Podcast 08-02-18 (Urban Meyer, preseason polls, Fall camp storylines)
The Michigan Insider
247Sports, Michigan Football, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan, Michigan athletics, College Football
4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2018
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
This week, Lorenz and Shaw open with a lengthy discussion of recent allegations that Urban Meyer knew about former assistant coach Zach Smith’s repeated domestic abuses and still kept him employed on the team, an incident that has prompted Ohio State to put Meyer on paid administrative leave. The two discuss their personal reactions, what they would do if they were Meyer or Ohio State, what this could mean for Michigan offensive line coach and former Buckeye assistant Ed Warinner and address why it’s much to soon to talk about the Michigan recruiting impact of the situation. Following that, they shift their focus toward the opening of fall camp, beginning with a discussion of Michigan being ranked 14th in the preseason coaches poll behind seemingly similar teams in Penn State, Notre Dame and Michigan State. Then, the duo question why Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh continues to pitch the idea that the starting quarterback battle is still open, what happened with now-departed running back Kareem Walker, discuss the lack of position battles the Wolverines have entering fall camp, which ones might still be worth watching and other key storylines fans should keep an eye on in the first week of practices such as turnovers, offseason progress and locker room mentality.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody and welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. |
| 0:15.3 | I'm your host, Zach Shaw. |
| 0:16.3 | Steve Lorenz is on the phone lines with me. |
| 0:18.6 | You can always read our stuff at the Michiganinsider.com |
| 0:21.4 | and 247Sports.com slash Michigan. They go to the same spot. Check out our stories. Lots of stuff |
| 0:27.3 | going on. We're finally inching back into the realm of relevancy in regards to the football team, |
| 0:35.7 | i.e. when I write stuff, it stuff, there are quotes behind it that are recent, |
| 0:40.8 | and there's people talking about things, there's things happening. |
| 0:43.4 | Practice starts tomorrow. |
| 0:45.2 | And we'll talk a little bit about fall camp and a little bit about some team stuff in the back half of this episode. |
| 0:52.2 | But, and Steve, I'll want to hear your thoughts in just a moment with the Urban Meyer news. |
| 0:58.8 | I mean, as you said right before we started the show, two, three days ago, I don't think |
| 1:03.2 | anyone thought we would be here, right? |
| 1:06.0 | Because there was the whole deal with Zach Smith being fired once Brett McMurphy kind of broke the news that there was another incident in 2015. |
| 1:16.8 | Once there was this deal about him violating the restraining order this spring, I believe. |
| 1:24.1 | And so there was that whole deal, and he was asked about it at Big Ten Media Days. |
| 1:29.4 | But I don't think anyone knew this was coming in which there were text messages released by McMurphy, |
| 1:39.0 | detailing that it's heavily implying that Urban Meyer knew about the 2015 incident and thus did not fire him, |
| 1:48.8 | which is a Title IX violation when you hear or see something that suggests that sexual assault |
| 1:56.5 | or domestic violence has occurred. You are legally obligated working at these public universities |
| 2:02.4 | to report it. |
| 2:04.8 | And so without the evidence, I mean, you know, so basically I think the big mystery is what |
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