Michigan-Ohio State preview: Keys, predictions for the Wolverines against top-ranked Buckeyes

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4.6 • 855 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Zach Shaw and Alejandro Zuniga preview the No. 15 Michigan football team's home bout with No. 1 Ohio State, and the keys for the Wolverines in the contest.

They open with a look at Michigan offense, and what it must show against the Buckeyes to pull off the upset. They discuss the Wolverines' run game, components of that phase that must stand out against Ohio State, the value of a mobile quarterback and a strong second half, the strengths of Ohio State's run defense and more. They also look at Michigan's ascending passing offense, and what it can realistically do against a high-ranking Buckeyes pass defense. They also tackle some prop bets and discuss other factors for the Wolverines.

In the second half of the episode, they look at the biggest keys for Michigan's defense in the game, and the biggest challenges the Buckeyes' offense presents. They discuss Ohio State's prolific passing attack, Julian Sayin's first season as a starter, the value of a pass-rush and the concern of the Wolverines' coverage in College Park. They then take on more over-unders, and make their final score predictions for the game.

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0:30.9	welcome to the wolverine 24-7 podcast your audio source for all things michigan football basketball
0:35.8	and recruiting i'm your host zach shaw alexeneguniga is here with me. This is our Michigan, Ohio State Preview. Buckle up. I'm guessing this is going to be one of our longer episodes of the year, certainly one of our longer preview episodes of the year. We're going to look at Keys for Michigan's offense, keys for Michigan's defense, keys for Michigan in general.
0:54.5	We'll try to cover every angle that we can in this matchup.
0:59.5	Some prop bet predictions along the way.
1:02.0	And then our final score predictions at the end of the episode.
1:05.8	Lots of coverage, although there's been a lot of basketball this week.
1:08.6	Lots of coverage over at the Michiganinsider.com, Michigan.247 sports.com, including
1:14.4	tonight I'll be running 10 things Michigan must do in order to beat Ohio State.
1:20.7	So it's a longer list because Ohio State's the number one team in the country.
1:24.3	And they haven't played a road game against an opponent like Michigan yet this season. So, you know, we'll see what they have. But at the same time, Michigan, they're going to have to play their best game. I think that's that. I think even Michigan would say that. You know, they don't get to, they don't have a lot of margin for error in this matchup just with the players that Ohio State has in place, guys who are already clicking.
1:45.7	Michigan's got a young team that's on the way up. They're certainly high potential,
1:50.1	high ceiling. But Ohio State's just been probably the most consistent team in the country
1:55.2	all season in terms of how they take care of their opponents. So first half of the episode, we'll look at the keys for Michigan's offense.
2:03.7	And Alejandro, you might disagree.
2:06.0	I'd be surprised if you disagreed.
2:07.9	I feel like the biggest key for Michigan, as simple as it sounds, is generate an effective
2:13.2	run game.
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