Michigan-MSU preview: Predictions and keys for the Wolverines avoiding the rivalry trap
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4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
It's rivalry week, and 247Sports' Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz break down the Michigan football team's matchup against Michigan State.
The two open with a look at how the Wolverines' offense can find consistent success against a slumping Michigan State defense. They look at an opportunity for Michigan to air the ball out, and debate if the run game can still be the Wolverines' point of emphasis on Saturday. They also look at some prop-bet predictions for the offense, among other keys.
In the second half of the episode, the two look at the other side of the ball, and go over the main concern areas facing Michigan's defense. They discuss the Spartans' passing attack, run game issues and other factors. They close with their final game predictions and sentiments for the game.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. |
| 0:06.4 | I'm your host, Zach Shaw. |
| 0:07.8 | Steve Lorenz here with me. |
| 0:09.0 | It is Rivalry Week for the Michigan football team. |
| 0:13.0 | They host Michigan State Saturday night under the lights. |
| 0:16.9 | I'll be on ABC for those watching on TV, but it should be a pretty charged atmosphere. Should be fun. |
| 0:22.5 | You know, I've been doing a lot of the preview stuff. There's certainly, you know, I always say this. |
| 0:27.4 | I know Michigan and Ohio State are the biggest rivals on the football field, but I think among |
| 0:32.4 | fans, and Steve, you can jump in if you disagree. I almost think Michigan and Michigan State fans hate each other more than Michigan and Ohio State fans. |
| 0:40.7 | I think there's just so many, you know, families where there's alumni of two different schools or so many workplaces where there's alumni of different schools. |
| 0:48.8 | So it's been, it's been interesting, you know, as the media perspective, see all the different, the different smack talk or the arguments or the discussion. |
| 1:00.1 | Certainly a different kind of build up to this game than it was last season. Last season, it was top 10 matchup for both teams. |
| 1:09.1 | Both teams were kind of enjoying Renaissance seasons. |
| 1:13.0 | This season, Michigan is 7 and 0. |
| 1:16.0 | Michigan State is 3 and 4. |
| 1:18.8 | Only Power 5 win was a double overtime win over Wisconsin. |
| 1:22.5 | So a flawed team, definitely a team in a bigger rebuild |
| 1:27.1 | than I think even the know, even the biggest |
| 1:29.2 | Michigan State critics would have necessarily expected this season. |
| 1:32.7 | But we're going to talk about the keys for the Wolverines on both sides of the ball. |
| 1:36.4 | Michigan is favored by a lot of points, but I saw the stat that in the last 54 years, |
| 1:43.6 | Michigan has been favored in this matchup 49 times, |
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