Michigan-MSU recap: What went wrong for the Wolverines, and what's next?
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4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we look at the ups and downs of the Michigan football team's 37-33 loss at then-No. 8 Michigan State, and what's next for the Wolverines.
In the first half of the episode, we look at Michigan's offensive performance. We discuss the Wolverines' breakout passing game, the significance of the ascensions of Andrel Anthony and Erick All, how worrisome Michigan's run blocking and lack of run game was and what changes the Wolverines can make in the red zone.
In the back half of the episode, we turn our attention to Michigan's defense. We discuss the Wolverines' inability to stop Kenneth Walker III, Michigan's largely preventable issues with defensive substitutions, the Wolverines' failures on some key defining plays and an overall decent day from Michigan's secondary.
We close with a discussion of the Wolverines' culture, and how we expect Michigan to respond after enduring its first loss of the season.
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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. |
| 0:06.1 | I'm your host, Zach Shaw, Steve Lorenz here with me talking Michigan, Michigan State. |
| 0:10.9 | The Spartans took down the Wolverines 37 to 33 overcame multiple double-digit deficits, a 10-0-1 early on, and then a 30 to 14 deficit in the about midway through the third quarter. |
| 0:25.7 | We're going to split this episode up in the first half. |
| 0:28.4 | We'll talk about some of the key things that stood out to us on the offensive side of the ball. |
| 0:32.4 | In the second half, we'll look at some of the key things that stood out to us on the defensive side of the ball. |
| 0:38.0 | We obviously will have an Indiana preview episode for those curious about what's next. |
| 0:42.3 | That will come out either Wednesday evening or Thursday morning. |
| 0:46.3 | Check out all of our written content over to Michiganinsider.com. |
| 0:50.0 | Michigan.247sports.com. |
| 0:52.2 | I've already got stories on, well, what the players had to say after the game and kind of |
| 0:56.0 | talking about the season not being over. |
| 0:58.1 | I had my two-minute drill with some of the key takeaways and observations, |
| 1:03.2 | story on the red zone, story and the defense. |
| 1:05.9 | And, you know, there'll be plenty more after press conferences with Jim Harbaugh, |
| 1:11.2 | Andrea Anthony, Mike Stain, Roussel, Mike Morris today. |
| 1:14.9 | Anyway, Steve, I guess we'll talk about the one positive first, |
| 1:21.4 | not necessarily by design, but that is, you know, if you progress through the, |
| 1:26.7 | I guess the box score of the game, the first thing |
| 1:28.3 | that jumps out to me on Michigan side was the 383 passing yards from Cade McNamara, |
| 1:36.5 | 400 overall passing yards, 407, I believe, with three touchdowns. J.J. McCarthy had a couple |
| 1:41.5 | good passes too. Andrea Anthony entered Saturday without a single catch. |
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