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1. Clocks and Vibes
Starts at 0:54
Brian left early. The clock said zero so he left the building. Spiritually the result of this game doesn't matter, they lost the game spiritually. After Zapruder Film Analysis, either NBC showed the wrong clock or the clock in the stadium is bad. The seconds weren't the same length?? Does college football need tenths of seconds? Was this the most disappointing game you've seen as a Michigan fan? The plays don't look coherent, it doesn't look like players are running the same thing. The run game was disappointing and Bryce Underwood does not look like he's improved from a year ago. 
[The rest of the writeup and the player after THE JUMP] 
2. Offense vs Western Michigan
Starts at 19:30
Bad. Bad in ways that make you scared about where the program is. Bryce is still zeroing in on one receiver without seeing the field. Manuel Beigel is not one of the best eight offensive linemen, why is he on the field as the rhino? He can't block. Half the line ran stretch and the other half didn't. They didn't try to just run power down their throat. It felt like they were trying to run frippery without establishing the basic stuff first. The coaches are from Utah and BYU, programs that have been established for 20 years. Are the coaches running plays like Michigan has the stability and continuity of Utah and BYU? We were hearing that Bryce's footwork was improving, is he just not learning/processing fast enough? He's got the talent but if he can't read a defense then it doesn't matter. Age-wise, Bryce is still a freshman. Why did Bryson Kuzdzal start the second half, the other two RBs barely had any plays. JJ Buchanan is pretty good! Jalen Hoffman looked good, put him out there instead of a rhino. Evan Link came a long distance last year but was disappointing this week.
3. Hot Takes, Defense, and More Vibes
Starts at 54:57
Takes hotter than the internet at about 10:30pm Saturday night. Can't be too mad at the defense because functionally they only really gave up six points. You can see things happening on the defense, the young linebackers have talent but they're making mistakes. On the ground game there's a huge difference between the starters and everybody else. They don't think they have a 3rd defensive tackle. Pierce and Etta looked pretty good. Too much Brandt. Salesi Moa didn't look terrible out there, he's an... interesting player. Defense tried to be heroes too many times. Punting was really good, Zeke Berry was an excellent gunner. Let's talk 4th downs and clock management. Nine penalties is concerning. The uniforms have got to go. The stadium volume was really low, the music wasn't deafening but you also couldn't hear the refs. The stadium experience felt "very generic". They replaced the Rose Bowl logo with a Google Gemini ad. They had to put the corporate logos on the banner that had the national championship logos on it. It feels like every year that you go to the stadium the experience gets worse. This is important to us and not to the people who are selling it. There's nothing about it now that wouldn't be materialistically different than if Dave Brandon was currently the athletic director. It looks like Michigan didn't let Western bring their band. Fans rushing the field might've been the most organic thing to happen during the game but players wanted nothing to do with it. 
 
4. Around the Big Ten with Jamie Mac
Starts at 1:46:06
Lightning round:

Indiana 52, North Texas 16
Nebraska 49, Ohio 21
Ohio State 56, Ball State 3
Penn State 45, Marshall 0
Iowa 40, Northern Illinois 0
Maryland 62, Ham 0
USC 39, Fresno State 0
Minnesota 59, Eastern Illinois 7
Northwestern 34, South Dakota State 18
Illinois 42, UAB 23
Purdue 44, Indiana State 19

Washington 24, Washington State 10
Sadly this is probably how the Apple Cup will go from now on. Washington really struggled to move the ball but Wazzu has no offense. 

Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13
Wisconsin's uniforms looked like Rutgers. This was not the blowout that the score suggests. Neither team could really run the ball. Wisconsin looks like a team that could make a bowl game again. 

Oregon 34, Boise State 27
Oregon almost doubles Boise State in yardage. Remember Seth's hot take about the Oregon offensive line? Dan Lanning is not building strong up front. 

UCLA 42, Cal 24
Could UCLA maybe be 7-3 when they come into Ann Arbor? They rushed for over 8 YPC. 

Michigan State 30, Toledo 20
This game was funnier Saturday morning. Toledo had some explosive plays. Doesn't move the needle on Michigan State much. 

UMass 37, Rutgers 21
UMass rushing rutger'd Rutgers. 
 
MUSIC:
<ul>
<li>"Too Much Time On My Hands"—Styx</li>
<li>"Against All Odds"—Phil Collins</li>
<li>"Walking On A Thin Line"—Huey Lewis the Names</li>
<li>“Across 110th Street”—JJ Johnson and his Orchestra   </li>
</ul>

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