Wolverine247 — Key storylines we're watching as Michigan football begins spring practices
The Michigan Insider
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4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz break down the biggest storylines they’re watching ahead of Michigan football beginning spring practices Tuesday.
They open with a look at the offense, discussing the revamped wide receiver room, the high-potential offensive line, potential star freshman Savion Hiter, the development of rising sophomore Bryce Underwood and more.
In the second half of the episode, they discuss the biggest question marks on Michigan’s defense, how some of the new transfers fit in, what a new defensive scheme might mean for roles on defense, the Wolverines’ effort to improve special teams and a new strength and conditioning coach.
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| 0:00.0 | Now, are all the traitors present? |
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| 0:21.0 | Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things. |
| 0:24.4 | Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. |
| 0:26.7 | I'm your host Zach Shaw. |
| 0:27.7 | Steve Lorenz is here with me, and we're back after a little bit of a hiatus on football |
| 0:31.8 | podcasts because we're talking Michigan's spring practices. |
| 0:36.5 | Very interesting spring. |
| 0:38.5 | Obviously, a lot of new coaches, including head coach Kyle Whittingham, loaded group of |
| 0:44.6 | newcomers. |
| 0:45.6 | I believe it's somewhere in the top 15 when you combine the transfer and the recruits. |
| 0:51.0 | And then, of course, one of the big storylines was a lot of players opted to stay, |
| 0:54.8 | even though there were a lot of new coaches. So yeah, it's going to be quite a lot of storylines. |
| 1:01.3 | There will be tons of written content over at the Michiganinsider.com, Michigan.247 Sports.com. |
| 1:06.5 | I actually, I don't know if it'll be out by the time this episode comes out, but I have a story |
| 1:11.2 | in the works, 26 storylines for Michigan's 2026 spring practices. Steve, you and I have been at this |
| 1:18.7 | for a while. These, you know, we used to do like 18 storylines to watch in 2018. They're getting |
| 1:24.2 | harder and harder to do as the years go by, but there is a lot going on. |
| 1:29.1 | And so this episode, we're going to have to condense it because we can't be here for three hours, |
| 1:33.8 | but we'll try to bounce through a few of the key storylines on offense, |
| 1:38.4 | and then the second half, the defense, and maybe some general storylines along the way as well. |
| 1:44.0 | Obviously, you know, some big ones off the |
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