Preview: Can Michigan overcome odds at Penn State?
The Michigan Insider
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4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Previewing the Michigan football team's matchup at No. 7 Penn State, we break down some of the key storylines from the week and look at the matchup through the lens of our weekly over-under predictions.
First, we discuss why we think the Wolverines' fans may be going overboard with their pessimism on Michigan's chances, though we also break down why the mindset is validated. We also dig into some of the more notable comments the Wolverines made in availability during the week and what can be read from them.
The second half of the episode is devoted to our weekly over-under predictions, as we dissect what we expect to see from Michigan's passing game, ground game and defense. We close with our final assessments of the matchup and 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. |
| 0:06.9 | Zach Shaw, Steve Lorenz here with me. |
| 0:08.8 | As always, we are talking Michigan at Penn State, number 16, Michigan, traveling to take on the seventh rank, Nittany Lions. |
| 0:18.7 | Wolverines are, I think they're facing their biggest underdog spread |
| 0:22.5 | since 2017, I think, is when they played Ohio State. And Steve, we were just talking about |
| 0:31.6 | before the show, it is very funny because I think you and I are on the same page. And we'll see, |
| 0:37.3 | we'll see when we get to the predictions. |
| 0:38.7 | But you would talk to Michigan fans. |
| 0:41.1 | You would think that this is the 2017 season all over again. |
| 0:45.5 | It's just like everyone, I've had people responding to like my random stories about something not related to not even asking. |
| 0:53.3 | And people are saying, Michigan's going to get wrecked or it's going to be ugly. |
| 0:58.2 | I don't, I don't get it. |
| 1:00.4 | Do you, do you, I guess what have you seen in that regard from the fans? |
| 1:03.3 | It just seems it seems like fans are getting a little overboard with the, and there is some evidence to Michigan struggles on the road against good teams. |
| 1:13.0 | Penn State has a nice home field advantage. |
| 1:15.6 | But at the same time, if you compare this matchup to the 2017 matchup, it's not even close. |
| 1:23.2 | Michigan has so much better of a chance this year. |
| 1:25.4 | Because I remember going into the 2017 game, I don't know exactly what I predicted, |
| 1:30.1 | but I remember thinking, I think Penn State, this is their moment of bliss and clarity. |
| 1:36.4 | This is their generational team. |
| 1:38.5 | And Michigan's kind of backpedaling with John O'Corn at quarterback. |
| 1:43.1 | I don't know. |
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