Michigan-Purdue preview: Keys, predictions for the Wolverines against the Boilermakers
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🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Zach Shaw and Alejandro Zuniga preview the Michigan football team's home matchup against Purdue. They look at keys for the Wolverines on both sides of the ball, factors to watch and make predictions for the game.
They open with a look at Michigan's offense, facing a slumping Boilermakers' defense. They challenge the Wolverines to alter their passing game, and give the young pass game meaningful reps and opportunities to grow. They also look at Purdue's weak points on defense, including tackling, big plays and coverage. They close the first half with offensive prop bets.
In the second half of the episode, they look at the keys for Michigan's defense. They discuss Purdue's grinding ground game, some versatility in the pass game and where the Wolverines will need players to step up. They close with defensive prop bets, and their score 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. I'm your old Zach Shaw. Alejandro Zinigas here with me. This is our Michigan-Purdue preview in case you missed our written coverage. Check it all out at the Michiganinsider.com, Michigan.24-7 sports.com. We got a lot of the usual stuff. |
| 0:25.3 | You know, stuff from the press conferences, there'll be scouting report by the numbers, |
| 0:31.0 | all that good stuff. So be sure to check all of that out. In this episode, we'll talk about the keys for the offense, the keys for the defense. We'll do some prop bet picks along |
| 0:35.8 | the way and then make our score prediction. And |
| 0:39.0 | Alejandro, obviously, you never know anything can happen on a Saturday in the fall, but this |
| 0:44.8 | does seem like even more so than last week because it's at home and it's not a rivalry game. This |
| 0:50.7 | does seem like a game where just winning probably isn't all Michigan fans want to |
| 0:56.1 | see from the Wolverines, right? Obviously, you're thinking about can this team grow and mold itself |
| 1:01.7 | into a college football playoff team. And I tend to agree, honestly, just mean, I think in a lot of |
| 1:10.3 | ways I would almost rather see them play a closer, |
| 1:13.3 | tighter game, but work out some of the things that they clearly need to work on. And so my |
| 1:19.7 | biggest key for the offense is not what I think will work. I do think they can run, ground and pound |
| 1:24.6 | their way to a victory. I don't really, I mean, Purdue's defense, |
| 1:28.9 | I'll talk about them in a little bit more detail in a moment, |
| 1:31.2 | but don't really think they're particularly strong against the run or the pass. |
| 1:35.9 | But I think this needs to be a game where Michigan, |
| 1:39.7 | you have to try to get into a passing game rhythm. |
| 1:42.5 | I think you have to try. |
| 1:44.4 | You know, we saw last week they were kind of close to 50-50 pass and run early |
| 1:49.8 | on against Michigan State. |
| 1:51.0 | And then it was 10-7 on the road. |
| 1:53.9 | It's a night game. |
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