half of the episode, they look at the defense's matchup against Michigan State's at-times explosive offense. They discuss the keys to limiting what Aidan Chiles can do at quarterback, the challenge the defensive backfield faces and some mismatches to exploit. In both halves of the episode, they look at prop bet predictions, preview other key factors and close with their score predictions for the weekend
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| 0:56.2 | UK slash AI-dash glasses. Hello everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio |
| 1:03.6 | source for all things Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. I'm your host, Zach Shaw. |
| 1:07.7 | Steve Lorenz is here with me. This is our Michigan football, Michigan State Preview episode, where we take a look at the Wolverine's upcoming matchup against the Spartans. If you want to read more about the matchup, be sure to check it all out at the Michiganinsider.com, Michigan.247 Sports.com. I've got the buy the numbers. I've got the scouting report preview. I think sometime Friday I'll |
| 1:28.5 | have the four keys and a pick. We obviously have stuff from the press conferences as well. It's another |
| 1:33.9 | night game in this rivalry. I remember a few years ago there was there was all this chatter about |
| 1:38.9 | the two schools. They weren't sure if they were ever going to be okay with a night game. And now I think |
| 1:43.4 | this is like their fourth one in the last five or six years. So it's, it's definitely become a thing. |
| 1:49.7 | Michigan on the road for the fourth time this season, although I wouldn't be surprised if this |
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