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#100

MGoPodcast 16.12: Across A Great Sea of Mid

2 hours and 10 minutes The Sponsors Thank you to<a href='https://undergroundshirts.com/custom-t-shirts?callout=mgoblog'> Underground Printing</a> for making this all possible. Rishi and Ryan have been our biggest supporters from the beginning. Check out their wide selection of officially licensed Michigan fan gear at their 3 store locations in Ann Arbor or learn about their custom apparel business at <a href='http://undergroundshirts.com'>undergroundshirts.com</a>. Our associate sponsors are: <a href='http://peakwm.com/mgoblog'>Peak Wealth Management</a>, <a href='http://www.realtorandlender.com/'>Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender</a>, <a href='http://www.annarborelderlaw.com/'>Ann Arbor Elder Law</a>,<a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'> Michigan Law Grad</a>, <a href='https://www.human-element.com/'>Human Element</a>, <a href='http://sharonsheating.com/'>Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning</a>, <a href='http://www.supersklars.com/'>The Sklars Brothers</a>, the <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>Autograph: Fandom Rewarded</a> app, <a href='https://givebutter.com/thosewhostay?utm_source=mgo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=cfp-championship-mgo&utm_content=keep-team-together'>Champions Circle</a>, <a href='http://winewoodorganics.com/'>Winewood Organics</a>, <a href='http://www.pestfreemi.com/'>Community Pest Solutions</a>, and <a href='https://www.experience4m.com/venue/'>Venue by 4M</a> where we recorded this. 1. Basketball After TCU Starts at 1:00 Gee golly willickers that was a lot of turnovers. Michigan’s team of point guards has none, unless you want to call Danny Wolf the point. Weird game where they turned the ball over 16 times, most of those steals, and still led at the half because when they do get a shot it’s always at the rim or an open look from three. How to get Goldin involved? He’s not really into the game, not just on his teammates not seeing him, but it’s that as well. Walters is the most efficient offensive player in CBB but he’s playing the same position as Wolf. Trying to figure out how the lineup shakes out because we’re not going to have an eleven-man rotation all year. [The rest of the writeup and the player after THE JUMP] 2. Big Ten Basketball Preview: The Bottom Nine to Kenpom Starts at 29:14 Washington: Great Osobor was a great portal pickup but they can’t keep C Franck Kepnang healthy. Rice transfer Mekhi Mason and NoDak transfer Tyree Ihenacho are uptransfers who had high usage at the 3 and 2, Butler transfer DJ Davis doesn’t really do to for us either. Injuries already. Predicted finish: 18th. USC: They got Terrance Williams and they’re all Terrance Williamses: 6’7” guys who can shoot save for “PG” Desmond Claude. Already injured. Projected finish: 16th. Minnesota: Speaking of injuries already; Year 4 for Johnson is another Year Zero after the guy they spent on in the portal got hurt. Seth likes (and pronounces) Lu’Cye Patterson at PG, and we all respect Dawson Garcia, but with their only other returner being carried off the court it could be rough. Predicted finish: 17th. Nebrasketball: Welcome to The Great Mid: Every basketball team from here on save Purdue is ranked closely together. Close loss to St Mary’s in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Injury to stretch 5 Rienk Mast really hurts them. We like Brice Williams and Juwan Gary, think Rollie Worster from Utah is a decent PG, but lost too much to make the tournament. Predicted finish: 15th. Rutgers: This is where I’m mad about the Kenpom format. Two top-5 freshmen join a very good backcourt of Williams and Derkack, but the loss of their center looms large. Problem is spacing. Predicted finish: 5th. Northwestern: Respectable loss at Dayton (71-66) and nonrespectable OT win vs #324 Eastern Illinois. No more Boo, and you can’t make Ty Berry into that guy. Matthew Nicholson is a truck driver, Brooks Barnhizer has a bad stache, Nick Martinelli will have to drive the team. True freshman PG? Ew. Predicted finish: 12th. Iowa: Payton Sandfort is going to have to shoot, and shoot he shall. Josh Dix is going to have to take on a lot more usage unless Brock Harding can learn to score. Will be bad on defense but mid their way to wins with Owen Freeman the latest yucky C. Predicted finish: 13th. Michigan State: What are they doing in this section? It’s a very Izzo team, with no idea what they’re doing at C because nobody gets developed, and nobody making threes. But they do have athletes and Izzo will make them play defense. Frankie Fidler from Neb-Omaha was the top transfer in the conference, Jaden Akins and Jeremy Fears have talent. They’ll be…MSU. Predicted finish: 5th, deservedly 8th. Maryland: I don’t know any of these guys –Brian. Julian Reese at center you know. They’re heavily reliant on a #12 overall Derik Queen, a one-and-done at the wing, but that’s working so far, got a 4-point loss to Marquette out of him. Ja’Kobi Gillespie and Selton Miguel are a decent backcourt. Very mid. Predicted finish: 11th. 3. Big Ten Basketball Preview: The Top Nine to Kenpom Starts at 1:01:27 Penn State Way high at #34 due to a win over (very bad, no PG) Virginia Tech. Ace Baldwin is the latest PG who carries them, though there’s some upside in Tennessee transfer Freddie Dilione. Predicted finish: 14th. Oregon is also rated too highly. Altman gets the kinds of guys who get rated for NBA purposes but makes decent teams out of them. C Nate Bittle and SF TJ Bamba are good enough to carry them, got an efficient PF from Stanford and upgraded PG Jackson Shelstad to a sophomore, so they’re mid. Predicted finish: 10th. Indiana got some decent portal pickups but let’s say it again: no shooting! We like former 5-star Stanford transfer Kanaan Carlyle and PG Myles Rice from P12, Oumar Ballo is 5-star from Zona to rim protect. So athletic, so little shooting. Predicted finish: 9th. Michigan 6th. Wisconsin: Back to being extremely Wisconsin including a 103-88 win vs Zona that featured a parade of whistles. Steven Crowl is now a point center extraordinaire, Nolan Winter is the next 6’11” shooter and rebounder, John Blackwell, Max Klesmit, and former CSU guard John Tonje can all play but not well enough to go to the NBA. PG Camren Hunter injury could set them back. Predicted finish: 4th. Ohio State: Led the year off with a win over Texas and a closs loss at A&M. Kept Bruce Thornton out of the draft and got back Meechie Johnson from a two-year lease to South Carolina. Added bigs from UK and Duke so maybe they can defense their way through the season. Predicted finish: 7th. Illinois: Only returning starter is burlyguard Ty Rodgers but they picked up two internationals who are Working Out: see threeing the hell out of Bama in a surprising road win. Ivisic is a 5-star little bro of the UK/Arkansas one, Kasparas Jakucionis is a lottery pick, Evansville transfer ben Humrichous is a stretch 4 with range, and backup PG from Zona Kylan Boswell and L’vile transfer Tre White have evident talent. Upgraded to predicted finish: 2nd. UCLA: Have a loss to New Mexico (not too bad and UCLA shot 5/23). Might be a defensive nightmare. Got Eric Dailey who we wanted, also Tyler Bilodeau, an Iggy like PF. Skyy Clark is not a good basketball player but Mick Cronin manages to win in ways Brian hates. Predicted finish: 3rd. Purdue: Matt Painter is the best coach in CBB. Braden Smith it turns out is much better than “guy who lobs it to Edey.” They found three more huge centers, though none are 7’4”, and the new freshman Gicarri Harris fits right in, looks like a find. Fletcher Loyer and Trey Kaufman-Renn round out the most complete roster in the league. Predicted finish: distant 1st. 4. Hot Takes and Around the Big Ten with Jamie Mac Starts at 1:36:13 Guys I want to get this out: you know the scores. Northwestern shot themselves in the foot, MSU has no pass rush, Purdue is dead as a door nail, Washington-UCLA is how we learned UCLA lost their 4th eligible year of a starting quarterback to being the holder in 2021. MUSIC: ---"Moving Without Touching”—Rubblebucket ---"Old School"—2Pac ---"Water Underground"—Real Estate ---“Across 110th Street”—JJ Johnson and his Orchestra ... Read more

18 Nov 2024

2 HR 09 MINS

2:09:05

18 Nov 2024

#99

WTKA Roundtable 11/14/2024: You Missed Your Dude

Things Discussed: ---Wake game: Brian thinks it counts as a road game for NET purposes so this will be a NET Tier 1 as long as Wake's in the top-75. ---A few moments of bad luck but the problem was Michigan's: they're not hitting the role man, way too much usage on Cason way too little on Goldin. Goldin himself has to be assertive. As a team they shied away from the rim when they saw length but the plays were there. ---Things working: Sam Walters looks like a real defender at the wing, which is a big development because you don't have to play Wolf at the four against teams with a lot of good scoring wings. Jones is everything we thought he was. Phat Phat is a defensive dude too. ---Playing games at LCA: Deacon-Wolverine Challenge? EMU game was a good atmosphere but if you're not playing them or Oakland what's the point? Seth: LCA is actually pretty terrible. They have great staff, but the design is 100% modern revenue-maximization and the cheap seats are extremely far away and extremely vertical. ---Hockey v Notre Dame: Not like most Michigan teams because the talent isn't there—Hage and maybe a couple of other guys are Power Play-worthy. ---CHL players now eligible, one CHL coach is mad about stuff, says people are gonna go play for Brandon Naurato. ---Hallum in a race for the puck: yay! ---Goalie plan? Friday/Saturday guys until you have to pick a guy. Stein's got a .934 save% right now so he's got the edge, but saw a couple of fantastic point blank stops from Korpi and you want to develop him. ---They're old (mostly juniors) so we might be pretty good. Craig uses the BGSU example. CHL route might be a way for Michigan to get talented and older. ---Football: Offense doesn't have their answers prepared, haven't figured out who their best players are—the Link thing, the Mullings thing. ---Think it's the end of the road for Kirk Campbell. ---Defensively they might be elite next year: Brandt came on, Benny is great, Guy is great, the linebackers might return? I doubt the NFL will let us keep Barham but Hausmann could use another year of weight training to see what he's going to be. Both had great games. ---Wink's getting a 'B'. No he's not Jesse Minter but Minter is going to be an NFL HC in a minute. Interception was a good gamble, and then Wink was ready when Indiana tried to test that behavior. ---IU was more the kind of offense this defense was designed to stop: Like Stroud teams they want to get 1-on-1 deep matchups. Quick-passing teams beat Wink shit, screen teams exploit our tackling issues. ---Paige's tackling issues are manifest. ---Secondary: They're playing Berry at CB and Paige at nickel but they have some young safeties so it's working as long as Berry can hack it. He had a good game: TD was a perfect throw. ... Read more

14 Nov 2024

48 MINS

48:34

14 Nov 2024

#98

Michigan HockeyCast 7.6: There Go The Irish

1 Hour and 12 Minutes With David Nasternak and Alex Drain This Podcast Has a Sponsor: Michigan Law Grad <a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'>Jonathan Paul</a> is the guy with the C you want skating next to the ref and pleading your case. He's also a good guy to sit next to at the hockey games. Segment 1: Domination that Needs OT ---Opener ---A Tight Start ---Domination, But Goal for Each ---5x3 missed chance, but OT Finisher Segment 2: Early Goals Lead the Way ---Goal Count ---Weekend Takeaways ---Old Friends and the League ---Looking Ahead a Couple Weeks MUSIC ---NHL on ESPN Theme ---"Nancy Whiskey" -- The Town Pants ---Ice Hockey (NES) theme ... Read more

12 Nov 2024

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:44

12 Nov 2024

#97

MGoPodcast 16.11 : Comprehensible Noises

1 hour and 39 minutes The Sponsors Thank you to<a href='http://shop.undergroundshirts.com/collections/michigan'> Underground Printing</a> for making this all possible. Rishi and Ryan have been our biggest supporters from the beginning. Check out their wide selection of officially licensed Michigan fan gear at their 3 store locations in Ann Arbor or learn about their custom apparel business at <a href='http://undergroundshirts.com'>undergroundshirts.com</a>. Our associate sponsors are: <a href='http://peakwm.com/mgoblog'>Peak Wealth Management</a>, <a href='http://www.realtorandlender.com/'>Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender</a>, <a href='http://www.annarborelderlaw.com/'>Ann Arbor Elder Law</a>,<a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'> Michigan Law Grad</a>, <a href='https://www.human-element.com/'>Human Element</a>, <a href='http://sharonsheating.com/'>Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning</a>, <a href='http://www.supersklars.com/'>The Sklars Brothers</a>, the <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>Autograph: Fandom Rewarded</a> app, <a href='https://givebutter.com/thosewhostay?utm_source=mgo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=cfp-championship-mgo&utm_content=keep-team-together'>Champions Circle</a>, <a href='http://winewoodorganics.com/'>Winewood Organics</a>, <a href='http://www.pestfreemi.com/'>Community Pest Solutions</a>, and <a href='https://www.experience4m.com/venue/'>Venue by 4M</a> where we recorded this. 1. Offense vs Indiana Starts at 1:00 When the head coach makes a completely obvious bad decision about something, that's when your patience gets especially broken. Let's talk bout Sherrone's game management. Sorry to Drake Johnson for catching strays in this segment. If he has the best players, would he even realize it? Why is Ben Hall coming in over Kalel Mullings? Davis Warren is just not good enough, he missed too many passes that should've been routine. All problems at some point go back to the offensive line. Kirk Campbell seemed to have a good gameplan for Michigan State but this was bad. How would you compare this to the Threet/Sheridan offense? Kalel Mullings' flea flickers are beautiful. 2. Defense vs Indiana Starts at 26:05 Defense completely dominated the 2nd half at least. They didn't give up 8 yards on the first play of a two-minute drill! Indiana turtled at the end of the first half and it almost cost them the game. Shout out to Zeke Berry for having a great game. Michigan ran blitzes but they weren't six man blitzes. Cam Brandt looked like Taco Charlton for a moment there! Michigan is in a reasonably good spot for next year's defensive line. Hillman came back from the dead on a MISSION. It gets Italian for a second. Indiana's punt return was a Jabrillian return. Special Teams have done worse than regress, they've become disorganized. 3. Hot Takes, Men's Basketball vs Wake Forest Starts at 49:39 Takes hotter than the flu fever that struck CJ Stroud in the 2nd half of the Lions game. Statwise, it was a very even game between Michigan and Wake Forest. Michigan is a team of passers without a total dude and they're still getting used to each other. Goldin was underused in this game and is getting shots that are outside of his game. It's a competitive loss against a good team at the start of the season so no need to panic. 4. Around the Big Ten with Jamie Mac Starts at 1:14:03 UCLA 20, Iowa 17 UCLA ran the ball, Iowa did not! Iowa is down to their 3rd QB since Cade has a concussion. There are six total turnovers in this game. Suddenly UCLA is eyeing down a bowl game! Rutgers 26, Minnesota 19 Rutgers gets a safety. Greg Schiano has one of the most egregious uses of the word "literally". The Rutgers train horn grinds Seth's gears. Oregon 39, Maryland 18 Oregon with only 363 total yards of offense. The ducks killed the clock with a 3(!) minute drive. Penn State 35, Washington 6 This might mean something for Penn State because they completely dominated an offense that has been at least decent all year. Where was this Penn State offensive gameplan against Ohio State?? Washington kicked back-to-back sad field goals in the redzone. Ohio State 45, Purdue 0 Nothing to see here. The Michigan Indiana game did raise some red flags for the Indiana Ohio State game. MUSIC: ---"Cruel To Be Kind"-- Nick Lowe ---"Favourite" -- Fountains DC ---"We Gonna Make It" -- Jadakiss ---“Across 110th Street”—JJ Johnson and his Orchestra ... Read more

11 Nov 2024

1 HR 39 MINS

1:39:18

11 Nov 2024

#96

MGoRadio 10.9: A Brighter Future

The Sponsors We want to thank <a href='http://shop.undergroundshirts.com/collections/michigan'>Underground Printing</a> for starting this and making it possible—stop by and pick up some gear, check them out at <a href='http://ugpmichiganapparel.com/'>ugpmichiganapparel.com</a>, or check out our selection of shirts on the <a href='https://mgoblogstore.com/collections/mgoblog'>MGoBlogStore.com</a>. And let’s not forget our associate sponsors: <a href='http://peakwm.com/mgoblog'>Peak Wealth Management</a>, <a href='http://www.realtorandlender.com'>Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender</a>, <a href='https://givebutter.com/thosewhostay?utm_source=mgo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=cfp-championship-mgo&utm_content=keep-team-together'>Champions Circle</a>, <a href='https://www.human-element.com/'>Human Element</a>, <a href='http://www.annarborelderlaw.com/'>Ann Arbor Elder Law</a>, <a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'>Michigan Law Grad</a>, <a href='https://www.experience4m.com/venue/'>Venue by 4M</a>, <a href='http://winewoodorganics.com/'>Winewood Organics</a>, <a href='http://sharonsheating.com/'>Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning</a>, <a href='https://royaloathinsurance.com/'>Royal Oath Insurance Group</a>, <a href='http://pestfreemi.com/'>Community Pest Solutions</a>, <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>Autograph: Fandom Rewarded</a>, who just <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>launched an app</a> where you earn rewards for things like reading MGoBlog and listening to our podcast, and <a href='http://signalwire.com/'>SignalWire</a> where we are recording this. Featured Musician: Oren Levin THE VIDEO: [After THE JUMP: Things said.] --------------------- 1. Indiana Preview: Offense starts at the top High-flyin' kind of like Oregon in that they have a great backfield, great tackles, great receivers, and are just-okay in the middle of the line. Been sticking it to bad defenses. There's a cascade aspect to them though. 2. Indiana Preview: Defense starts at 16:40 It starts with the run defense. Cignetti imported an Anchor and two great LBs to be the core of an excellent run defense. They're good at getting off of blocks, dodging OL in space, and tackling. Held the MSU backs to nothing. CJ West at nose is a very good run defender. Pass defense is mostly zone, mostly effective because they can stop the run on early downs. 3. Basketball starts at 28:54 What negatives can we take away from a 101-53 trouncing of a Cleveland State team that was pretty good last year? Hard to know because Cleveland State was starting three transfers and a freshman, but Wolf vs their switchable center was eye-opening, and the freshmen, especially Cason, look like they can give you minutes. Especially cool they did it without Rubin Jones. Negatives: rebounding and turnovers, the latter which is part of playing fast. We also preview Wake Forest a bit because they play fast and Michigan might do well to adopt a Beilein approach. 4. Gimmicky Top Five Things We're Excited to Talk About starts at 45:06 Star Trek, film adaptations and fan recuts of The Hobbit, Legos, and of course, The Lions. About the Featured Artist: <a href='https://www.orangelemonsw.com/'>Oren Levin</a> Ann Arbor native, Michigan alum, and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and producer Oren Levin's music combines alternative pop with a folk lyricist’s sensibility. Through soft and delicate acoustic guitars, heartbeat-like drums, and dreamy synths, Levin’s music is like drinking hot chocolate on a cold night, something comforting in an otherwise uncomfortable situation—you know, if you're in need of something like that right now. Levin has made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, winning the "Battle of the Instant Songwriters" segment. “Nothing happens as planned.” is Levin’s most recent EP, drawing upon Levin’s experiences with lost love, heartbreak, anxiety, and social pressures. Socials: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/orengelemin/'>Instagram</a>, <a href='https://www.tiktok.com/@orengelevin'>TikTok</a>, <a href='https://www.facebook.com/OrenLevinMusic/'>Facebook</a>. Website: <a href='http://www.orangelemonsw.com/'>www.orangelemonsw.com</a> Song choices: ---I Just Want to Love You Now ---Can I Ride It Out Alone? ---Until I Hit the Ground Also because Across 110th Street will get our Youtubes taken now now, the opener and outro: ---“The Employee is Not Afraid”—Bear vs. Shark ---“Ruska Vodka”—Motorboat ... Read more

08 Nov 2024

59 MINS

59:41

08 Nov 2024

#95

WTKA Roundtable 11/7/2024: Beilein But Fast

Things Discussed: ---Keep Bryce Home tailgate tomorrow at Belleville. Also Keep Avery Home as Groves faces Seaholm in the playoffs tomorrow. ---Oregon: Figured they'd get slaughtered when Jyaire was out but!!! ---Offense: Took awhile to learn not to run outside against the outside team. Mistakes are less important when you're a good team. ---Warren looked plausible in the 2nd half but you can tell they don't expect him to make 5 yards when they need him. ---Defense: Took them a half to realize they have to lean on their front four and spend a guy helping their CBs—they mostly helped Zeke so Hall got exposed. Uncomfortable for Wink to play the way this team was designed, also only works when you have your starters. ---Should they be more of a pass team? Craig: yes. Seth: play-action off what you do. Brian/Seth: They don't have constraints to stop teams from overplaying their runs. ---They have plays but they're one-offs. Used the example of the Orji at WR play where it shows they understand how the Lanning defensive checks work, and it gets them a 3rd & 5 on a screen. But there's nothing else off of that. ---Split zone should be their bread and butter, ---Indiana: They've had an easy schedule, they give up points, kind of built like Oregon in that they have two good tackles, a good QB and RB, may be a little soft on the interior. Defensively they imported Cignetti's JMU roster; CJ West at nose is a big pickup. They cascade. Stay disciplined and focus on your bread and butter, because the game runs away. Worried that IU is the kind of team that will really expose our coordinators' weaknesses. ---Officiating: It should be a guy with a DVR talking into the referee's earpiece. ---Basketball! The best opener you can ask for. Cleveland State was a good program but they had a lot of transfers and were discombobulated: throwing the ball out of bounds, missing threes. Still an awesome performance, especially from Danny Wolf. They were getting after it on D, playing upbeat. ---Used to be frustrated by Izzo teams that run out after you score, and Michigan was doing a lot of that. ---LJ Cason is a find! How was this a 3-star? He gets after it on defense, has length, is impossible to keep out of the lane. ---Roddy Gayle is faster than we realized, maybe smaller than we realized which could scare away the NBA an extra year. ---Tre Donaldson had a great game: zero turnovers as the primary initiator, 7 assists, looked like a real PG. ---Goldin: Not the best game, not reading much into it. ---Wake preview: Mostly road (Greensboro) against some names you'll remember from Michigan recruiting: Hunter Sallis the scoring guard, and center Efton Reid, both who came from Gonzaga last year to key a bubble team. Return 4/6 of their main rotation but struggled to score vs the team that was #360 in Kenpom. ... Read more

07 Nov 2024

45 MINS

45:07

07 Nov 2024

#94

Michigan HockeyCast 7.5: We Want Chowdah

57 minutes With David Nasternak and Alex Drain This Podcast Has a Sponsor: Michigan Law Grad <a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'>Jonathan Paul</a> is the guy with the C you want skating next to the ref and pleading your case. He's also a good guy to sit next to at the hockey games. Segment 1: Finishing Arrives Late ---Opener ---Domination but no goals ---One PPG and not much else ---Here Come tthe Goals Segment 2: Back and Forth and OT! ---Goal Count! ---Weekend Takeaways ---Old Friends and the League ---Looking at the Leprechauns MUSIC ---NHL on ESPN Theme ---"The Bomb" -- Pigeon John ---Ice Hockey (NES) theme ... Read more

05 Nov 2024

57 MINS

57:33

05 Nov 2024

#93

MGoPodcast 16.10 : Let's Try Something Else

2 hours and 2 minutes The Sponsors Thank you to<a href='http://shop.undergroundshirts.com/collections/michigan'> Underground Printing</a> for making this all possible. Rishi and Ryan have been our biggest supporters from the beginning. Check out their wide selection of officially licensed Michigan fan gear at their 3 store locations in Ann Arbor or learn about their custom apparel business at <a href='http://undergroundshirts.com'>undergroundshirts.com</a>. Our associate sponsors are: <a href='http://peakwm.com/mgoblog'>Peak Wealth Management</a>, <a href='http://www.realtorandlender.com/'>Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender</a>, <a href='http://www.annarborelderlaw.com/'>Ann Arbor Elder Law</a>,<a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'> Michigan Law Grad</a>, <a href='https://www.human-element.com/'>Human Element</a>, <a href='http://sharonsheating.com/'>Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning</a>, <a href='http://www.supersklars.com/'>The Sklars Brothers</a>, the <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>Autograph: Fandom Rewarded</a> app, <a href='https://givebutter.com/thosewhostay?utm_source=mgo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=cfp-championship-mgo&utm_content=keep-team-together'>Champions Circle</a>, <a href='http://winewoodorganics.com/'>Winewood Organics</a>, <a href='http://www.pestfreemi.com/'>Community Pest Solutions</a>, and <a href='https://www.experience4m.com/venue/'>Venue by 4M</a> where we recorded this. 1. Offense vs Oregon Starts at 1:00 This was a Fetty Wapping at the hands of Oregon. Davis Warren didn't really have negative throws but he's missing receivers and not pulling the trigger on open guys. Oregon's linebacker said in the post-game that when Orji is in the game it's pretty simple. Michigan isn't running stuff that looks like the other stuff they run, it's more of a grab bag. When was the last time they threw over the top of a safety? They don't really have packages, they just have plays. Gotta talk about The Razzles. [The rest of the writeup and the player after THE JUMP] 2. Defense vs Oregon Starts at 35:15 Twitter had some harsh comments about Wink! But by the end of the game it was okay in context, especially with only one cornerback. Oregon has an extremely efficient offense that doesn’t have to attack downfield so they didn’t (much). You know it’s a good catch by the away team when they show the replay and the big screen and the home crowd goes “woah!” Linebackers/safeties missed some tackles but it was a much better performance than against Michigan State. You have to take this defense in context with all the injuries and transfers. 3. Hot Takes, Game Theory, and Special Teams Starts at 1:01:08 Takes hotter than Jason’s immune system which is working overtime to make him better. Accidental hockey segment! What is the point of video replay if you’re not going to use it, Big Ten?? Is Dan Lanning scheming some of these miscues that Michigan had? Did the boos from Michigan Stadium convince Sherrone to challenge the Loveland drop? Shout out to Joe Taylor on special teams. 4. Around the Big Ten with Jamie Mac Starts at 1:29:51 Indiana 47, Michigan State 10 9Windiana has finally happened! Kurtis Rourke is back despite the injured thumb. They just played good, solid Indiana(??) football. Michigan State finished with -36 rushing yards. Ohio State 20, Penn State 13 We’ve seen this game before. A lot of weird things happened, though. There’s always time on the clock for Frames Janklin. What was that goal line decision making? Minnesota 25, Illinois 17 Luke Altmyer didn’t put the ball into danger but didn’t add much. This was like the Michigan Illinois game but not stupid. Washington 26, USC 21 USC throws three interceptions, they’re 0-3 when they throw more than 50 times. Are they even going to make a bowl game? UCLA 27, Nebraska 20 This came out of nowhere. Here comes the annual impending collapse of Nebraska. Iowa 42, Wisconsin 10 Before the season started, we thought Michigan was good Iowa. Turns out Iowa is good Michigan. Wisconsin had only a 5% havoc rate and their linebacker factory is dismantled. Northwestern 26, Purdue 20 Purdue gave up 302 passing yards to Northwestern! MUSIC: ---"I Don't Love Anyone"-- Belle and Sebastian ---"Our Hometown Boy" -- The Hard Quartet ---"Mystified" -- Same Eyes ---“Across 110th Street”—JJ Johnson and his Orchestra ... Read more

04 Nov 2024

2 HR 02 MINS

2:02:38

04 Nov 2024

#92

MGoRadio 10.8: Not Okay Per Se But Curve-Okay

The Sponsors We want to thank <a href='http://shop.undergroundshirts.com/collections/michigan'>Underground Printing</a> for starting this and making it possible—stop by and pick up some gear, check them out at <a href='http://ugpmichiganapparel.com/'>ugpmichiganapparel.com</a>, or check out our selection of shirts on the <a href='https://mgoblogstore.com/collections/mgoblog'>MGoBlogStore.com</a>. And let’s not forget our associate sponsors: <a href='http://peakwm.com/mgoblog'>Peak Wealth Management</a>, <a href='http://www.realtorandlender.com'>Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender</a>, <a href='https://givebutter.com/thosewhostay?utm_source=mgo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=cfp-championship-mgo&utm_content=keep-team-together'>Champions Circle</a>, <a href='https://www.human-element.com/'>Human Element</a>, <a href='http://www.annarborelderlaw.com/'>Ann Arbor Elder Law</a>, <a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'>Michigan Law Grad</a>, <a href='https://www.experience4m.com/venue/'>Venue by 4M</a>, <a href='http://winewoodorganics.com/'>Winewood Organics</a>, <a href='http://sharonsheating.com/'>Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning</a>, <a href='https://royaloathinsurance.com/'>Royal Oath Insurance Group</a>, <a href='http://pestfreemi.com/'>Community Pest Solutions</a>, <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>Autograph: Fandom Rewarded</a>, who just <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>launched an app</a> where you earn rewards for things like reading MGoBlog and listening to our podcast, and <a href='http://signalwire.com/'>SignalWire</a> where we are recording this. Featured Musician: Mark Zhu [After THE JUMP: Things said.] --------------------- 1. Oregon Preview: Offense starts at the top They got a quarterback in the portal, they did. Jordan James was a backup last year, already broke out but now he gets the carries to show it. Two great OTs especially Conerly, and a squirrelly slot. They normally run tempo and pass around but against OSU they went max pro and tested whether the WRs could beat their CBs one-on-one (they could!) Several TEs if they can't get Ferguson back but he's a difference-maker as a blocker. Interior OL might be a little sketch—IU transfer Matt Bedford was supposed to be their RG but has been out all year. 2. Oregon Preview: Defense starts at xxxx Dan Lanning knows what he's doing; Michigan does not. They run a 3-4 Georgia system (Lanning was the DC when we faced them) and have a lot of talent. They went to the portal at DT and got a couple of good ones but the old DTs are beatable if you can get to them. Is Jordan Burch going to be available? He's a major pass-rusher, but they've been blitzing successfully to cover for his absence. Excellent in the secondary. LBs rotate through three good ones. Special teams: dangerous returners (Noah Whittington and Tez Johnson) but not great kickers—Ross James 100th in FEI, kicker Atticus Sappington has a career long of 48. 3. Seth's Hockey Segment starts at xxxx Big series with #5 BU starts tonight, and Big Ten on the docket. Better team defensively but looking for chemistry. Last two series Night 1 has been good, Night 2 has been the same game but nothing goes in the net and they blow it. Hage is their one skill guy, next most skilled player is Schifsky. St. Cloud State game was an extreme example of that but shows they really needed Rutger McGroarty. USNTDP game. 4. MSU After Review starts at xxxx Quarterback wasn't as good as it looked—only a few downfield passes, concerning play given State has no pass rush to speak of. MSU was playing Dantonio Ball against the run and this led to a lot of going nowhere even when things were blocked up well. Defensively they're fine until 3rd & long, when Wink tries to do something. Tackling is an issue because they've moved usage to Paige and it's exposing his issues there. About the Featured Artist: <a href='http://markzhuofficial.com/'>Mark Zhu</a> Drawing from the pain of love and loss, Mark Zhu (pronounced "Joo") explores relationships, mental health, and identity through his songs rooted in healing and emotional vulnerability. A Chinese American artist from Ann Arbor, he studies data science at the University of Michigan by day and plays shows by night. As an award-winning pianist with three performances at Carnegie Hall, Mark leverages his classical training in his production, creating piano-driven ballads, synth-driven R&B, and fearless pop anthems. Links: <a href='http://markzhuofficial.com'>Website</a>. <a href='https://www.instagram.com/markzhuofficial/'>Instagram. </a><a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/417Kwpe3MrcVfIApqAlixL'>Spotify</a><a href='https://www.instagram.com/markzhuofficial/'>. </a> Song choices: ---Dead or Alive ---Paint the World Red ---Slayin' Also because Across 110th Street will get our Youtubes taken now now, the opener and outro: ---“The Employee is Not Afraid”—Bear vs. Shark ---“Ruska Vodka”—Motorboat ... Read more

01 Nov 2024

53 MINS

53:58

01 Nov 2024

#91

WTKA Roundtable 10/31/2024: I Feel Like I Should Say Something Else

Things Discussed: ---MSU: Craig is done playing them. Seth says that's crazy talk. ---MSU internet fans are off their rockers again. They've got their AD from RCMB adding up made-up malfeasances. They have beatwriters like Graham Couch and Chris Solari making up a stomp and when they're told it's not true they double down. ---The football: Played conservatively, Warren had three downfield passes. Oregon is going to have hard-triggering quarter safeties with better players. At least they ran Orji+1. ---Wink Talk: He brought back the thing that didn't work against Texas, and it didn't work, and didn't work again, and didn't work again. You know the Fry meme: Not sure if serious? That's his playcalling modus operandi. If you run the thing that looks obvious, you've got him. Mattison had a similar formation in 2012 to beat Northwestern, but it was a trap. Wink's bluffing when he has bad cards and slow-playing good ones, and once you figure that out you can wreck him. ---His results on 3rd and long are so bad that if he ran the same Cover 2/Rush 4 every play he'd be doing better. First of the long runs D-Mo was supposed to be in that gap but it's so wide that he wouldn't have been able to help unless he's slanting hard. ---Oregon? Their weak point is backup DT, but Michigan doesn't have the guys to 2023 Penn State them. Sam: only shot is their front four eat and M gets off the field. If you try to get exotic with these dudes. They went max pro and took shots because they thought they could run by Ohio State, and they could. ---Dan Lanning's a good coach. Reminds me of Michigan last year: You can come up with what-if-we…'s but they have answers for it. What if we're 2022 Illinois? ---Will Bryce Underwood be at the game? Does Michigan have a shot? Sam isn't committal. ... Read more

31 Oct 2024

47 MINS

47:39

31 Oct 2024

#90

MGoPodcast 16.9 : On a Scale of Nothing to Donnybrook

1 hour and 56 minutes The Sponsors Thank you to<a href='http://shop.undergroundshirts.com/collections/michigan'> Underground Printing</a> for making this all possible. Rishi and Ryan have been our biggest supporters from the beginning. Check out their wide selection of officially licensed Michigan fan gear at their 3 store locations in Ann Arbor or learn about their custom apparel business at <a href='http://undergroundshirts.com/'>undergroundshirts.com</a>. Our associate sponsors are: <a href='http://peakwm.com/mgoblog'>Peak Wealth Management</a>, <a href='http://www.realtorandlender.com/'>Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender</a>, <a href='http://www.annarborelderlaw.com/'>Ann Arbor Elder Law</a>,<a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'> Michigan Law Grad</a>, <a href='https://www.human-element.com/'>Human Element</a>, <a href='http://sharonsheating.com/'>Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning</a>, <a href='https://www.experience4m.com/venue/'>Venue by 4M</a> where we recorded this, <a href='http://www.supersklars.com/'>The Sklars Brothers</a>, <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>Autograph: Fandom Rewarded</a>, who just <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>launched an app</a> where you earn rewards for things like reading MGoBlog and listening to this podcast, <a href='https://givebutter.com/thosewhostay?utm_source=mgo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=cfp-championship-mgo&utm_content=keep-team-together'>Champion Circle</a>, and returning this season <a href='http://winewoodorganics.com/'>Winewood Organics</a>. 1. Offense vs Michigan State Starts at 1:00 Introducing the MGoBlog post-game incident scale: 1 -- Kerfuffle 2 -- Fracas 3 -- Brewhaha 4 -- Melee 5 -- Donnybrook What happened after the game on Saturday was a kerfuffle. It felt like Michigan State came into the game with a solid plan while Michigan was struggling. Suddenly, Michigan was leading at halftime. Davis Warren's job was to not lose this game and he didn't, the ball wasn't put into danger and it worked. Donovan Edwards is no Tom Brady but he's got a perfect QB rating. 2. Defense vs Michigan State Starts at 35:15 Defense only gives up 17 points but it doesn't feel super great? But for the most part they did okay. Junior Colson set the bar for consistent tackling and now missed tackles are weird. They put Mason Graham at edge and got weird and then got beat by Michigan State 3rd down frippery. They're preventing their best players from making plays. Michigan State didn't put this game on Aidan Chiles' shoulders so we didn't get the full Chiles experience. Brian finally has a nice thing to say about Cal Haladay. Maybe Jesse Minter was just so good that no matter who was the defensive coordinator this year they would be perceived as bad. 3. Hot Takes, Game Theory, and Special Teams Starts at 1:01:08 We gotta have a brewhaha level of takes at least. Tommy Doman has continued to be inconsistent. Was State's on-side kick a good idea? The weird fair catch rule is something a lot of us didn't know about. Going for it on 4th down, tougher decision than last year! 4. Around the Big Ten with Jamie Mac Starts at 1:29:51 Indiana 31, Washington 17 Yardage was fairly even but Indiana grinded it out very consistently. They're 8-0 for the first time since 1967. Kurtis Rourke had surgery on his thumb and might be back this weekend. Ohio State 21, Nebraska 17 Indiana beat Nebraska 56-7, JUST SAYIN'. Ryan Day has a meltdown on the field and then tells fans to be happy about this game in his press conference. Ohio State fans are comparing their tackle situation to Michigan's QB situation. Penn State 28, Wisconsin 13 Drew Allar went out around halftime. It doesn't look like it's happening for Luke Fickell at Wisconsin. Penn State pretty much dominated down-for-down. USC 42, Rutgers 20 Pushed back til 11pm EST kickoff to accommodate the World Series?? How many of you sickos (me) watched this? Iowa 40, Northwestern 14 They benched Cade McNamara! Northwestern only had 163 yards of offense. Oregon 38, Illinois 9 Eek. Minnesota 48, Maryland 23 Never competitive. MUSIC: ---"Rubberneckin'"-- Elvis ---"This Is Why We Fight" -- The Decembrists ---"When They Fight, They Fight" -- The Generationals ---“Across 110th Street”—JJ Johnson and his Orchestra ... Read more

28 Oct 2024

1 HR 56 MINS

1:56:09

28 Oct 2024

#89

MGoRadio 10.7: Easy to be Blogger, Hard to be a Coach

The Sponsors We want to thank <a href='http://shop.undergroundshirts.com/collections/michigan'>Underground Printing</a> for starting this and making it possible—stop by and pick up some gear, check them out at <a href='http://ugpmichiganapparel.com/'>ugpmichiganapparel.com</a>, or check out our selection of shirts on the <a href='https://mgoblogstore.com/collections/mgoblog'>MGoBlogStore.com</a>. And let’s not forget our associate sponsors: <a href='http://peakwm.com/mgoblog'>Peak Wealth Management</a>, <a href='http://www.realtorandlender.com'>Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender</a>, <a href='https://givebutter.com/thosewhostay?utm_source=mgo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=cfp-championship-mgo&utm_content=keep-team-together'>Champions Circle</a>, <a href='https://www.human-element.com/'>Human Element</a>, <a href='http://www.annarborelderlaw.com/'>Ann Arbor Elder Law</a>, <a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'>Michigan Law Grad</a>, <a href='https://www.experience4m.com/venue/'>Venue by 4M</a>, <a href='http://winewoodorganics.com/'>Winewood Organics</a>, <a href='http://sharonsheating.com/'>Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning</a>, <a href='https://royaloathinsurance.com/'>Royal Oath Insurance Group</a>, <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>Autograph: Fandom Rewarded</a>, who just <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>launched an app</a> where you earn rewards for things like reading MGoBlog and listening to our podcast, <a href='http://signalwire.com/'>SignalWire</a> where we are recording this, and introducing <a href='http://pestfreemi.com'>Community Pest Solutions</a>. Featured Musician: Nadim Azzam The Video: [After THE JUMP: Things said.] --------------------- 1. MSU Preview: Offense starts at the top MSU goes as Aidan Chiles, which is in all directions. Some of those interceptions are freshman; some are just really not accurate. They're bringing him along in an interesting way, which is max protection and letting him look downfield. He has a threat in Nick Marsh who's really emerging in the back half of the season. Other targets are just dudes. OL has some big issues on the right side, look cobbled together. Alarming how well they were able to run the ball consistently against Iowa. Michigan needs to keep Chiles in the pocket. 2. MSU Preview: Defense starts at 19:01 They're weak at defensive tackle but cover it up with their burly LBs playing downhill. Other than play-action pass, what can we do Alex? Probably need to get creative. Consider beefing up if they have Hinton back and can run out multiple OTs, but Evan Link as 7th OL? You don't have the dudes who are going to win those matchups as much anymore. They do give up a big long run per week so many we'll have a Mullings beastquake again. Or maybe just once we'll get an Edwards vs Cal Haladay throw. 3. Illinois After Review starts at 34:30 Brian is NOT as mad at Kirk Campbell as he was before going over the film. There were a lot of good ideas in there that his quarterback just couldn't execute. Offensive line seems to be coming together—Gentry was actually *Good*. Priebe is rounding into a 2nd team all-B10 kind of player. Crippen eh but not terrible. Persi might just be what he is. Tuttle was BAD. The overturned interception was to a guy covering grass—it's not even *at* a receiver. Defensively, yeah, don't put them in a terrible situation. Barham had a great game, they covered a lot of the weird stuff that Bielema dumped on them, but were constantly starting drives at midfield or in Michigan territory. Dammit Wink things have largely disappeared save for 2-minute drills, where they're rushing high and playing soft man. 4. Hoops vs Oakland, and Toledo Preview starts at 59:56 Exhibition showed what we wanted to see, which was not many bad shots against a tricky zone defense. The ball didn't stick: when you can see all of these former PGs together they can all get a little creative. It's not going to be no-turnover but they get very good shots, including free throws. About the Musical Artist: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/nadim.music/'>Nadim Azzam</a> Says my friend Nadim Azzam, "You've got to hurt to heal." Through painfully honest self-reflection, Nadim Azzam addresses depression, addiction, and the dysfunctional realities of our times with his songs rooted in hope and connectivity. A Jewish Egyptian-Palestinian American born in Vermont, raised in Southeast Michigan and sent off to the Arizona desert, Nadim’s life is hard to pin down - as is his music. A singer, rapper, and songwriter who makes his own beats and plays multiple instruments on his tracks, Nadim's new single "$20 Gold Piece" is out now. Nadim was voted Detroit's finalist in NPR's Tiny Desk Contest by WDET, performing at the Concert of Colors. He has opened for The Kid LAROI at Eastern Michigan University, Robert Glasper, Yebba, Raheem DeVaughn and Bilal at the Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre. He has previously traveled the United States with Grammy-nominated reggae artist Matisyahu, on a unity tour to promote peace between Pro-Palestine and Pro-Israel students on American college campuses. Nadim's music video “The Come Up” won Best Hip-Hop/Rap Video and Audience Choice Award at the 2024 Michigan Music Video Awards. Mystery Offer: <a href='https://link.ag.fan/bySD6ZEVXNb'>Ope, there's an Autograph Mystery Offer in this article. Click HERE to open and claim your prize.</a> Song choices: ---$20 Gold Piece ---Revelations (LANDR gddt) ---Get the Money Also because Across 110th Street will get our Youtubes taken now now, the opener and outro: ---“The Employee is Not Afraid”—Bear vs. Shark ---“Ruska Vodka”—Motorboat ... Read more

25 Oct 2024

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:06

25 Oct 2024

#88

WTKA Roundtable 10/24/2024: Ball Don't Stick

Things Discussed: ---Dusty May's recruiting: A+. Grady should be Wisconsin-level hateable. Oscar Goodman has the most beautiful line in a shooter's scouting report: good not great athlete. These guys will be around 3-4 years ---Craig: Grady has some Roddy Gayle, can shoot a midrange. Have pole position in the recruitment of impact Trey McKenney, fighting UNLV and BYU for a center who does everything they want. ---Oakland Exhibition takes: The ball does not stick on this team. Three guys are point guards, and then Danny Wolf also sees the court. It got a little sloppy as they got to know each other. ---Roddy Gayle's defense stood out. Sam Walters stood out, role this year is going to be a JAS. ---Question: do they wear out their centers? If you want to play fast you're going to wear out your bigs, which is fine if you're going to play Wolf at the five for 15 minutes, but now you need a four. Think that will be matchup-based whether they roll with Walters or Tschetter or Jones in those situations. ---If someone gets in foul trouble they can weather it. Weird to see a guard foul out (Cason) and not be worried. Means they can play more aggressively. Defense was impressive. They did play drop, but being able to flat hedge is important, and having huge guards is going to feel very different. So many arms! ---Another takeaway: Wolf's rebounding is very underrated. ---Toledo preview: they're a five-out team with a 6-7 center so we'll get to see a different configuration against a different challenge than Kempe's big guards. ---Babalola: Good to see Sherrone Moore's recruiting is what we hoped it would be. Way more athletic than most guys we've had, reminds me of when the early internet sent around a video clip of Jake Long dunking. ---Illinois review: Offensive line was better, Gentry had a couple of pressures given up (PFF missed one) but he moved people and it's hard to understand why he wasn't playing over Link. Crippen it's more clear why they were trying Giudice because Crip tends to get bulled back. Wasn't terrible. Tuttle was—some of his mistakes weren't on him but he fumbled, had two HORRIBLE interceptions, can tell he hasn't practiced much this year. ---They found a major: split zone. Then they went away from it. When they play-action they get the reaction they want, but can't complete the pass. Game over. ---Who's QB: doesn't matter. ---Illinois had a good gameplan, but defense was good. Game was lost on offense, which is 94% the quarterback, so it's hard for us to break this down. Everybody can see this. ---Special teams is the other issue: Doman's punts are giving up 30 yards on the exchange. Everybody knew Illinois was going to fake near the 50 except this team. ---Defense: Got a better Wink. Starting to build blitzes around his players, and they're more effective. ---Michigan State: Michigan has better players, MSU has better coaching. They got Chiles to not turn the ball over against Iowa and suddenly they look good. Fancystat numbers are based on horrible interceptions; down to down they're a decent offense. Marsh is a dangerous WR, wish we had a healthy Will Johnson. MSU's OL is not good, especially on the right side. ... Read more

24 Oct 2024

50 MINS

50:05

24 Oct 2024

#87

Michigan HockeyCast 7.4: Partly Cloudy

1 hour and 3 minutes With David Nasternak and Alex Drain This Podcast Has a Sponsor: Michigan Law Grad <a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'>Jonathan Paul</a> is the guy with the C you want skating next to the ref and pleading your case. He's also a good guy to sit next to at the hockey games. Segment 1: Sunshine and Rainbows ---Opener ---Struggled in the First ---Flipped the script except for Posch ---Made Plays! Segment 2: Overcast and Rainy ---Five for High Sticking? ---Even Strength Struggles ---Old Friends and the League ---Early '25 Preview MUSIC ---NHL on ESPN Theme ---"Broken Horse" -- Freelance Whales ---Ice Hockey (NES) theme ... Read more

22 Oct 2024

1 HR 33 MINS

1:33:03

22 Oct 2024

#86

MGoPodcast 16.8 : Big Noon Hoosiers

1 hour and 23minutes The Sponsors Thank you to<a href='http://shop.undergroundshirts.com/collections/michigan'> Underground Printing</a> for making this all possible. Rishi and Ryan have been our biggest supporters from the beginning. Check out their wide selection of officially licensed Michigan fan gear at their 3 store locations in Ann Arbor or learn about their custom apparel business at <a href='http://undergroundshirts.com/'>undergroundshirts.com</a>. Our associate sponsors are: <a href='http://peakwm.com/mgoblog'>Peak Wealth Management</a>, <a href='http://www.realtorandlender.com/'>Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender</a>, <a href='http://www.annarborelderlaw.com/'>Ann Arbor Elder Law</a>,<a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'> Michigan Law Grad</a>, <a href='https://www.human-element.com/'>Human Element</a>, <a href='http://sharonsheating.com/'>Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning</a>, <a href='https://www.experience4m.com/venue/'>Venue by 4M</a> where we recorded this, <a href='http://www.supersklars.com/'>The Sklars Brothers</a>, <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>Autograph: Fandom Rewarded</a>, who just <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>launched an app</a> where you earn rewards for things like reading MGoBlog and listening to this podcast, <a href='https://givebutter.com/thosewhostay?utm_source=mgo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=cfp-championship-mgo&utm_content=keep-team-together'>Champion Circle</a>, and returning this season <a href='http://winewoodorganics.com/'>Winewood Organics</a>. 1. Offense vs Illinois Starts at 1:00 It’s a lot worse than we expected. There are Dungeons and Dragons references and they aren’t even coming from Seth (we’re rolling 1s, folks). They’re not doing any of the things we thought they’d be good at in the off-season. They don’t have a plan and they never had a plan. Sherrone Moore isn’t getting fired after one year, so how do they get out of this hole? Kirk Campbell is in trouble. Is there something going on with this team in the background that we just don’t know about? Neither side of the ball is getting better throughout the season. What would YOU do if you were Sherrone Moore? [The rest of the writeup and the player after THE JUMP] 2. Defense vs Illinois Starts at 26:59 All things considered, the defense did pretty good. They held Illinois to under 300 yards and Luke Altmyer only had 80 passing yards. Illinois’ draw plays worked really well. The defensive line has been struggling with mobile quarterbacks this season. The refs got Michigan for all their holds and DPIs. 3. Hot Takes, Game Theory, and Special Teams Starts at 40:00 Takes hotter than a random post on any message board. Do you think you could punt a ball 33 yards? Welp, let’s talk about the fake punt. Michigan plays too slowly to be down two touchdowns. What is the maximum you’ve ever seen the refs get the spot wrong? Big Noon Indiana is a silver lining! 4. Around the Big Ten with Jamie Mac Starts at 59:38 Indiana 56, Nebraska 7 495 yards to 304, one turnover to five for the Hoosiers. Indiana’s backup quarterback comes in and it doesn’t matter! The Hoosiers have a 51% chance of going 11-1 according to Bill Connelly. Maryland 29, USC 28 USC was up 28-14 in the 2nd half. They are now 1-4 in the Big Ten and have lost all four games by a combined 14 points (they led all of these games at some point in the 2nd half). Michigan State 32, Iowa 20 Aidan Chiles is pretty good when he doesn’t turn the ball over and he only turned it over once. Iowa scores a 75 yard rushing touchdown and that’s about it for them. UCLA 35, Rutgers 32 Congrats to UCLA for their first Big Ten win. The passing stats in this game are upsetting for Michigan fans. Wisconsin 23, Northwestern 3 Just lean on Northwestern and they’ll fall over. Oregon 35, Purdue 0 Yeesh MUSIC: ---"Losing It"--Fisher ---"Heel Highway"--The Hard Quartet ---"Casimir Pulaski"--Sufjan Stevens ---“Across 110th Street”—JJ Johnson and his Orchestra ... Read more

21 Oct 2024

1 HR 23 MINS

1:23:38

21 Oct 2024

#85

MGoRadio 10.6: Missing the Michigan Difference

wsg UM Regent Jordan Acker The Sponsors We want to thank <a href='http://shop.undergroundshirts.com/collections/michigan'>Underground Printing</a> for starting this and making it possible—stop by and pick up some gear, check them out at <a href='http://ugpmichiganapparel.com/'>ugpmichiganapparel.com</a>, or check out our selection of shirts on the <a href='https://mgoblogstore.com/collections/mgoblog'>MGoBlogStore.com</a>. And let’s not forget our associate sponsors: <a href='http://peakwm.com/mgoblog'>Peak Wealth Management</a>, <a href='http://www.realtorandlender.com'>Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender</a>, <a href='https://www.human-element.com/'>Human Element</a>, <a href='http://www.annarborelderlaw.com/'>Ann Arbor Elder Law</a>, <a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'>Michigan Law Grad</a>, <a href='https://www.experience4m.com/venue/'>Venue by 4M</a>, <a href='http://winewoodorganics.com/'>Winewood Organics</a>, <a href='http://sharonsheating.com/'>Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning</a>, <a href='https://royaloathinsurance.com/'>Royal Oath Insurance Group</a>, which is Owen Rosen's new firm, <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>Autograph: Fandom Rewarded</a>, <a href='https://givebutter.com/thosewhostay?utm_source=mgo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=cfp-championship-mgo&utm_content=keep-team-together'>Champion Circle</a>, who just <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>launched an app</a> where you earn rewards for things like reading MGoBlog and listening to our podcast, <a href='http://signalwire.com/'>SignalWire</a> where we are recording this. Featured Musician: <a href='https://music.apple.com/us/album/step-brothers/1743687596'>King Lynxx</a> The Video: [After THE JUMP: Things said.] --------------------- 1. Interview with Regent Jordan Acker starts at the top. UM Athletics recently put out a survey that fans found pretty offensive. Rather than have this out over Twitter, we invited a regent to come on and discuss what they're seeing as revenue tradeoffs versus what the fans are seeing in terms of asking us to pay more for a cheaper product. 2. Illinois Preview: Offense starts at 37:46 They've got a quarterback and a receiver, but maybe not so much an offensive line. 3. Illinois Preview: Defense starts at 49:39 The 5-1 defense is still alive post-Walters, and still has lots of cornerbacks playing man coverage. Can they stop the big run though? 4. Washington After Review starts at 1:03:13 Coverage was wore than we thought. What can Tuttle do for the offense? About the Music: King Lynxx The latest album from socially conscious Detroit hip-hop artist King Lynxx, featuring Tez the Don, is a lot like Lynxx himself: grown up, witty, earnest, and honest. King has his own studio that rents out to a lot of local Detroit artists across genres, and has helped a lot of bands perfect their sound, so it's a bit of a local celebration whenever he comes out with a new album of his own. We've shared the radio versions. Song choices: ---"God Body" ---"Walk It Better" ---"Step Daddy" Also because Across 110th Street will get our Youtubes taken now now, the opener and outro: ---“The Employee is Not Afraid”—Bear vs. Shark ---“Ruska Vodka”—Motorboat ... Read more

18 Oct 2024

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:15

18 Oct 2024

#84

WTKA Roundtable 10/17/2024: I Hope We Win

Things Discussed: ---Basketball talk with Seth: They're a fascinating portal team because they're not just the best players they could get; they're players who fit the kind of team May wants to coach. ---How much do we take preseason rankings seriously? Torvik and Kenpom have good numbers but the more transfers you have the dirtier their data. Projection is a larger component than it was in the past. ---Basketball talk with Brian: The one interesting spot is the four, because they want to play Wolf there, but not sure they can play against a small lineup. ---That's the thing about this roster: they can morph to play any kind of team. Rubin Jones gives them the flexibility; he can be a point in a huge lineup or he can play the four against guard lineups. Use Wolf against Iowa, use a small lineup against IU, etc. ---Basketball talk with Craig: Wolf and Goldin should work very well on the offensive end because Wolf has ball skills. Can Wolf guard a wing though? We'll have to see. ---Tschetter is more important than you think: he's slimmed down, is a skilled offensive player. Seth wants him to be the microwave off the bench, but if he can keep in front of wings a little bit more he's your other 3/4. ---Freshmen? Cason is going to be a starter next year probably so they're going to bring him in. Players might want to redshirt if they're D-I players who aren't NBA players (e.g. Brooks). Different math for Pippen, who could blow up this year or next, and is unlikely to stay in college if he becomes the player we think he'll be. Bigs should redshirt now. ---OSU-Oregon: Glad OSU lost because it fixed a rule hole and both OSU's schedule's a joke. Penn State's schedule's a bigger joke. Seth: they're flat track bullies. ---Football Talk: The coverage is in bad shape. Zeke Berry has me very worried. ---Could have been more about the Washington surface as guys were taking 3rd steps to gather themselves instead of moving like normal. Last time that field was tested for traction they were right on the border of acceptable, especially mattered when Giles Jackson is stopped and Berry is still in motion. ---Craig thinks Evan Link did better, Brian thinks the body of work says he's still the worst FBS right tackle so how much better can he get? ---Iowa-Washington: UW always comes away with 0 points in the redzone, but turnovers were the difference, and that came from Iowa knowing their defense versus Michigan giving away early open outs to Rogers. After watching Rogers vs Michigan I wasn't surprised a defense that knows who they are were able to exploit that. ---Guys coming along? Offensively no. Brian hasn't seen anything from the OL to think they can turn a corner, Orji stuff is tossed out the window, Tuttle's gonna get hurt. Brian is pretty checked out on football. Feels like modern college football has undermined how we invest in our teams, because once you lose a few games you're just looking at the portal instead of wondering who on your team you can develop. ---Defensively: Seth thinks Brandyn Hillman is going to be a really good player. ... Read more

17 Oct 2024

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17 Oct 2024

#83

Michigan HockeyCast 7.3: It Won't Happen Again

1 hour and 2 minutes With David Nasternak and Alex Drain This Podcast Has a Sponsor: Michigan Law Grad <a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'>Jonathan Paul</a> is the guy with the C you want skating next to the ref and pleading your case. He's also a good guy to sit next to at the hockey games. Segment 1: Ice Devils Melt ---Opener ---Goals in all different ways ---Finally an Ice Devil Goal ---Very Good First Road Game Segment 2: 59 Minutes and then 1 Minute, plus scores and Preview ---Sloppy, but Good Enough ---Ugh ---Friends and the League ---Clouds Preview MUSIC ---NHL on ESPN Theme ---"Dumb Ways To Die" -- Tangerine Kitty ---Ice Hockey (NES) theme ... Read more

15 Oct 2024

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:58

15 Oct 2024

#82

MGoPodcast 16.7 : The 2024-25 Basketball Preview

2 hours and 25 minutes The Sponsors Thank you to<a href='http://shop.undergroundshirts.com/collections/michigan'> Underground Printing</a> for making this all possible. Rishi and Ryan have been our biggest supporters from the beginning. Check out their wide selection of officially licensed Michigan fan gear at their 3 store locations in Ann Arbor or learn about their custom apparel business at <a href='http://undergroundshirts.com/'>undergroundshirts.com</a>. Our associate sponsors are: <a href='http://peakwm.com/mgoblog'>Peak Wealth Management</a>, <a href='http://www.realtorandlender.com/'>Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender</a>, <a href='http://www.annarborelderlaw.com/'>Ann Arbor Elder Law</a>,<a href='http://www.michiganlawgrad.com/'> Michigan Law Grad</a>, <a href='https://www.human-element.com/'>Human Element</a>, <a href='http://sharonsheating.com/'>Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning</a>, <a href='https://www.experience4m.com/venue/'>Venue by 4M</a> where we recorded this, <a href='http://www.supersklars.com/'>The Sklars Brothers</a>, <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>Autograph: Fandom Rewarded</a>, who just <a href='http://link.ag.fan/mgoblog'>launched an app</a> where you earn rewards for things like reading MGoBlog and listening to this podcast, <a href='https://givebutter.com/thosewhostay?utm_source=mgo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=cfp-championship-mgo&utm_content=keep-team-together'>Champion Circle</a>, and returning this season <a href='http://winewoodorganics.com/'>Winewood Organics</a>. 1. Dusty May and Basketball Vibes Starts at 1:00 It’s bye week which means basketball preview with Craig Ross! Dusty May inherited a roster with ~two players but hit the portal hard. He built Florida Atlantic into a Final Four team from nothing and it wasn’t a fluke. He wants to play tempo because he thinks it works but also because the players and fans will like it. May plays a different game from Beilein but the Beilein vibes are immaculate. He’s analytical in shot selection but also believes in player specialties. And he’s really into basketball podcasts! [The rest of the writeup and the player after THE JUMP] 2. The Back Court Starts at 24:59 This will be an interesting arrangement of dudes. Rubin Jones is a fun pick out of North Texas, he’s 6’5” and can switch onto bigs. Dusty May went for the guys he hated to play against. He also wants guys who can play multiple positions. Roddy Gayle has a concerning turnover rate but gets to the line a lot. Tre Donaldson III comes in from Auburn with a very efficient jump shot. Nimari Burnett should play as only a three and may start some games. LJ Cason is the most likely freshman to contribute. 3. Hot Takes, The Front Court Starts at 1:01:50 Takes hotter than Will Howard’s social media mentions. Vlad Goldin comes in from FAU and is what we want to see from a 7’1” center. He takes hook shots! Danny Wolf comes in from Yale and is the most interesting guy on the team (center sized with the skills of a point guard). He could get 5 minutes per game at the 5 and 10-15 minutes at the 4? Sam Walkers is Just A Shooter. Will Tschetter returns as a mini Danny Wolf. 4. Around the Big Ten with Jamie Mac Starts at 1:42:28 Oregon 32, Ohio State 31 Ohio State will be fine in the playoff implications race but in the meantime lolol. Oregon faced a tough choice taking the lead by kicking a field goal from the one yard line because Ohio State could easily get into field goal range (until they didn't). Penn State 33, USC 30 Tyler Warren (a tight end who wears 44(!)) had 17 catches for 224 yards and took the snap for a play where he had the receiving touchdown. Is USC the new Nebraska of the Big Ten? Wisconsin 42, Rutgers 7 Rutgers kept threatening to score and then turned the ball over. They had a lot of injuries on defense. Iowa 40, Washington 16 Washington outgains Iowa in this game but just cannot put points on the board. Minnesota 21, UCLA 17 This was a comeback victory in which Minnesota scored all 21 points in the 2nd half. A third of Minnesota's total yards came off their game winning drive. Northwestern 37, Maryland 10 Maryland turns the ball over four times. Northwestern didn't look amazing but capitalized on their opportunities. Illinois 50, Purdue 49 Purdue scored on every drive in the 2nd half. What does this mean for Illinois? MUSIC: ---"Roundball Rock"--John Tesh ---"Roundball Rock"--SNL ---"Roundball Rock Big Band Live"--John Tesh ---“Across 110th Street”—JJ Johnson and his Orchestra ... Read more

14 Oct 2024

2 HR 25 MINS

2:25:08

14 Oct 2024

#81

WTKA Roundtable 10/10/2024: The Dry Pellets Conspiracy

Things Discussed: ---Pre-show Tiger Talk: The trick is blowing out arms and managing your pitching staff. Tigers lost 4/5 starters from their expected rotation so they had to do the Bill James thing and do away with them. The way: counter the top of the order with a reliever, have your "starter" pitch 1.5 times through the lineup, go to your bullpen when you get back to the top of the order so the best hitters are never seeing the same pitcher twice. ---What a year: Tigers, Lions, and Michigan won playoff games in 2024 and the Wings and Pistons did not. ---Washington slip-ups: What can you fix, what can you not? Time to replace Evan Link—Persi is fine. Gonna go with Tuttle; that won't be a panacea but apparently they were preparing for him all along. Get Jyaire Hill some cleats. ---Defensively what's the problem? On standard downs they're elite, on passing downs they get too creative, and they're creating busts. Zeke Berry is not Mike Sainristil. You don't play Jyaire Hill like he's Aamir Hall: have him roll up and play some man. Makari Paige: he's a senior but he's not a Peppers who can line up at the LB level and run with Giles Jackson. ---Mitigating factors: Minter and Mac had long ramp-ups not Texas, USC and @Washington in their first three games. Wink came in thinking he gets to run an NFL defense and he's not used to playing with guys who have major holes in their games. ---Similarity to early Mac defenses: It wasn't until Week 8 that they could adjust to tempo (and even then they got caught in late changes). Macdonald came in running weird stuff and then learned to trust his best players. ---Evan Link: Brian still has him grading out terribly, Craig thought he's been better. Sam thinks Persi deserves a shot to start at RT. ---The "HOT coverage"—coach Twitter can come up with some reason it makes sense, but if you're running something you can't run that's on the coaches. Also it was tempo and Guy didn't know what was happening. ---Wink dialed it back for Arkansas State and Minnesota, but when he's under pressure he reverts to his weird stuff. Gotta know you don't have to be the answer; you can let your guys be the answer. ---Last offseason was a failure. This offseason is going to make or break this staff. ---Tuttle is not going to fix everything. He had a two-man route and a "you gotta throw that" to Amorion Walker in single coverage and didn't pull the trigger, then fumbled. His interception was way behind his target. ---Washington was slipping too. But when they fell over it's just because they suck at this. Did they not water the turf? Was it on purpose to give UW an edge? Let's create a pellets conspiracy! ---THAT WAS A JOKE; READERS I SWEAR TO G-D DO NOT CREATE A WET PELLETS CONSPIRACY. ... Read more

10 Oct 2024

58 MINS

58:58

10 Oct 2024

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