Podcast 11-20-18 (Ohio State week)
The Michigan Insider
247Sports, Michigan Football, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan, Michigan athletics, College Football
4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2018
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
This week’s podcast is all about the No. 4 Michigan football team’s matchup against No. 10 Ohio State. We open with a lengthy discussion about Karan Higdon’s so-called “guarantee” that the Wolverines would beat the Buckeyes, how valid the guarantee is and what to make of the smack-talk gamesmanship teams and fans seem to try to use in today’s college football landscape. Then, we refocus to Saturday’s game, fielding listener questions about the matchup. During this, we discuss how Indiana and Northwestern have opened up their offenses with slants, and why that could spell trouble for Michigan. We also debate who will win in a matchup against Dwayne Haskins’ passing offense and the Wolverines’ nation-leading passing defense. Our discussion continues with a look at Michigan’s offensive and defensive lines, the Buckeyes susceptible defense — particularly against big plays — and how special teams could very heavily factor into Saturday’s matchup. We close as we do each week with our over-under preview segment looking at how Michigan could win or lose in Columbus.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody and welcome to the Wolverine 247 podcast or audio source for all things Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. |
| 0:14.3 | I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz is on the phone lines with me. Check out all of our stories at the Michiganinsider.com, 247sports.com slash |
| 0:21.6 | Michigan. And lots of, lots going on in football and basketball. Not going to be a ton of |
| 0:28.2 | recruiting in this episode. I think we might have one half of a question about recruiting, but lots |
| 0:35.4 | of football. Michigan, number four in the country, about to travel to Ohio State, |
| 0:40.7 | who I presume will be ranked ninth in the latest college football playoff rankings |
| 0:45.2 | unless they get leapfrogged by Central Florida. |
| 0:48.1 | But they're going to be a top 10 team. |
| 0:50.7 | And so here we go. |
| 0:52.0 | I mean, this is entering the season. |
| 0:54.6 | You're sitting there and you're thinking, okay, what would count as a successful season for Michigan? |
| 0:59.4 | You're probably thinking, win just about every one of their games, maybe zero or one losses, |
| 1:05.0 | and then they go into Ohio State with everything on the line. |
| 1:07.7 | I mean, that was a realistic ceiling, I would almost say. And obviously, they could have |
| 1:13.0 | beaten Notre Dame to be better than they are right now, but I can't ask for much more if |
| 1:18.6 | you're a Michigan fan, in my opinion, you know, especially given that, you know, what they, |
| 1:23.2 | the deficiencies they appeared to have entering the year on the offensive line, the deficiencies they appeared to have entering the year on the offensive line, |
| 1:28.2 | the deficiencies they appeared to have in the passing game. |
| 1:31.9 | So this is a best case scenario. |
| 1:34.0 | Should be a really, really fun game. |
| 1:36.7 | And let's start with the smack talk. |
| 1:40.1 | We got a question talking about the Karan Higden, Mike Weber thing, for those that don't know. |
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