Nine ways the Wolverines can become national contenders in 2020
The Michigan Insider
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🗓️ 11 June 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
In this hour-long episode, we break down nine ways the Michigan football team can become national title contenders in 2020.
We begin by taking a look at four that ESPN's Bill Connelly recently outlined, discussing the merits of Connelly's concerns about offensive line, Michigan's youth, Don Brown's big-game defenses and red-zone efficiency.
Then, we start to come up with a few of our own, looking at Michigan's quarterback play, lineup holes, skill position players taking "the leap," the Wolverines blocking out detractors and Michigan's road-game struggles.
Along the way, we offer a bit of state-of-the-program discussion, peering into what the first five seasons of Jim Harbaugh's tenure have looked like and what is and is not working.
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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 host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz here with me. Got a fun show. I'm excited for this one. I think I'm excited because fans ask me, it's almost like a FAQ of what fans ask me in the offseason. And we embrace the discussion. |
| 0:21.2 | And so we're going to look at what things need to happen for Michigan to become a national contender this year. |
| 0:29.1 | And kind of looking ahead at the future, I mean, if they're going to make that so-called leap, |
| 0:34.8 | what sort of things are standing in Michiganigan's way this this comes a little bit |
| 0:40.4 | bill connelly of the spian really love his stuff i know steve does too he did four ifs and step and i've |
| 0:47.2 | kind of gone back and forth on a few others as well so should be a fun series if you like the podcast |
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| 1:07.6 | But Steve, we'll get to bills in a second because I like all four. I do, |
| 1:13.4 | but there was one that I don't know, maybe he, maybe it's because he probably could have applied |
| 1:18.2 | it to all of the teams he wrote about because he did, I think he did 19 teams, you know, |
| 1:23.7 | the different ifs standing in their way. But the big one for Michigan starts, starts right here, year six of Jim Harbaugh's tenure. |
| 1:33.0 | They need a quarterback star. |
| 1:35.3 | They do. |
| 1:36.1 | I mean, they haven't had a quarterback who, I mean, you know, you can get a little generous with the definitions if you want. |
| 1:43.9 | I mean, Denard Robinson playmaking quarterback. Chad Henney, you know, you can get a little generous with the definitions if you want. I mean, Denard Robinson playmaking quarterback. |
| 1:46.7 | Chad Henney, you know, put up pretty good numbers. |
| 1:50.2 | But, you know, I've talked to some to some people who've been around Michigan football for a long time. |
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