Michigan-PSU recap: Wolverines show culture, championship capabilities in statement win

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🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, 247Sports' Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz break down the Michigan football team's 41-17 win over No. 10 Penn State and what it means.

In the first half of the episode, the two look at the game itself, including takeaways on both sides of the ball. They discuss Michigan's dominant offensive line and run game, stifling run defense, impressive showcase in pass coverage and pre-snap defensive adjustments. They take a look at what impressed them about Michigan as the Wolverines moved to 7-0.

The second half of the episode zooms out a bit. They begin by examining if there are any concern points Michigan must address in the bye week and what the Wolverines can improve upon. They also take a look at what Shaw believes is a championship-caliber culture, as well as a window where Michigan can strike on the recruiting trail.

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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.
0:05.4	I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz is here with me talking Michigan's 41 to 17 win over Penn State, another top 10 win, another home blowout of the Nittany Lions.
0:17.7	And the Wolverine, I think this is their best game of the year. I think this was better
0:21.8	than their prior Big Ten wins, even though a couple of them were on the road. I think this was a
0:28.0	true statement, a statement win for Michigan continuing, I guess, a trend of the last two years.
0:34.6	They're now 19 and two in the last two seasons. They have a lot of
0:38.5	double-digit wins, a lot of road wins, a lot of ranked wins. They're starting to add up in that
0:44.1	two-year stretch. Just more physicality, more dominance. We'll talk about both sides of the ball.
0:51.2	But Steve, we have to start with this rushing attack, 418 yards rushing.
0:55.7	And I had kind of teased before the game. I thought Penn State's rushing defense or run
1:01.4	defense was a little untested, had not really faced anybody, had not faced anyone nearly as
1:06.8	physical as Michigan. In fact, that was one of my keys, was just run physical because you probably will be able to.
1:12.7	I did not see 418 yards coming.
1:15.3	I think Blake Horm looked a lot like what we've seen from Blake Horm.
1:18.5	But I thought something big was Donovan Edwards, kind of having a career game, career high
1:23.7	and rushing yards, you know, got a few breakaway plays as well, really started to
1:29.4	to look like, I guess, what we expected, Donovan Edwards to look like this season, you know,
1:33.8	with the injury working his way back from the injury. There were a few, he started out a little
1:39.1	quieter than expected this season. I don't think anyone expected Blake Corum to have 30 carries, 29
1:45.4	carries, 25 carries. And so now Edwards is starting to step in and emerge as maybe not a
1:52.3	1B, but a very high level number two running back for the Wolverines. I thought that was very
1:58.9	important. And I thought the offensive line looked like the best offensive line in the country.
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