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Featured Musician: The Unsustainables
THE VIDEO:

[After THE JUMP: The show notes, eventually.] 
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1. WMU Preview: Offense
starts at the top
It's a Walt Bell offense! They're going to put the WRs and TEs at the sideline to draw the secondary away from a running game that goes tempo, shifts late, and has a great backfield to punish any mistakes. Big OL includes a returning all-MAC guy and two 6'6" heavies at guard. Expect the WR screens to be the main passing attack, and if it's 3rd & long they dead.
2. WMU Preview: Defense
starts at 15:27
The front seven got raided. They're finally out of Lou Esposito defensive linemen, went to the portal for an OSU walk-on and a weird DT/LB hybrid from LIU. Linebackers were formerly blitzy types, now 5th years. Secondary has one star in Joshua Franklin, the corner who returned when he could have gone to Ohio State or something, and another decent returning starter in former UConn/CMU CB Jarvarius Sims. Turner's been moved to nickel however and they're starting Presbyterian CB Willard Ferrell, who's listed at 6'1"/155, which: I believe you if you say you've gotten bigger but if that's your starting point woah. Ditto for returning free safety Joey Pope, and former Michigan walk-on, who also started for WMU last year.
3. Upon Further Preview
starts at 28:41
Things we learned while doing the previews. One is that people are calling Bryce Underwood a bust: uh, too early folks! Linebacker panic in spring was probably because they saw nine walk-on caliber players with three young guys and zero Nate Staehlings. Also Chris Bracy's arrival was like Dani Rojas.
4. The NCAA's Eligibility Crisis
starts at 53:32
Is LSU trying to corner the market on most unlikeable coaches? They are pushing this thing so hard it's turning people in favor of the NCAA. Such an incredible own goal from the NCAA to not grandfather this properly, because there were guys waiting and they drew a harsh line. Because they gave everybody the 2020-21 season for free it's really only those two classes—2021 and 2022—that didn't get a free fifth year, and all they had to do to make this make sense was extend it to players who 1) Didn't do anything pro after this rule was an option (read: not the guys LSU tried to sign, who were trying out on NFL teams); and 2) Would have eligibility under the new five-for-five rule (read: only recent grads who played four in four). Michigan would like them to play anyways because Roddy Gayle is now crucial with the McCoy injury, and it would be nice to bring back Ernest Hausmann as well.
Featured Artist: The Unsustainables
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From MGoUser TxWolverine44:

My band is <a href='https://unsustainablesband.com/'>The Unsustainables</a> and we're based out of Chapel Hill. We're a rock-steady ska group and recently released our first album <a href='https://open.spotify.com/album/7ihdIHzRJvfF13YpkjkWbn?si=_EKWM3uGQhuwgRKubfpMwg'>Every Broken Heart Will Mend</a> (we have sent out the opening title track as our unofficial single). Worst case, I hope you enjoy it! The loose Michigan connection is that I'm an alum (c/o 2012) so tenuous

Best case, I enjoy it, listen to it a bunch while writing the previews this year, and use it for our first MGoRadio episode this year. They say rock-steady ska, but if ska is a confluence of jazz and pop-punk, the jazz influence here is a much bigger part of the mix. Seeing them live up here probably isn't an option, but they have a couple of EPs that preceded this album so you can turn this on and leave it boppin' while you go through a bunch of linebacker film or whatever it is you do during the day. I used three thematic songs but the Chesterfields song was my fav when I had this on.
If you've got music and won't issue a takedown notice on YouTube, I'd love to feature it on future episodes.
Songs:
<ul>
<li>Every Broken Heart</li>
<li>Friday Nite</li>
<li>Honeydrippers   </li>
</ul>
Also because Across 110th Street will get our Youtubes taken down, the opener and outro:
<ul>
<li>“The Employee is Not Afraid”—Bear vs. Shark</li>
<li>“Ruska Vodka”—Motorboat</li>
</ul>

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