Michigan-MSU preview: Keys, storylines and predictions as the in-state rivalry hits a peak point

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🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz preview the much-anticipated matchup between the No. 6 Michigan football team and No. 8 Michigan State. We look at keys the the game, storylines we're watching and make our predictions for the game.

We open with a look at the keys for Michigan's offense. We discuss the underrated art of piecing together drives, the need for the Wolverines' passing game to develop and the value of Michigan's two-back system. We also look at the importance of improving red-zone success rates and other tasks. We then look at Michigan's defense. We discuss the Wolverines' potential in shutting down Kenneth Walker, their improved play in limiting big passing plays and more.

In the second half of the episode, we discuss some of the key storylines from this week's press conference, make our weekly prop bet predictions and our final assessment and score predictions for the game.

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0:00.0	Toy car to Danny from me.
0:02.3	Fluffy slippers to Emma from me?
0:04.6	The Cheesy McChryspy.
0:06.0	To me from me.
0:07.7	Treat yourself to the new Cheesy McChisbee from McDonald's with the delicious cheese sauce,
0:11.4	cheese slices and crispy onions.
0:13.2	Go on.
0:13.8	You've earned it.
0:16.0	Available until the 5th of Jan, served from 11am,
0:18.0	participating in restaurants only.
0:19.1	Subject to availability.
0:20.4	Hello everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things,
0:24.4	Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz here with me.
0:29.5	It is Michigan-Mishin-State Week. It does not get bigger than this. I was running through it in my mind.
0:37.3	I've decided this is the
0:38.7	the biggest game for Michigan football since the 2018 Michigan Ohio State football game.
0:45.8	So we're going to talk about it. We're going to preview the keys for Michigan's offense,
0:49.4	the keys for Michigan's defense. Take a look at our weekly over unders, our predictions for the game,
0:56.2	what we think is going to happen and what we think can happen on Saturday. Lots of preview
1:02.0	content at the Michigan Insider.com. Michigan.247 Sports.com. Be sure to check it out if you
1:06.5	haven't. There's already plenty up and then there will be more up in the coming day or so.
1:12.6	Steve, we can jump right into it. The biggest key, let's start on Michigan's offense.
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