Podcast 03-07-19 (Bracket watch, UM-MSU part 2, QB and RB spring previews)
The Michigan Insider
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4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2019
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
This week, the episode begins with a lengthy discussion about Michigan’s role in the NCAA Tournament. We look at the Wolverines’ resume, how their season finale in at Michigan State or in the Big Ten Tournament could change things, other teams Michigan fans should keep an eye on, offer an early preview of which other teams might be good or bad matchups for the Wolverines and offer other thoughts on bracketology.
Then, we break down Michigan’s matchup on the road at No. 9 Michigan State, a game that will decide the Big Ten regular-season champions, and consider the things the Wolverines can do differently in the matchup. From ball-screen defense to personnel to offensive tweaks, we outline some of the things Michigan likely considered during its longer layoff, and debate whether the Wolverines can pull off the upset victory.
Finally we close with part one of our three-part spring football positional preview, dissecting the key questions surrounding Michigan’s quarterbacks and running backs position.
Transcript
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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. |
| 0:16.9 | I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz is on the phone lines with me, as always. |
| 0:21.1 | I'm going to talk some basketball first. It's biggest game of the year. |
| 0:25.2 | I probably don't need to spend that much time hyping it up. Number 7, Michigan versus number |
| 0:30.3 | 9 Michigan State. Winner gets at least a share of the Big Ten title. Loser does not. |
| 0:36.2 | There's also some seating, both for the Big Ten tournament and CAA Tournament and Play. |
| 0:41.1 | I believe that this is the first time that it has come down to one game like this last game of the year. |
| 0:48.8 | I know 2013, Michigan had a chance to snag the Big Ten title. |
| 0:55.8 | It lost at home to Indiana in the final game of the year. |
| 0:59.1 | But, you know, this is big time. |
| 1:01.3 | You know, rivalry game, two best teams all year, projected best teams, actual best teams. |
| 1:08.0 | You know, we'll see, I guess, in a week if Purdue is better than these two teams. |
| 1:11.3 | But, you know, these two teams have done just about everything right all year. |
| 1:17.0 | And one of them gets a banner on Saturday. |
| 1:20.0 | So it's a big matchup. |
| 1:21.8 | We'll talk about that. |
| 1:22.7 | We'll have some football stuff. |
| 1:23.8 | We're going to start our positional previews in the spring. |
| 1:29.4 | We won't do them all today. |
| 1:34.7 | Today will be quarterback and running back. And then next week, we'll finish out the offense. |
| 1:39.9 | And then we'll do the defense at some point, either next week or the week after, we'll work through them. Spring practices start next week. At some point, I don't think they've announced a date, |
| 1:45.0 | but they've started it. So we'll talk about that a little bit. But first, looking at this |
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