Blue By Ninety - BACK TO BACK "THE GAME" CHAMPS

Episode Date: November 27, 2022

12-0 and heading to Indy. Michigan is on top of the Big Ten for the second straight year.

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The three-pointer by Jordan Poole! Down the sideline! Peebles-Jones! Touchdown, Wolverines! All right, welcome back to Blue by 90. I'm Justin, joined by Jack and Kalen, as always. And we just beat Ohio State again. Never it out.

It's a great day. Victory Sunday. Yeah. You know, do our little tradition here, our now annual tradition. Pop that bottle, baby. Oh, yeah. Pop that bottle. Pop that shit.

Every year. Let it be known, there's a towel on on the floor just in case we make a mess here whoa jeez whoa i thought i got shot that was that was a true like that was like a movie style popping with the bubbles coming out and everything oh my, my God. That was amazing. Just a little bit. A little bit. Right?

Pour it up. Pour it up. DJ, two mics. I'll cheers you with my coffee. Glad I put that towel down. That's perfect. Good call. That's what she said.

Oh, Jesus Christ. Oh, man. It was an incredible day. I was in Columbus. You guys were at Monty's doing a watch party. It was just – it was a special day. I went back and forth all week long on how I felt that this game was going to go. I'll tell you right now, I did not expect us to just beat the shit out of them.

Ran their shit, dude. Second half team. We even kept it close in the first half just to be nice and then ran away with it in the second half. I said low week, did I not? I'm more concerned about Donovan Edwards being healthy than I was Korn. And it shows why. Dude, the tinfoil hat

theories paid off. Every single one of them came true. I have to give you credit. JJ over everything parlay hit. It did. From $1.88 I put on there. That's what was left in my Barstool account. Ended up like 15 some bucks. That's awesome. I mean, you're a millionaire. I'm basically

a millionaire. Honestly, we said it, that JJ's gonna have to have the game of his life i don't i wouldn't say he had like the game of his life because he definitely made some mistakes but when big plays needed to happen he made the play that he did he shouldered and and here's the thing too i put this tweet out there uh this as well. But, like, there was nothing going in that first – those first, like, three drives. I mean, that first drive we went down and kicked a field goal, but it was a 49-yarder. It wasn't like we got down to the 10-yard line and kicked it.

Like, it was – there was just not much going on. And all of a sudden, Cornelius Johnson just freaking takes it off. Dude, yeah. Oh, my God. I mean, I think he finished with, what, 160 yards receiving or something? Yeah, I'd have 100 plus because he had two big catches. 50-plus yard touchdowns, right? Yeah, four catches for 160 and two TDs.

Nice. Almost a Randy Moss type performance there. Colson Loveland, how many yards he have? He had that one 45-yard run, I think. That was it. He had one catch for 45 yards and a touch. Yeah, that's it. And a tutty.

Awesome. Oh, because I guess Scooney caught the fake. Scooney caught the Kalal. Yeah, or whatever. Not even a fake. I don't even know what you'd call that. Jump pass or something. Yeah.

Tim Tebow jump pass. Okay. He could have had him for a touchdown if you let him we could have scored by more we we could have won by more we honestly left points on the board with the field goal which like again 57 yards and moody like just barely missed it oh yeah he made that 49 yarder look like it was a an extra point drilled it dude that's why it's money moody incredible double game vibes are high all day i'll be honest i got a little nervous before the game started but other than that vibes were incredibly high oh yeah i was maxed out i was nervous like all week

and then the day came and i was like we're winning this game 100 i so 100%. So we had an incredible tailgate. Shout out to all the people that came out. We had like over 50 people at our tailgate. Michigan fans. I was telling Jalen, I could have seen the DMs just blown up. Some guy was like, yeah, we're going to have three Ubers full. We got 20 people coming through. I'm like, dude, everyone came over.

It was insane. We had like a legitimate Michigan takeover of this whole lot. It was incredible. It made me very happy knowing you had uh you had some backup backup with you yeah yeah i mean it was actually like i so we went out friday night to the bars and we had a lot of michigan fans there too well that's why he was a no-show for the rewatch that he set up okay i was i was no call them let's see i was all set up ready to go and it was nothing sorry um honestly we we were just like there was one michigan guy out there shout out to paul who was just like buying rounds for everybody shot pizza beers it was just like i mean it was a party the whole time.

But Ohio State fans didn't say shit to us. I was – I thought that Friday night, like, we'd get chirped a little bit, obviously, and then – but I also, when it wasn't happening, I was like, man, are they just, like, waiting to say something? Like, they're waiting for the game, waiting for the game, and then they were going to pour it on? Never happened. It just never happened happened so they were nice

i want to give a shout out to the house state fans because i was nervous about it i think it might have been different honestly if the game went differently but they had nothing to say in that fourth quarter dude i'll tell you what if ohio state doesn't have marvin harrison jr on that team they might get shut out they might have gotten shut out wow yeah that's actually true they i mean they didn't target him though in the third and fourth quarter he had zero red zone targets how did they not just try and force it to him at some point when things weren't working he catches everything he had his first drop of the season yeah oh yeah michigan on that slant i think it was but then he had like three fucking ridiculous catches on the sideline. Oh, yeah.

That first one, one-handed with, was it RJ? Just, like, draped all over him, too. Yeah, I don't know, man. It was nuts. Also, okay, speaking of manifesting it, so I'm wearing my SACTA Stigma 988 hat here, and it's for the Suicide Prevention Hotline. It also just so happens that yesterday was Michigan's 988th win of all time.

I mean, that's just manifesting the shit out of it and just like it was meant to be. That's incredible. Stars aligned. I didn't realize it until somebody said it to me because JJ was wearing the beanie all week during press conferences. And people were like, is he wearing a 988th win hat already? Oh, yeah. He was.

And I was like, well, no. I tweeted back and said it's a SACNAS stigma hat. And so I didn't realize that we were at 987 so just i mean incredible vibes incredible vibes so how quiet was that stadium in the second half okay first of all i want to talk about the first half it was loud as fuck it was like insane in there and like we were hyped up too obviously because it went back and forth but like those first couple drives when we were you know going nowhere and punting it was so loud and then after that donovan that first touchdown it just went silent because it was loud as shit because they were like they had just kicked a field goal all they all they were talking about everyone's like

all right just get one stop. There's still, what, six minutes left or something like that. Like, we just need to get one stop, and we'll go score and tie it back up. And then he just breaks it off on the first play, and it was just like – the place went silent. And we were going – I was out of control. Absolutely obnoxious in the stands. Thankfully, it was just me.

I was in the Michigan section right next to the Michigan band. But, like, just throwing beers up, just, like, hugging, kissing everybody I could see. It was obnoxious. That's awesome. You had beers in the stadium, too. That's a game changer. Not great for my wallet. Not a good wallet. Yeah, that would be painful. But that's a great game changer not great for my wallet not yeah that would be painful

but that's good that's good that you were with all the michigan fans like kind of in an area that's huge did you bring any shooters to sneak in we didn't honestly i mean we could have we like nothing there there was uh security was not tight i'll be honest um but yeah we i i had plenty to drink before the game we were doing we were doing a lot um you're feeling good cracked my first beer at 6 30 in the morning he's committed yeah we got to the lot that we were trying to go to and at 6 0 5 a.m it was full the lot was full oh wow yes it was we were like holy shit so we ended up finding a great spot though um in this other lot set up the tent had had uh had the speaker going um had a bunch of people out there dancing and stuff went back to the truck afterwards popping bottles

just victory beers a bunch of people came back to the truck after too holy shit i'm shocked to see you back home by now i assumed you would have stayed in columbus last night i i mean game it's early game so yeah i mean the game was over by four o'clock so it was like five o'clock and we were like all right either we go out and stay the night or just like go back home and so we just drove back. But it was probably for the best. I was dead. I mean, we had been drinking for six straight – or 12 straight hours.

And went out the night before. Did not have much sleep. So, I mean, can we talk about Jesse Minter? Goat. Oh, my God. Three points in the second half against Penn state michigan state and ohio state who would have thought that he would have been better than mike mcdonald not me actually not me he's done more with less and that team has just come together on defensive mike samer still is maybe one of the best defenders in all of college football. I love that. We took our wide receiver, put him at DB, and then we beat you.

I mean, he had to play the game. He did. He knocked it out of the guy's hand. Big fuck. The tight end. I don't know his name yet. Yeah. Oh, that was awesome.

That tight end? Yeah, he was huge. But, okay, I tweeted this out, too, because I was re-watching the game this morning. Mike came, okay, from my point of view, I was on the opposite end zone. And, like, I was like, that's a guaranteed touchdown. He came out of nowhere to make that play. He was on the other hash and just came all the way across. I do think Stroud thought he was so wide open.

He just, like, floated it to him essentially. But, Mike, he just closed floated it to him essentially but mikey just closed the gap recovered and then the play on the ball was like you couldn't have scripted it better than that you couldn't have asked him to do more i think the secondary played so well rod i was telling kaelin rod had almost two picks um coming from safety position on like 10 15 yard routes that scrabble's throwing got two rod was Rod was doing the finger wag all day. Beautiful. Oh, yeah. The Kempe finger wag.

It was beautiful. Oh, man. I know that. So I was shocked because I thought, and I think we had talked about this last week, we're going to have to get a pass rush on Straub to get him uncomfortable. But we really didn't have much of a pass rush at all and the the DBs just still locked him down like he was he sat back

there for a long time on a lot of plays and we still like he had nowhere to go a lot yeah I mean anytime a ball was rushed it's because it was you's because there was good coverage. I mean, there was definitely times where the D-line was getting in the backfield. Braden McGregor had a fucking game that nobody would have expected. He stepped up. He had some good plays. He had some really good plays. He almost had a pick on one of the third down plays. And the one we're watching right now, he fucking just made a play on.

He could have had two picks. I felt like their game plan was like, honestly,'t care what happens like in between the 20s but like once we're in the red zone they were able to just like tighten up on defense and prevent them from getting in right because they still threw the ball pretty well like in the middle of the field against us yeah i mean yeah especially they have when they have room to work their guys are so athletic and so good that they there's a greater chance that they're gonna to make a play. Marvin Harrison Jr. is a big part of that. But we really didn't see too many big plays

in between the 20s. There was little out routes and things like that and they were able to move down the field. But once they got in the red zone, things got so tight they couldn't run the ball against us. Did they make it in the red zone at all? In the second half?

I don't think so. They couldn't run the ball against us. Did they make it in the red zone at all in the second half? I don't think so. They made it. They were close when Stroud got within the 20. When he flipped it in the head. That's right. The interception at the end there. And then they kicked a field goal too.

I just don't think they were in the red zone then when they kicked it. Right? I don't think they were. I don on them when they kicked it right oh i think they were i don't know yeah there's maybe like either way they suck yeah so how about this so my pff guy dave so far so far um shout out him my pff guy he well he sends me all this incredible data it's it's amazing uh stroud uh was the second highest graded QB on third and fourth down going into the game but this yesterday 53.4 PFF grade on third and fourth down he was four for 13 for 81 yards one TD and two picks we locked him down in the red zone and we or sorry on third and fourth down when it mattered most it's incredible he did have a couple dots the uh like

the one to harrison on the sideline was an absolute beautiful ball and then the uh the touchdown um but like ultimately he was in a bad spot there there was just so much that i thought i thought was going to go differently, and then we just, like, nutted up and were like, no, we're better than you. And, I mean, I was in shock. Were you guys in shock? I believed in my team, man. Never in shock.

Never a doubt. Knew they were winning the whole way. So much more fun to watch it that way. I mean, I was definitely like, I think we're winning this game like it was like starting to click right that's how i that's exactly how i felt i was like because okay i don't know i i was feeling the exact same way i did last year where i was just like all right they're like they stopped us then they're driving and like you know know, they go down. All of a sudden it's a seven point or eight point game. I'm like, shit, shit, shit.

You know, I'm just waiting for something to happen because like in before last year, that was how it went. It was like we could have played so well. And then at some point things. And we just – it never did. And I just – I was like – it was so perfect that I think they kicked that field goal to go down eight, right? And because it was 23-31. And I'm sure they were all just like, we just need one stop. We just need one stop. We just need one stop. And Dono just fucking one play, like just dagger in their hearts.

Michigan's going to have two guys in the Heisman Trophy ceremony next year, and it's going to be Donovan Edwards and J.J. McCarthy. Dude, like how? It's a fact. If I told you at the beginning of the season, we're going to beat Ohio State and Blake is going to get two touches. Two touches? Like, I believe it.

You'd tell me I was a nut job. No, not a chance, dude. Donovan Edwardswards man he's i mean again no nothing i'm i sound like i'm kind of like a blake hater right now but blake is awesome but dono is just that fucking good he's that dude he had one hand he had no trouble i mean shut out the old line and all the receivers and you know they're incredible blocking out there for him but once he got got out on Oak Field, he's gone. Oh, yeah. Like, you're not catching him. Smooth.

Kalen, I'm with you. Jack's being an idiot. God forbid I believe in my team. On the road, without your Heisman candidate, and you still go out and beat him, it's just nobody in the world thought that. And I thought going into it that Blake was actually going to go. Like obviously he walks out there and I'm like, man, he must be banged up,

but it shouldn't be too bad. And then he limps off. And then like we didn't move the ball after that really much at all for those first few drives. That's where my panic set in. And I was like, shit, now what do we do? And they didn't flinch. The mental toughness of this team is like compared to two years ago

where that team would absolutely crumble in that situation. And now they don't care they knew what the game plan was they trusted and believed in themselves in the plan and it paid off it's unbelievable yeah man i feel bad for blake i i'd be i mean again i have no sources inside anywhere to confirm this but i'd be shocked if i mean his knees gotta be fucked up he made a couple cuts and he was like like if he plays another game this year, I would – I'd be shocked. I don't know.

I mean, maybe like the bowl game or like the championship. If he has enough time to fucking – I mean, he's not playing next week. He shouldn't. I think that would be a very idiotic move to play him. Yeah, no, they definitely should let him rest. He's still working through an injury. But, I mean, if he can make it back to the playoffs, great.

Yeah, like who knows, right? Maybe he heals up really fast. Maybe. I just don't think we'll need him next week. I mean, I don't think – I think you – yeah, I agree with you. I think you rest him up and don't play him next week. And then you hope that, you know, with what – it will be like five, six weeks rest, you know,

by the time a bowl game comes around, you know, knock over what he played off. Maybe five, I guess. Yeah. Then you'd hope that he actually is, you know, is healed up by then. If there's – they say there's no structural damage. Yeah. Just swelling, right?

Yeah. Probably just strained ligaments or something. Yeah. It's just swelling, right? Yeah. Probably just strained ligaments or something. Yeah. I don't know. We're not doctors. No. But I'm just like, even if he does play again this year, make it in an as-needed role.

Because if Dono's healthy, he really, I mean, C.J. Stokes is a very serviceable backup. I mean, you want Blake Corwin. You can't blame Blake if there's a chance. If he's not healthy, don't play him. But if he's not 100%. Yeah, if for whatever reason he heals up, put him in. Oh, yeah, fuck yeah.

I'd love to have him available. No, I'm so proud of this team, man. They crushed it. As a Michigan fan right now, it's just fucking incredible. Oh, yeah. Dude, I the fact we're 12 and oh like 12 and oh what the fuck man michigan team was 12 and oh what 97 yeah i think i like the writing on the wall there gotta be i mean i mean seriously we are 12-0 with a legitimate shot at a national title. Yeah. I want to turn on ESPN tonight and hear what Heather Dinnich has to say.

Would love to. Oh, my God. You can't say anything about our schedule now. I mean, I guess you can, but at the end of the day. We've got the best win in the country by far. On the road against the number two team in the country. It beats the shit out of them.

It's a done deal. I mean, do we think Ohio State is ranked in the top six when these new rankings come out? Six? Yeah. I think they still make a New Year's. I think they might be five or six. I mean, that still leaves room for them to get back in. That's true.

They need some help, though, right? TCU needs to lose. I mean, they need TCU and Georgia. Well, I don't know. Does the Georgia LSU game matter to them? Because it's, I mean, regardless if Georgia, Georgia's in regardless, I think. Win or lose.

But they need Georgia to beat LSU to remove them from the five position. And if TCU loses, then that's how I think Ohio State makes their way back in. Yeah, okay. And then it will probably be like Georgia-Ohio State in the 1-4 matchup, and then Michigan, whoever else. I mean, we have like a T T2-3 matchup. A little Big Ten matchup. For a playoff semi, I'm down for that.

That would be incredible. Don't do that to me, dude. The TV money is next level for that matchup. My heart could not fucking take that. I'd be so stressed. So stressed. We might have to fire up the blue by 90 jet.

We don't have that much. The van. It's like a shitty van. We need you to put more than miles. We need you to put more than $1.88 on JJ's bets. If we're going to decline a jet. Yeah. I would imagine if I were to put, who's like what? Plus 900. Yeah. JJ's bets if we're going to be climbing yet. I would imagine if I were to put

plus $900. I should have put like a million dollars. A million dollars. Huge. Hey, you were the one that said you were that confident. I was, man. If I had the million, I would have done it. Bet the house. Holy shit.

I mean, dude, I'm honestly pretty speechless like i it's hard to imagine like i don't know i just thought that last year was like the pinnacle you know like it was hard to imagine last year being uh being it you know not the greatest time. And the fact that we went into their house and silenced all their fans is just unbelievable. It's going to keep happening. That's where Michigan goes on that stretch, man. Here's the thing. It does flip the script completely.

The pressure is 1,000% on them. They've got to come to our house and win next year. Without C.J. Stroud is ryan day going to be the coach good question dude they hope so i fucking hope so you want to know the best just like they did with mel tucker man keep keep day and keep them around all of a sudden think about where we were last like midway through last year after that michigan state game um where it's like mel tucker and ryan day are like way better than Jim Harbaugh, right? That's the narrative.

All of a sudden, it's like they're both on the hot seat, and Jim Harbaugh is one of the best three coaches in the country. It's incredible. Just literally the inverse. I mean, right now, Harbaugh is the best coach in the country. I think so. Maybe behind like Kirby Smart. But, no, I mean, look at what you have. Harbaugh is smart but no i mean look at the talent like what what

you have harbaugh is 100 the number one coach in the country i agree with you i'm not gonna argue right that's my guy so kirby smart's got the fair to say they've got the better team they beat us last year but as far as coaching goes gotta say harbaugh yeah i mean i mean kirby's coaching with which part of coaching is recruiting right so like that you have to like but if you're talking about doing the most with with what you have then Jim Harbaugh absolutely is 100 he he's doing it with you know obviously he's got you have two five stars right five stars are gonna five star you got JJ and you got Donovan and they did win you the game yesterday but like the defense also like Mike Sainer still is not a five-star defensive

back Rod Moore was a three-star like these guys are are just he's making it work and to go 12 and 0 after all this is just like, especially considering the fact that they didn't go undefeated and didn't win that game with how much talent in 2016 and 2018. They had way more talent if you want to look at it from a star perspective, and now he goes and wins it with buy-in and culture and all that stuff instead. That's why it makes it so much better for me. That shit's important.

And obviously, you need that. Right? I mean, I'm just so happy. Has there ever been a coach win back-to-back coach of the year? Saban, maybe? Maybe. Dabo? Dabo's got to be on the hot seat, huh?

Holy crap. They lost for the first time since 2016 at home. To their rival. To their rival. Oh, Cox, baby. Cox by 90. Cox by 90. To their rival, that is not that good either.

Last two weeks, they might be the best team in the country. Yeah. Let's talk about getting South Carolina in the playoff. okay i like that real conversation i like that uh i'm down for that sec bias like just just bring somebody that's like seven and five up beautiful oh man yeah um i don't know i don't know like i don't know what Like, I don't know what to do. I'm, I'm like usually, you know, okay, I'll be honest.

And again, Jack, you can call me negative vibes. I really don't care. But I was, I was preparing myself to have to deal with the fact that like, all right, maybe it was a one year thing,

you know, and 11 and one with a loss there, you know, that still stings and it keeps us out and we're getting better but like if you lose that game you're kind of back to like where you were in 2018 right where it's like you're right there but can't get over that hump still um but now you win this game and the way you did it it's it's completely different now we're like legitimately on that top tier of college football teams and people got to go through us now to be a you know

to win the big 10 and win a national title see it's it's such a huge win for us too because like it could you could start seeing the shift right in like the powers of college football right so now you you might be seeing the downfall in some ways of the ohio state dynasty i agree with that dude like it's crazy to say and i think last year people said it like you slayed the dragon and like people i think it was an overreaction right it was an overreaction after last year because like you have to do it more than once to like truly like you know to switch the tide um but like now like, you start wondering about Ryan Day and you start wondering like where is Michigan and where is Ohio State on this totem pole? But it's so crazy too.

Ryan Day's literally lost two Big Ten games. But they just so happen to be to Michigan and they just so happen to be ass beatings both times. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it 100 of the time it's almost like this sounds not good it's almost like they hired like don brown or something to run their defense honestly well hey shocker they hired a big 12 defensive coordinator to fix their defense and it didn't work like right what the fuck did you think was gonna happen where did they pull him from oklahoma state what a weird hire because oklahoma state didn't they lose their

um their conference game on like the last play or something yes yeah um yeah it was i don't know man i just don't know if ryan day's – I think he's an incredible defensive – or offensive coordinator. Like, he's unbelievable at that. But, like, they don't have culture like we do. Not even a little bit. Dude, those guys, you could smell the fear in those guys as soon as things started clicking for Michigan. Dominant team, man. Watching his Courtney Neal Johnson highlights right now.

I'd love for you to participate in the podcast. Might be the best game he's ever had. Oh, 100%. He kind of struggled throughout the year a little bit. Drops here and there, not playing as well as everybody expected him to. How many pairs of gold pants does C.J. Stroud have? One.

Zero. I think it's zero. Justin Fields 2019? But he wasn't there? C yes yes yeah yeah zero pants for uh he's gonna go winless he's going winless against michigan and so that's like you can be a heisman finalist you can set all these records but you're winless against michigan and it's like nobody gives a shit down there. Yeah, I don't know if you can invite him to a Heisman ceremony anymore after that game. Honestly.

Actually. He's got some competition. He looks very – I mean, he still looks like a good QB, but he's not fucking Heisman worthy. I think he only had like 220 yards or something. No, he had like 350. What? Still, man.

No way. He was 31 for 48 for 349. I don't know. It's actually a really good stat line except for the two picks. What was his stat line last year? He threw like 400-some yards. Yeah, that's true. Yeah.

That's the thing that's crazy about this is that, like, you would think that if they threw for 400 or 350 in these games, they'd win them. But we figured out that, like, I don't know, they just didn't beat us on big plays at all. And if you just keep them in front of you for the most part, they're, like, the defense, the secondary got gashed a couple different times. You know, like, but played it to play the next down right and if you don't give it up like those huge plays that's the difference right and you can

expect to give up one or two big plays um you know to ohio speaks because they're so explosive but like kaylen said in between the 20s you kind of let them do what they wanted to but once it came down to the red zone like yeah you're not getting shit it kind of and that's where he gets all his numbers from those dink and dunk kind of shit i mean yes that's why the numbers kind of added up but uh yeah dude i don't know i also don't know if mayan williams was still uh banged up something yeah i thought i was asking kalen because i didn't really you said what he had nine rush attempts like eight attempts or something yeah he had eight eight attempts for 34 yards they never i mean they really never got it going with him but also the last few weeks they they had run it with that freshman the hayden kid um like a lot like he was

because henderson and maya williams were both limited they had gone to that number five the hayden kid he only had two rushes for seven yards yesterday. They went to the Traeanum kid who – he was like a transfer. I didn't understand that. Yeah. The other thing that I didn't understand was they were going tempo early and it was working pretty well against us. And then when they were down in that

third and fourth quarter they like went away from it and just started running the ball and i was like okay if you want to run the clock out then go for it right yeah i guess yeah i don't understand their strategy yeah um also i mean we're just all over the map right now like not talking about it in a sequential fashion at all and i don't even i'm sorry for the listeners but it's it's just how things are coming to my head in the moment but that 13 play drive for us where jj scored on the uh his rushing touchdown like that was just so beautiful where you just like you you just take your team and force it down their throat for 13 plays in like eight minutes or something like that that is exactly how jim harbaugh wants to do it oh he had complete control that game in the second

half no question yep wasn't a doubt in my mind. What do you think the spread's going to be against Purdue? It already came out. You guys guess. I'm going to say 22.5. 16.5. I'm kind of shocked.

I'll take that. I'll take that spread. Early look ahead, what do we think about Purdue? Obviously, they have Aiden O'Connell, great QB, right? Big time passing team. Are we just going to dismantle them a la Ohio State or what? I have no respect for Purdue.

They're going to get fucking throttle. That's my thoughts exactly. I'm sorry. I don't want to get like too ahead of myself here. But I just – I feel it goes the exact same way as last year where it's just like there's no way we're letting some team like this get in the way of us having a chance at a national title. Have we played a Big Ten West team this year?

Illinois. Illinois. They did beat Illinois, which is like – I thought that Illinois team was pretty good. So that's a good win. But, like, I mean – Illinois was struggling at the end of the year, though, too, to be fair. And that was a big fuck-up game for Michigan.

That was, like, their one slip-up game this year. Don't expect that to happen against a Purdue team. We also played Iowa. Oh, that's right. Which they lost to Iowa 24-3. Yeah. Tough luck. Letting up that many points to Iowa.

Yeah. Purdue sounds like they're just like – they're either there or they're not. Right. Right. Because, I mean, they played Penn State first game of the year, 35-31. They played them really hard, penn state turned out here's the other thing too sorry again i'm all over the place michigan's i mean michigan's wins i know the non-conference you can heather dinick whatever you can talk about whatever you want but like

michigan has two as a top three win and a top 10 win like They have good wins. The win against Penn State is a great win. What's Penn State ranked now? Or at least last week. Were they 12? No, I thought they were. Were they back in the top 10? I thought they were like 15 or something. Because when we beat them, they were top 10. Yeah. But they're working their way back in. They should

probably end up being pretty close to top 10 after beating Sparty. I mean, that's what I don't understand. When we played Iowa, Iowa was ranked. But, like – Everything's a giant game until we beat them, and then it's no longer a big game. Right.

That's how it's always been. Yeah. Always been like that. But should you be counting your ranked wins at the time you played them? I think that's how they do it, yeah. Okay. Well, then why – what the heck? I think that's how they do it, yeah. Okay. Well, then why don't – what the heck? I don't know.

I don't know. But, I mean, we can also look at it. I mean, it's still helpful for us now. Yeah. Look at it through the end of the year. You know, I don't know what's my favorite thing is when people do that, whatever fits their narrative, right? If it's a top ten win at the time and it, like, fits their narrative more,

then they'll do that. But if they drop out, then they'll go with that. Whatever diminishes Michigan's credibility. Really is what I'll go for. Yeah. And, you know, if you don't want to hear it, just win out. What's Heather Dennis going to say now? That's my favorite part.

Keep winning. What if we win out, huh? Yeah. Shout out Cade, dude. My family, bro. Family. I did see John Thomas yesterday. Gave him a big hug.

Family. It was incredible. It was, I will say. So here's the thing. I think I said this to you guys on the last pod where I've been to every game except for 2014. I've had a lot of really, really shitty walks over that bridge and back to the car in Columbus.

Damn. That was a good feeling to walk with my head held high. Nobody can say shit. High five and Michigan fans on the way out. Oh my God. It was such a good feeling. Yeah. How was it?

Were you nervous at all? Walking out of the stadium? No, nobody said shit. They couldn't. They were silent. They were stunned. They had no idea what to do.

I love it. They were silent for the entire fourth quarter, man. It was like they all thought, they legitimately all thought that they were going to come in and kick our ass and retake that reign. They were going to just in and kick our ass and, like, retake that reign. They were going to just, you know, hey, we're the big dogs, right? We're still here. And then we just imposed our will on them and beat them down for four quarters, and it was the best feeling.

That's what I think. I think it's the way that Michigan does things that is so satisfying, where it's nothing super special and you just like end up after the fourth quarter ends we're the better team. That's how we've done it all year long. I mean I would say Donovan Edwards 200 yards rushing

is something special. That's yeah. I agree with McCarthy. What best game of the year? For him. He had four total touchdowns. That's fucking special man. I don't think we should discredit that what they did at all did anybody beautiful game i happen to catch the like fox um post game like thing because in the pre-game they all like picked ohio state oh yeah right and plus they got urban there so i'm just like i wonder what the vibe was at the post game show where they're all like holy shit we were wrong urban's like crying in the corner or something like oh man um i was uh so that was they did uh they did college game day

like right on the field right in front of us that was wild did they yeah um so that was that was just kind of crazy and it was that was kind of cool because it was Corso's last game, I think. Okay, good. It should be. I hope they set him up right, man. That guy, he should have been off camera three years ago. I agree. I love how they honored the, like, 12-0 2012 team at that game.

Only one team walked away 12-0 after this one. Hell, yeah. That's amazing. Also, they were like weirdly showing urban like kind of in the background but he was like i don't know i would have thought that he would be front and center there but he was like they like kind of showed him kind of didn't it was kind of odd kind of like uh when you're i'll bring up a movie here insidious and they look back at the pictures of like like, the kid being haunted,

and you can see, like, a little blur of, like, that little creepy lady. That's Urban. Urban's just like a creepy lady. I'm coming back. I'm taking all of you back. What if Urban came back to coach? How many Ohio State fans are like, let's just get Urban. We'll give him a blank check.

I don't even care about his pass. All of them, right? Oh, dude. They already did that. Yeah. I only follow a couple. I think actually I follow one Ohio State fan account, that BuckeyeFet guy. Yeah.

And it's so fun to see them tweet like some of our fans tweet after, like, Michigan loses. I'm like, that's an awesome feeling. Like you suck, dude. Oh man. They had nothing to say. And a lot of them were shitting on their own team.

Yeah, dude. Oh, I was going to say this. They, um, when I knew that we like had them was when they punted on, I think it was fourth and three or something.

And CJ wouldn't go for it. And CJ, they booed the whole stadium, booed them. They booed Ryan Day. They should have gone for it. They should have gone for it. I mean, that was when they were, what, first and 35? And they just got, like, chunk yard, chunk yard, chunk yard. I mean, they probably would have got that first down.

I think so, too. I think he was soft. He had no guts that whole day. We've got the game going on here, and they just came back from halftime. They showed a stat that in the first half, we only had 10 rushing yards. That is wild. That's where I was like, the fact that we were – were we leading at halftime? No, down 17-20.

But also, I don't really think they really – we really decided like, all right, Donald's going to be running back one. Yeah, we didn't really know what we were doing. I wonder how many rush attempts he had in the first half. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. It was incredible that we were in it at halftime. We essentially had like three big plays, right?

In the first half? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we had the Cornelius. We had two Cornelius touchdowns. And then the 49 or whatever your field goal from the game. Okay. So do we keep the bet rolling for the rest of the year,

down at halftime, win the game? Ooh, did you win that? Yeah. The JJ over everything plus that? Yeah. You're welcome. Yes, sir. I didn't know that was a bet. Yeah, your check's in the mail. There we go. Yeah. The JJ over everything plus that? Yeah. You're welcome. Yes, sir. I didn't know that was –

That's a bet. Yeah, your check's in the mail. There we go. That's a bet. I didn't know you could do that. I mean, that right there shows toughness too. Like, you go into halftime down, and they just still couldn't – like, it didn't feel like we were, like, you know, lost, right?

It felt like we, like, still were pretty confident coming out and we're going to stick to our game plan. I mean, yeah. I mean, I'll be honest. If you had me try to, like, go back and identify Michigan's game plan for this game, I couldn't tell you what it was. Yeah, same. That's how I feel.

Right. I'm, like, throwing the ball deep. And deep and then like dono had some big rushing yards like right you couldn't i couldn't if i had to tell you what their game plan was going in i just be like it's kind of true ohio state honestly we didn't do the same thing we did against pretty much every other team we're being stubborn in this game like we're gonna run the ball we're gonna run the ball if it doesn't work then we're gonna keep running the ball we were willing to run the ball that doesn't work we throw the ball. If it doesn't work, then we're going to keep running the ball. We were willing to run the ball. If it doesn't work, we'll throw the ball. Play action pass.

Like, we did a lot. The play action pass, shout out to the line for blocking, giving JJ plenty of time on those play actions because they needed a long time to set up. And then, I mean, it was just CJ put that dude in the fucking spin zone. Just he had no idea where he was that was that tough luck for that db tough look and then what like so it's kind of hard to tell what happened on the loveland play because like uh was it either ronnie or cj fell down and then i didn't know if people like bumped into each other or what yeah I need to re-watch it then I missed that part are you saying like it was supposed to go

to like Ronnie or CJ and then love no I think like so they like kind of crossed paths and it looked like it looked like it wasn't like a pick play but like they fell our receiver fell down and then it was like all of a sudden holston's just wide open beautiful yeah i i also thought jj like played within himself really well but also like did have magic in him at times where he made something out of nothing so it's like kind of the perfect balance of where he wasn't doing like insane stuff that was like going to hurt us much other than the intentional grounding was the only one that I thought was a really bad decision.

So he wasn't like making those, but he did enough where like he won that game with his legs a lot. Like he extended drives and made things happen when there was nothing there. Here's that run he had. Then he had that 20-yard run or something. He beat Kiefer running to the right and he gained an extra 10 yards when he never

should have. It shows you how important having an athletic quarterback is in this day and age. If you want to win at the highest level, you have to have a mobile Q have if jj is not there extending plays and you know evading a rush and stuff like that michigan may still win that game but not as comfortably as they did because there's plenty of times on third down where he's evading a sack or he's you know extending the play and just getting the ball out of there so we have better field positions we make another play he i mean he

phenomenal game from jjJ. McCarthy, man. Everybody, the whole team overall, everybody played fucking spectacular. And on the other side too, like we said this beforehand and knew it going in, but like there were a couple times, I remember one specifically, where Stroud had like 20 yards of green that he could have ran for a first down. And he just like, He never tried to run. It's insane. He ran for 15 yards and slid and still not gotten touched.

He has the athleticism to run the ball, but I just don't think he runs it. Strange. He's soft. It all stems from the head coach. It really does. It starts there. We're watching this replay. Who fell down. It starts there. It starts there.

We're watching this replay. Who fell down? Oh, shit. Okay, I see what you're saying. That could have been a broken play. It felt weird. Like, if Colton and Ronnie or Cornelius fucking trained each other, and then CJ fell down.

Yeah, it was kind of like, okay, I'm just going to keep running. What's happening? It was kind of odd. There was just like a lot happened all right there, Yeah, it was kind of like, okay, I'm just going to keep running. What's happening? It was kind of odd. There was just like a lot happened all right there, and all of a sudden Colston was just wide open. Man, I like him. True freshman, right?

Dude, he is going to be – he might be better than Eric Hall. I was going to say, he's built very similarly to Eric Hall. That's what you keep saying, right? Like give him a couple years, put some weight on him, he'll be giant. He'll gain another good 20 to 30. And then he struggles a little bit in, like, run blocking, because we love to get the tight end, like, coming across

and doing chip blocks and stuff, and he's just not quite big enough for that D-end, but when he gets there, he's going to be really good, and, I mean, he's just going to be a huge threat in the pass game. Like, he's Eric Hall, and, I mean, having him, to be a huge threat in the pass game like he's he's air call and I mean having him and then I love ready to ready is going to be a dog they play him a fullback a little bit too now oh yeah I know classic hardball dude this is the Mullings freaking touched or uh that should

have been a touchdown I think we already said that. He would have let him. He had him wide open. Incredible. I mean, but also. He's not going to throw the ball, right? Right. Drop a shot. Jump pass. Got no right hand. That's right.

He'll throw with his other hand. I'm sure he can do it. I want to go back to JJ as well a little bit here. He, on those deep balls, it was perfect where, like, he let his guy get it. He didn't try and lead him too much where he was going to overthrow like because he's been uh faking it this whole year man i mean that's 100% on the receivers getting so fucking open yeah he doesn't need to feel like he can throw a perfect

ball he's like i can kind of let some that was 100 the most open receivers i've seen all year from i mean they had 10 15 15 yards. Insane to me. There's one game I can choose for my receivers to get open, and they all did it this game. All of them. Everybody played great. Yeah, that was... If Wilson Loveland can get bigger and he can run block and catch, then you've got Dano out of the backfield

who can run and pass. Then you've got JJ at quarterback who can run and pass as well. I mean, you've got just being able to have players at that position that can do both instead of being like just a run blocker or just a guy that can get you five yards like donald edwards is like he can do anything that you need a running back to do you could put anything in defense you could probably play some you can play safety and probably just like yeah somebody up dude he's legit and then colson loveland if he can get bigger like you said and put some weight on and he can be a really good

run blocking tight end as well as a great receiving threat and you've got jj who can extend plays and get the ball where it needs to get i mean michigan could go um i can't be right now our heads are huge right now holy shit if michigan wins a natty this year I would bet everything that they go win a natty next year too. With all those guys coming back. How do you not think they do that? I can't believe we're fucking even having this conversation. Yeah, is this a serious conversation? I don't know.

It's a very serious conversation. Dude, just the fact that there's like a possibility that like, we have a legitimate, I already said this, but having a legitimate shot at an Eddie is just like – it's really hard for me to fathom. It's really hard for me to fathom. The only team Michigan should be somewhat nervous to play or somewhat scared to play, and because of just the vibe of this team,

I don't think they are at all, it would be Georgia. Yeah. Anybody else, like, you've got to think at this point they're going to dominate no matter who they play. Yeah. I think for this team, they should just take it one game at a time, dominate their opponent, whoever that is, you know, next weekend, and then reevaluate from there.

And as a fan, that's how I'm going to approach every week, I think. I said this as well beforehand about Michigan and Ohio State, that this is like the first time in a while where we felt like the aggressor right where like we have the pressure on them and they're on their heels like that showed 1000% yesterday and and then I think that's also a little bit the case for the college football playoff too like you know like I feel like we're no longer this like you know the fourth team in or whatever it is like we're like we don't belong like we truly feel that we belong in those top two and we're like one of those teams like we're on the level of georgia and this may come back to bite us in the ass you know because

georgia could still be very fucking good they are but like yeah i don't know it just feels like all of a sudden like we actually are at that level and it does feel really good knowing that there's a 99.9 chance we do not play georgia unless it's in the uh championship game yeah and that feels good that feels really fucking good yeah i'll be pissed if they put well actually i guess yeah no it doesn't really matter i think no matter what michigan will not play georgia because let's say we'll be pissed if they put well actually I guess yeah no it doesn't really matter I think no matter what Michigan will not play Georgia because let's say Georgia loses the SEC title game they're not going to put them at four Michigan will jump to number one

so Georgia will probably be two or three and then if Georgia does win then they stay at one, Michigan wins they stay at two we still wouldn't play them either way that way until the championship so if we're number two you think we would end up playing like USC,

TCU, something like that maybe? I mean, I'm assuming... What a great matchup for us. Oh my gosh. Dude, honestly, Caleb Williams kind of scares me because he's like, if CJ Stroud was really good...

Subtle hint there. Holy shit. Holy shit. me because he's like if cj stroud was really good subtle subtle hit there holy shit holy shit i i i'm struggling to to think about this this is very overwhelming oh my god i also i i just had the thought of like my bank account for the next month. I'm trying to talk to Kinch. I'm like, dude, so you think you're going to go down to Indy next week? What's going on? You think we'll be able to stay at your parents' place? What's the deal here?

Oh, my God. My bank account is so fucked. So fucked. From now on, you can only drink bottom shelf. I can't eat, I think. I just have to go this weekend. Ramen and hot dogs, dude. There you go.

Living the college good life. Holy shit, man. Well, what a day. It was truly magical. I don't know if it was quite as magical as last year winning at home because there had been 15 years leading up to magical as last year winning at home because there had been you know 15 years leading up to that moment last year and the snow and that being with all the michigan fans in michigan stadium but i i don't it's like a 1a 1b situation where like it was just different yesterday where

like watching them be silenced in their own place for the first time in over 20 years just felt so satisfying it was i'll tell you what i was talking to um corinne one of our um contributors and we were like kind of going back and forth trying to like like what did this game feel like and uh where was that but it was like last year was kind of like the feeling of, you know, got the monkey off your back. You know, they can't say anymore. Kind of like that Juwan and Coach Harbaugh clip. Like they said, you can't beat Ohio State.

Now what? Like you got the monkey off your back and then you're like, okay, this year there's almost like that feeling of like, okay, was this real? Like, did that actually happen? Like, does this make a change? And then you see them beat them. You throttle them in their stadium and they're like okay this is fucking real the tide has turned like love michigan's time now yes sir ohio state's just fucking throw them in the gutter you're getting me pumped up man thank you i'm ready to go run through a brick

wall this is how i'm sober for the podcast the uh, I agree with you, man. Everything's changed. That game, because that was also, here's the thing, that was the biggest, I know we said this last year, but that was legitimately the biggest game since 2004? Six. Six, I mean, sorry. 2006.

Like, I think by far, right? Like, in terms of a – that's like the most program-defining win that you could possibly have. Going up against an undefeated while being undefeated and going there and winning, like, that shit doesn't happen, dude. And you know who does that? Elite, elite programs. Like, Alabama goes to Auburn and does that shit.

Like, Clemson goes to, you know, these places and does that. Like, that's – you know how hard it is to go 12-0? You know how hard that is? So you're saying that Harbaugh is the next Saban? I think better than saban all right saban won coach of the year last year no harbaugh did saban's lost two games i'm a fucking loser i mean okay you do kind of think about it though on the landscape of college football again we're getting way too uh far ahead of ourselves here but like you see dabbo have a down year you see saban have a down year ryan day has a down year mel tucker has a way down year so like

wait ryan day has a down year they lost one game i mean that's a down year for them that's their standard that's insane you know i agree with you but doesn't it feel like he i mean ryan day is legitimately on the hot seat there There's no question about that. They want – he, like, has to win next year. Otherwise, they're going to fire him. I, like, don't know if that's true, but I love that narrative, so I'm going to subscribe to it. I think there is truth to it, right?

Like, that's how important that game is to that fan base, right? And I respect it. But also, I, like, look back. I'm like – and i'll be honest i mean i was calling for harbaugh to be gone after he lost what five straight yeah look what can happen two years later you know like it fucking sucks and everybody gets really emotional about this game and who wins and who loses and what the winning streak's at but like you know some teams go on runs and you kind of just got to wait it out

i'm a big subscriber that it takes seven years to rebuild a program right same with dabbo took them seven years to get clemson going took our boss seven years to get michigan going essentially yeah and now i mean dude jayden davis you got to expect he's going to commit to michigan um didn't the fucking oh State commit, decommit, and then commit to Michigan after that game? Okay. I forgot about that. I didn't realize this until somebody said it on our Twitter space last night.

The dude was legitimately, like, wearing Ohio State stuff in the first half, taking pictures with Ohio State. Then in the second half, he was taking pictures with Will Johnson and committed, decommitted from Ohio State, committed to Michigan. That's the most incredible thing I've ever heard. I hope he ends up being, like, an all-time great for Michigan. Dude, that's hilarious. That's actually an all-time story.

I mean, that's just – that's the most incredible story. Like, he has to become a Michigan legend, right? He was on an official visit at the game? Yes. Had a field pass, all that shit. Dude, that's the most disrespectful thing of all time. I love that. Beautiful.

Imagine having that conversation with Ryan Day after like, hey, just to let you know, I just committed to Michigan. I hope we paid for his plane ticket home. Yeah, they definitely didn't pay for his way home. They're like, all right, fuck you. They're like, fuck this kid. They're like, all right, this visit is over. Oh, my God.

That's unbelievable. Yeah, man. What a day. What a weekend. We'd love to see another day. Back to Indy, baby. Back to Indy. This is incredible.

Dude, I was talking to Waddy. I'm actually texting him right now. And I'm concerned he didn't sleep last night. Man, he's a fucking maniac. But he already booked his hotel room already for Indy. I know, bro. He also just, he snapped at me, fireball, from his house at like 5 a.m. yesterday. I know.

I showed Caleb. I was like, dude, I think Wad incredible it was the dude's just been on a rampage for 48 hours now hammered the whole time zero sleep just re-watching uh the game like 10 times in a row holy shit oh man such a good feeling this is the you wake up on today and the air is fresher the grass is greener just like well and think about you we haven't we haven't experienced any sort of feeling like this like as a real human being ever like when you're a kid you don't really realize the the magnitude of this feeling and how rare it is right like this is the first time it's like a real human being adult that we can like experience yeah we really need to soak it all in jack's having like an existential moment

so i'm like trying to be positive on all of it and just like have high hopes man it makes it that much more fun when you know shit does happen i will say i will say so i was i was facetiming with jacklyn last night and she's obviously in clemson and she would have to figure out like a flight or somehow to get to india like drive 10 hours or whatever it is right and she's like she's like is it like worth it because we're playing she's like who are we playing i was like purdue you know we're you know we be famous. She's like, is it worth it? They stay in that atmosphere. And I was just like, my response was like, I understand, but also this shit just doesn't happen. Yeah, I didn't go last year down to Indy,

but I was watching on TV. I wish I would have been there. And I never will forget they were playing, and you could hear the crowd just screaming Mr. Bright watching on TV. I wish I would have been there. And I never will forget they were playing, and you could hear the crowd just screaming Mr. Brightside on TV. Oh, yeah. And I was like that. I was like crying watching that. Well, and this is something, too.

Think about it. This is something you tell your kids, your grandkids, right? Dude, I remember going to Indy after Michigan just throttled Ohio State and in Columbus for the first time since 2000. You've got to imagine all the hype of the Michigan fans down in Indy that sounds like the greatest atmosphere of all time it's like Christmas morning coming early yeah Michigan to win the Big Ten title like I think it's just a full day of fucking endorphins just being pushed through your body like I want to be there more

than anything last year it was like I can't the, the bar scene and we're going to throw a tailgate this year. I believe I'm trying to set it up right now. I'm going this year. But last year, the bar scene at brothers where it was just a 1000% like party. We all pretty much knew we were going to win that game. Cause it was like the same thing. Like we knew this team wasn't going to like drop the ball

after what they did to Ohio State. And so it was just like party all day long, and then you go watch the game, and we like immediately scored twice. You know, like the whole thing was just like endorphins. I was just like on this high. I obviously drank a lot, but like i didn't need to like it was you would have just soaked up the vibes yeah yeah i was high on vibes that was what it was yesterday where it was like there's just no no feeling like no way to describe

the feelings that you have when you're with a bunch of Michigan fans and we're winning. Like, dude, it just doesn't get better than that. And, dude, I think it's so easy for us to like – even if you're a Michigan fan, like, you know, again, planning on going down to Indy. I'm not even planning on going to the game. I was just talking to Waddy. Like, I'll go down there and just like tailgate, and then we just go to the bar

and watch the game at the bar and then Just fucking yeah, you'll still be having a great time. Oh, yeah the games not till 730 You can leave you know that morning and no that's true You're not staying a whole weekend in Indy if you don't need to you know, it's just super easy trip. Mm-hmm Yeah, I'm pumped. I've never been toy's what is it excited four and a half hour drive or something yeah yeah it's not bad it's like driving up north it's a great town too it's a great town i'm glad that we were able to go this is i i'm glad that this football team has blessed us with this opportunity yeah yes oh yeah holy shit all Oh, my God. I think I might just go watch the game again.

That's what we're doing right now. There is not a limit on the number of times you can watch this game for the next week. Just keep going back. Tell you what, man. I just love watching fucking Donovan Edwards just run the ball. Honestly, this is my idea for Dono, next NIL deal. He can just do it on his own.

Start an OnlyFans and just put a camera up and you just wear your full uniform and you just run on a treadmill. Just watch that shit like this. Look at how smooth he is, dude.

Look at him run. We're going to have to clip that one. We for sure are going to have to clip that one. Oh, man. We for sure are going to have to clip that one and put it on social. I'm sure Tyler will get it for us. That was perfect. Oh, my God. Shout out, Tyler. If you guys don't know Tyler, he's been recently clipping our podcast for us

so we can put stuff on social. He's written some articles. Great addition to the Blue by 90 team. A lot of great people we've had recently, man. Good stuff. Absolutely. Oh, my goodness. All right.

Well, we'll have plenty of content. I mean, we're going to Indy. We're going to Indy. We're going to Indy. Let's go. We're playing for back-to-back Big Ten championships now. We will be having more content and just soaking it all in on this fricking ride that we're on. It's like,

it's one of the best rides that I've ever been a part of, man. And for all you blue by 90 supporters and listeners, like can't appreciate you guys enough. You've made this like the most special 12 months, 18 months of, of a long, you know,

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