Michigan-Ohio State preview: Keys for the Wolverines in rivalry clash
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🗓️ 23 November 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz preview the No. 3 Michigan football team's rivalry clash against No. 2 Ohio State, looking at the keys to victory on both sides of the ball for the Wolverines and making their score predictions for the game.
The open with a look at what Michigan’s offense needs to get done to win the battle against Ohio State’s touted, highly ranked defense. They discuss the historical and current significance of establishing a good ground game in this annual matchup, and opine on a few reasons why Michigan’s run game may have a chance to take off in Saturday’s game. They also look at the Wolverines’ slumping pass game, and how it can do what it needs to do against statistically the top-ranked pass defense in the country. They close the first half of the episode with a discussion on Michigan’s pass-protection woes.
In the second half of the episode, they flip over to the defensive side of the ball, and look at why a good pass-rushing game for Michigan can be so valuable in this matchup. They also look at how the Wolverines stack up against Ohio State’s talented pass-catchers, then look at a potential mismatch in the Wolverines’ favor against the Buckeyes’ offensive line in the run game. They close with their final thoughts on the matchup and predictions 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. |
| 0:06.6 | I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz here with me. It is the game week. Capital T, the capital G game, Michigan versus Ohio State to 11 and 0 teams. |
| 0:17.8 | Clashing for the second straight year is both undefeated and feel like the, what, the 13th, 14th time in history is top five teams. |
| 0:25.6 | It's easily the biggest regular season game of college football this season. |
| 0:30.4 | I expect viewership to be somewhere between 15 and 20 million. |
| 0:35.1 | I think last year is around 17. |
| 0:36.7 | It might be more this year when you think about |
| 0:38.5 | all the off-field drama too. Plus, I think, you know, when it's when it's two unbeaten teams and, |
| 0:45.8 | you know, some of, you know, thinking about Georgia, Washington, Washington, Oregon was a was another |
| 0:50.8 | top marquee matchup, but, but really haven't been in a ton of top five clashes this season. |
| 0:57.6 | So this is a huge game, not just for those who are fans of both programs, but for the entire country. |
| 1:03.5 | We're going to talk about offensive keys, defensive keys, overall thoughts on this matchup, |
| 1:08.7 | as well as our final score predictions in this episode. |
| 1:12.5 | And we'll start on the offensive side of things. |
| 1:14.6 | You know, we were just talking right before we hit record. |
| 1:17.6 | There's a lot of different stats and a lot of different variables that will play a role in this game. |
| 1:22.9 | But at the end of the day, the team that runs the ball better in this matchup is going to win the game. |
| 1:30.3 | For 21 straight years, the team with more rushing yards has won this game between Michigan and Ohio State. |
| 1:36.1 | For 20 straight years, the team with more yards per carry has won this matchup between Michigan and Ohio State. |
| 1:43.7 | That's long enough that that isn't just coincidence or trend or whatever. |
| 1:51.1 | I mean, that's spanning different coaches. |
| 1:53.3 | That's spanning different quarterbacks, obviously, it's spanning different offensive |
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