Michigan-Nebraska preview: Keys for the Wolverines in second road test
The Michigan Insider
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🗓️ 19 September 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz preview the Michigan football team’s matchup at Nebraska, breaking down the keys to the game and their score predictions for the contest.
They open with a look at the keys for the Wolverines’ offense. They discuss the importance of establishing the run game to open up the pass game, the value of getting the tight ends involved more than in previous games, Bryce Underwood’s value in the run game and in buying time to make plays downfield and other key factors.
In the second half of the episode, they look at keys for the Wolverines’ defense. They discuss the importance of a pass-rush to limit Nebraska’s offense, tackling in the defensive backfield, leverage in run tackling and more. They also do prop bets for the game, and make their final score predictions for the contest.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast or audio source for all things, Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. |
| 0:06.7 | I'm your old Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz is here with me. This is our Michigan- Nebraska preview. This is week four for both teams. |
| 0:14.5 | Wolverines 2-1, Nebraska 3-0. They'll be meeting in Lincoln for, I believe, the third time in five seasons. And myself and Alejandro will be there. If you want live boots on the ground coverage, be sure to check it out at the Michiganinsider.com. Michigan at 247sports.com. We'll also have plenty of content previewing the game. We already have some up now, but obviously in the couple days leading up to the game, |
| 0:38.3 | you can check that out. In this episode, we'll look at the keys for Michigan on the offensive |
| 0:42.4 | side of the ball, keys for Michigan on the defensive side of the ball, make some prop bet |
| 0:46.4 | over under predictions along the way, and then, of course, our final score predictions and |
| 0:51.5 | thoughts on this game at the end of the episode. |
| 0:59.8 | And Steve, we were just talking before we hit record, it's still a little tricky to tell what these teams are. I think we'll learn a lot about both teams for better or for worse because |
| 1:06.0 | they've both played one power conference team. Nebraska beat Cincinnati 20 to 17 in Kansas City. |
| 1:16.6 | And then Michigan obviously lost at Oklahoma, what, 24 to 13. And then last week, they both |
| 1:23.6 | looked amazing, right? Nebraska smoked Houston Christian a week after smoking Akron and then Michigan beat |
| 1:32.0 | Central Michigan 63 to 3. |
| 1:34.7 | But yeah, regarding this Michigan offense, lots of room for improvement was shown when they |
| 1:41.7 | lost at Oklahoma. |
| 1:43.0 | You know, there was things to improve in the past game, the run game, the procedure |
| 1:46.6 | of it all. |
| 1:47.9 | What jumps out to you as the biggest key for Michigan on this side of the matchup, knowing |
| 1:53.8 | Nebraska, last year's defense was pretty good. |
| 1:56.3 | This year, I mean, the stats are exceptional. |
| 1:59.2 | I don't know how much that means just yet. |
| 2:00.8 | But your biggest key for the Wolverines on the offensive side of the ball in their second try at a power conference road win. |
| 2:08.4 | Yeah, I think it's really running just classic football. |
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