Blue By Ninety - Bryce Underwood Is Like That

Episode Date: September 1, 2025

Justin and Tanner talk about Bryce's ridiculous debut and Michigan’s 34-17 win over New Mexico.

All right. Welcome back to Blue By 90 presented by Feldman Chevrolet of Highland. I'm Justin, joined by Tanner today. We're 1 and 0. Victory Monday. We're recording this. Happy Labor Day to everybody out there. It's always good to be 1 and 0, right? Great start to the season. The tailgate was unreal. I mean, we can talk about that in a little bit. But I mean, shout out to Feldman again. Shout out. to woods and whiskey as well camp uh the camp vodka water was going down like not like literal water yeah like sammy adams yeah exactly um woods and whiskey you enjoyed it yourself a few a few whiskey sours you know a couple heisman uh old fashions um i know they had a they had a whiskey mule and you know we had plastic cups the mules don't hit the same unless they're in that copper bug you know there's something that it does to the flavor but it was all phenomenal the camp was really good. I had a Hale IPA as well at some point. And it was just a great day. It was beautiful. The sun was, I mean, it was the high was like 72, but the sun was right. I don't know what it,

like it felt like that was the first time that I'd been in the sun in six months for some reason. Like, I've been outside all summer, but 72 and sunny hit my skin. Like, I don't know what happened. Yeah, it was, it was beautiful. I didn't get too burnt. My uncle, my uncle came up to the tailgate. My uncle was a little red. I was very red, I'll be honest. I avoided that. But it was just a beautiful day. We had the TV on the flatbed truck watching Ohio State, Texas,

and then watching Alabama Ford State. A couple of upsets there to start today. So great day of tailgating, great day of football. Clayton Anderson. Oh, man. Shout out to the guy Clayton, Bedford, Indiana. Lake Monroe down there in Bloomington. He showed out, did his thing.

The whole band, they were awesome. DJ Ray. Ryan. DJ Array was there. We had, you know, Ian Buncing, friend of the program was there. Wormley? I never, never, like, it always surprises me how large his hands are. And it just goes to show the different level of physicality that college and NFL players

have with them. We saw Chris Wormley. Chris Wormley came out. Friend of the club, for sure. Yeah, had his little girls with him. I unfortunately didn't get a chat with him, but hopefully next time he's in town, we'll chop it up. He also, he'll come on the pod here soon, too, to talk ball.

him him ean and jake but who are all friends of the pod just ball guys just football guys no ball yeah um also it's i mean i mean i mean ean's an incredibly large human being chris wormley gigantic also like just like he looks like he's like slimmed from like when he was like at his biggest at michigan at least you know yeah and still just a massive human being yeah i was like i was like yeah that's Chris Wormle. Like you could just kind of tell when you're like, that's a former player coming up. They're just, it's a different level, man. So it was an awesome day going into the stadium, James Earl Jones, Darth Vader on the ones and twos on the intro video, never fails to give me chills.

No. And that night, too, it's even better. And the boys touch the banner and you're just like, let's go. Let's get after. In the crowd, too, I don't know if I'm going to head myself here, but I want to talk about this. I mean, Bryce goes on to the field. You know, Michigan loses a toss. They get the ball first. man, that pop of energy was something that I've probably got to go back to JJ's first start in terms of just like kind of the hype leading into a game. You know, obviously Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, those games have hype, but this one just a different type of excitement from the fan base.

And it just, you know, it kind of built and built. And then there was a couple throws that was like, all right, now it's at a fever pitch. And then he just kept making throws where you're like, oh, my God. This is an 18-year-old as a two weeks ago. Let's get right into it. I, we had nine months, eight months of hype of Bryce Underwood since he flipped to Michigan back in December, right? And so we've been talking about this for a long time. We've been waiting for this moment to see, okay, what is he actually going to look like in real game time, you know, game speed in the maze and blue?

First of all, he looks the part. I mean, that's first and foremost. We've seen him, you know, in the practice film and all that. But the comfortability, the poise. I think that was what I told you, what I'm hoping to see out of him, right? On our podcast last week leading up to this, like, what does a good week for Bryce Underwood look like? My, I thought I wanted to see him look comfortable, look like the real deal, and he looked

every bit of it. I mean, from the get-go, from him, you know, dancing around as he. he's walking out for his first, you know, first college snap, he's ready to go. And then just like there was never, I rewatched the game just right before we recorded this, too. I don't think there was one play where he looked like he was under duress or stressed or like happy feet at all. Even when he got hit a couple times, which was only a couple times, right? He looked like super comfortable. And so that to me is like the biggest.

takeaway from this is just, you know, he's going to get his stats. We can talk about those too, but like, I mean, coming in at eight, you know, newly 18 year old freshman in his first start ever looked like he was a four year starter. When we talked about it last week, we had different ideas you and I of what success looked like in game one, right? You talked about being comfortable and looking the part and, you know, being able to manage the offense, which he did. I mean, he looked in control of the huddle.

There was a lot more tempo, and I'm sure we'll talk about Chip Limsey. But what I want to say about Chip Lindsay is I think what he did to make Bryce as comfortable as possible, the first play out, I mean, obviously, you're going to let the young fellow throw on the first play in the big house, right? And it's a little bullet bubble to homage. That's funny, though, because I actually said it while we were rewatching the game of like, have we ever thrown the ball on the first play of the game in the past five years? and like, I feel like we've ran it every time forever.

Probably. I don't remember. You have to go back and watch them, but I think just that orbit and then there was just a little hitch throw to Samaj, like get him in rhythm, get him comfortable. And the other thing we talked about with success is I said, two and a quarter in a touchdown, I think. He threw for 251 in a touchdown.

Should have had another. Andrew Marsh was not ready on that little fake bubble. Yes. That was a sweet play set up. Yes, it was a great design. And honestly, if Bryce would have waited, he would have had the post open, too. Or like it was kind of like a deep crosser across the middle of the field. I don't remember who was running the route.

But yeah, it was just really impressive to see Bryce. I mean, do we want to talk about the throws that made us like tingle at all? There was a lot of them. Watching it in real time was one thing. But then you go back on the tape. And I mean, just the velocity that that ball comes out of his arm is pretty impressive. Well, in the quickness that he makes the decisions, right? I think that's probably a lot of Chip Lindsay and just giving him a quick read.

And honestly, man, we don't – Michigan's not run a lot of RPO. I really don't know what it looks like in a Michigan offense. So I don't know. There was the one the seam shot to Marlon that was just a bullet, and Marlon went up and caught it. There was the – I think my favorite throw of the night was that – I don't know if it was a fake screen. It was like a wheel post that he dropped in the bucket to Marlon. And also, we're talking about Bryce. Marlon Klein, dude, like made a Willie Mays catch on that throw.

You know, the guys have been telling us for two, three years now that Marlon Klein is sneakily, the most athletic guy on the team. And I always was like, okay, you know, we love Marlon. He's a friend of the pod too. But he's a big dude. He's stiff a little bit. It always looked like. And then you watch him on that play, the out and up for his touchdown,

where he just like threw that guy into the sideline. Yes, that was like, that was a great route. And then Bryce just threw it up, let him make the play. He's wide open, don't need to do it. I mean, we've seen wide open tight ends in the last few games at Michigan and it didn't turn out that way. So just, you know, throw it up, let him make a play. It doesn't need to be a perfect throw.

I mean, the third and 14, right? Like, let's talk about the two-minute drive because he was five of five for 68 yards on that two-minute drive when, you know, there's been a lot of people who were like, Oh, it was close. It was close. It didn't feel close. There was a couple drives that New Mexico got in the first one, I think, you know, maybe some backups on the back end of the defense that were in there that kind of gave them a little bit easier over time. And then obviously that fumble on the kicker turn led

to three points. So Michigan's coming out. It was like, go from 17 nothing in cruise control to like, holy cow, this might actually be a game. You know, Bryce gets sacked. There was a dump off on first down to Justice Haynes that didn't really go anywhere. I think it lost a yard or two. Bryce tries to step up in the pocket. He gets sacked. great job holding on to the ball, by the way. That's kind of what I'm saying. I think even those situations, you know, usually a very young quarterback, either one tries to do too much and does that.

But he just like every step of the way just felt like he was in control. But to your point, real quick, I think, like, I agree with you. This game was not as close as the score showed. And that is a little bit. on Michigan, right? Like Michigan dominated, I think, throughout the day. But unfortunately, like a few red zone issues, you know, not being able to punch it in.

The fumbles, right? You know, there are a couple penalties that extended New Mexico's drive. So I think the one disappointment I had yesterday, or sorry, on Saturday was the inability to put the game away for Michigan. That was really one of my only critiques. Well, here's where I think they really did put the game away was on that two-minute drive. He was five of five for 68 yards with the touchdown, but that Channing Goodwin runs a dig. And, I mean, my goodness, the armed talent on display looks like J.J. McCarthy with the ball coming off of his hand, the way he spins it.

That's a 39-yard gain. I mean, you're immediately from third and 14 to like, they're going to, you know, they call the timeout. Yeah. I'm pretty sure they called a time out to, like, try to, like, try to. you know, save some time. And then he rifles that thing in there. You're basically at the 35-yard line of New Mexico. He makes a couple more nice throws. I think he has a throw on a hitch on the outside to McColley. And then, you know, a couple more plays than he's got the touchdown to Marlon Klein. For a true freshman, now, we're Michigan fans. We've watched Michigan our whole lives.

Michigan has not always been very good at the two-minute, like, clock management style drives. Yeah. They kind of bailed you out a little bit, too. I mean, Bryce and Channing Goodwin bailed you out a little but you go for 39 because there was like a minute 30 left at that point and then you can kind of let the clock run out and score with 12 seconds left or whatever but for a freshman who I mean two weeks ago was it 13 it's like I've heard a couple people talk about like on the broadcasts and some podcast let's do it maybe now it's 13 or 14 days ago I don't know you know whatever it's 20th I believe yeah just turned 18 the poise just the physicality that this kid has I mean it really is different how about the block me this I don't need that anymore

I was cool it was cool don't get me wrong but I don't need it I agree with you like we need his shoulder very badly and we need that intact at all times but I think I just love the mentality of like you're a willing to put your stick your nose in there be doing it for your teammates like that was something I talked about as well for as great as he is already and how you know hyped up he is he is for his teammates he's celebrating Bryce is celebrating when Justice Haynes goes for 70 you know right so it's like it to to have obviously we're one game in this is total overreaction we're all you know pumped up about it which I think is a justified reaction to be honest

yeah it looks different but I think just I I'm just so impressed by the obviously the athletic ability but the mentality of not being a prima donna, you know, not wanting, you know, doesn't need it to be about him. Happy for his teammates, just, you know, everything, he really, he showed everything to us on Saturday. Yeah, and then there's the other throw. So it was the same drive. So we already mentioned that wheel route, when you're backed up at like your six yard line early in the third quarter, you're backed up, he makes that throw over two defenders, but drops it in the budget,

because there's another defender on the other side of Marlon Klein. So he basically drops it in between three defenders on the money. Marlon makes a great catch. Later in that drive is when he kind of steps up to the pocket, sprints out, and then fires it right past a linebacker to Kenny. Are we calling him Kenny? Because Kenny Bell played at Nebraska back in the day. Are we calling him Kenny?

I don't know. Are we calling him Kendrick? I've heard people say Kenny. I don't know. I've always said Kendrick. That's what I'm going to stick with. You know, Little Bell, you know, Ronnie's little brother, made a heck of a play, gets upfield. But just, again, that ability to trust his arm, not put it in harm's way.

I honestly, there were a couple other, you know, incompletions where, you know, one to Marlon, he hits him in the hands. It's a higher throw. Marlon's not able to come down with it. Yes. I think that's something as the season goes on, you'll probably see them be more comfortable. Marlon will be expecting the fastball, especially when he sees that type of defense. and it's basically the only place you can put it on that on that target there was another one sorry to

interrupt you yeah i just but like on that place specifically i think um you know where people are like oh he can only throw it 100 miles an hour and it's very different than a joe milton situation there because he has to throw it that fast to get it in that window yes and we also saw it like a difference of of speed and the ability to take it off right we saw the throw on the on the wheel that we've talked about like eight times because it was amazing but even on some of those bubbles like you want to get it there quick but you don't want to kill someaz's hands right so i think he's able he's got the ability to take some off of it um you know and they didn't take a lot of deep shots there was really no opportunities for him to put any air under the ball like it was a lot of throws uh that were

over the middle or to the sideline on a you know on an out route or a hitch route on the sideline and they got there in a hurry and honestly it really does look like j j jay mccarthy like that's one thing if you've got a strong arm it's not just throwing it deep it's just just being able to place the ball quicker to where defenders can't get to it. I mean, those, that smash concept rolling to the right, the sprint out, hitting that outrouter, that hit track is going to be open and he's going to get it there. And he can run, too, right? So I think that that opened up the run game as well.

You know, last year, obviously, you know, very incomparable to what we just saw on Saturday. But the problem- No passing yards in any game last year, by the way. Which is insane, right? but I you know even just watching him actually carry out the fakes on the RPO right and that opens up things for Jordan Marshall and Justice Haynes which Justice Haynes also I mean just completely bowled out right like what a what a debut for him in the mason blue I don't know there's just I you know I put new look offense on our on our ticker here and I'm just I'm overall very very impressed with what Chip Lindsay brought to the table. You know, we've talked about a lot of, a lot of the breakout guys. You know, Channing Goodwin, I thought was a very, very bright spot for Michigan from

somebody who we hadn't seen that before at all. Donovan McColley in his debut, he feels like he's going to be that possession receiver guy, you know, there when he, when Bryce needs him. Marlon, obviously. Real quick, Justin, and they didn't even really, you know, kind of take any shots to where his real advantage is, which is boxing. guys out and make a contested catches. Like that's the deep shot kind of guy that you can throw it up to.

And those, you know, they said 80-20 on those 50-50 balls, maybe 60-40. I'll take 60-40. 80-20 would be great, but I'll settle for 60-40. So, you know, he was more kind of an underneath receiver on Saturday. And I think that he's going to be a guy that maybe can stretch the defense. And to your point real quick, and I'll let you go. But talking about Bryce's ability in the run game, how many times did you see if they wanted, obviously they're not going to, right?

Because behind Bryce is a little scary, a little treacherous at quarterback. But if you were to pull him, he might have had a couple 90-yard touchdowns that they wanted to, right? They were getting sucked in. We're obviously going to talk Oklahoma later in the week. I think you'll probably see the read option turned on for Bryce because you're going to need it to open the, you know, to get the defense to not just be able to kind of come downhill. So there was still a lot that they, you know, a lot of meat that they may be left on the bone intentionally because they've got some big games in the next few weeks.

Yeah, no, for sure. And going down the list of just the weapons, I thought Fred Moore looked pretty solid, had one drop. And Samaj, that was the first time we've seen any bubbles bubble screens work for Samaj in about 18 months. So that's a procedure. I remember seeing him on special teams. I know Cheney Goodwin had a drop where the ball was a touch outside.

You said, Fred? Yeah, that was on the same drive as the throw to Marlin and then the throw over the middle of Kendrick Bell. I want to say, I think Fred had at least one catch and one bullet from Bryce that he couldn't reel in. So he was out there. He was on special teams. I'm surprised he's not. He has a lot of much run.

I'm pretty sure. I'm looking at it. It's not. He did. Really? Yeah. Bryce threw it to eight guys. According to the stats, Fred did not record a catch.

I think you might, you might be right that I believe the three looked like. a nine or the nine looked like a three yeah i think um yeah channing had he had the drop on the on the possession where they kicked the field going to go up 27 to 10 yeah um so um all right either way um i still think i was pretty impressed with with the weapons out there um you know the the receiving core looks totally different than it did a year ago um obviously having a quarterback like brice helps that situation a lot um let's talk the offensive line for a second i thought that they did well i thought that you know that was the one question mark not the one but one of the biggest question marks going into the season right is this uh offensive line i thought that

overall it was a they were they graded out pretty well for me um you know some huge holes for justice aliens to get through there in his big runs i'd like to see more consistency um from them because i do think there were a number of runs where um you know they just didn't get push And even down in the red zone, I was disappointed, you know, when you're on the two-yard line and you can't get in, right? Like Michigan, you know, Michigan's offensive line from a couple years ago gets in 99% of the time. And even last year, you know, a lot of times with Cole Mullings, right? And so they're going to need to be able to, especially against a defense like New Mexico, you should be able to get some push to get two yards with Justice Haynes and Jordan Marshall in there.

I do kind of wish, because Michigan's done that in the past, so they had first and goal of the six after T.J. guys pick, which was unreal. Kind of hilarious. Off the helmet, one hands it. The offensive lineman's all over TG guy. Anyways. I mean, an edge rusher should not be able to just like one hand down. He just boxed him out, man.

Yeah, that was great. But you have first and goal of the six. I mean, you get down to the two. It's third down and, you know, they run a play action and they want, you know, Bryce to throw it in the corner of the end zone. Totally fine with that trying to get Bryce's touchdown. but, I mean, if you just run it two more times, you're going to score. I would rather do that.

And I, you know, Bryce is going to get his touchdowns. That's my think, you know. Yeah. And even if you, here's my take also. And again, you worry about, you know, injury, obviously. But like, do you just go tush push there with a six foot, you know, four, 235 pound quarterback? I know, I know, I know, you know, Max was on a podcast recently.

And he was saying how, you know, he had never scored and how, you know, many snaps. Like, at this point, I don't even want to score. I'm sorry, Max. We might just need need to get you one. We got to give it to you. Just give it to them. He's a best chance. Yeah, and he, you know, so, yeah, the offensive line, I will say I saw a clip late in the game of, because I think Sprague had been a little banged up leading into this game and had some, had an issue with his ankle. So hopefully he was cramping is what Sharon said as well. Okay, that's good then, because I saw some people saying it might have been in his ankle, but a cramp is, you know, it's different, you know. That son might have been hitting Andrew

Sprague, too, man. I mean, you know, he's a little more hydrated than we were, but it's enough to battle through. But Blake Frazier came in and there was, I think it was on Justice Haynes' third touchdown after his long run where he was down at the one, completely moved a dude. Like he was, I mean, he was in the middle of the eye in the end zone. And I think a lot of the questions around Blake Frazier was just the physicality for him. He's only a redshirt freshman. Is he big enough, strong enough to compete in the run game because they think athletically he's a great pass pro guy. What I saw again, New Mexico caveat supply, he moved some people. in the limited game time that I kind of went back and watched.

So I will say I didn't feel any immediate, like, pressure. Maybe that was Bryce being able to step up. That helps your offensive line, too, because you're not going to win every single pass pro rep, right? Like these defensive ends are talented. They've got a lot of rush moves. Even at the level of New Mexico, they can get to the quarterback. So I didn't notice any, like, last year where it's like, oh, my God, like, it's just

a turnstile. I didn't see that. I thought Evan Link played well. I didn't, you know, I watched it a couple times. I haven't specifically watched him. Yeah. But I thought the offensive line, yes, inconsistent, but a lot better than, you know, a lot of last year. And I've overall, for game one, I was very, you know, very happy and, you know, impressed with what they did.

So I think they're only going to get better, right? And, you know, Babelola, the injury obviously still hurts and just for your depth. I did think Blake Frazier played well when he got in there. He moved some people as well. So again, that's game one of this offensive line being together with, what, three, four new guys, you know, like there's not much, you know, turnover outside of Gio and Crippin in terms of guys that are, you know, Link was there last year, but struggled. So new line, I think that it just them playing together for the first time that they played well and are only going to get better. this defense. Yeah.

So I think that everybody, you know, everybody and their brother kind of knew that this defense was still going to be for real, you know, obviously the way that they played down the stretch last year, even, you know, now without a Kenny Grant and without a Mason Graham, without Will Johnson. But I thought that the front seven was as advertised, in my opinion. I mean, they, the New Mexico quarterback lane is probably waking up sore on Sunday morning because he took some licks. But they were getting to the quarterback all day long and stuff in the run a lot. Yeah, I think you look at New Mexico's stats.

I mean, they had 267 yards a lot. That last drive before Troy Bulls got the sack to end the game, they had a drive going. Yeah, probably a third of their yards came from that drive. I thought, you know, I mean, they passed for 217 yards, but they threw the ball 47 times. I mean, they averaged three and a half yards per play. I saw someone on 247, I think, compared the last three Michigan home opener's against Mountain West opponents. And while the score was not as lopsided, the stats were more similar to the 2022 Colorado

state game than they were to last year's Fresno state game. So, you know, pretty dominant performance. couple of issues, you know, that first drive. We talked about it pre-show. I think there was a lot of younger guys and guys like Jaden Mangum, who hadn't played a lot of football the last year and a half since he's been injured when he was at Michigan State. He was hurt last year. So there's a lot of guys kind of getting their footing. And, you know, maybe that leads to some more success for New Mexico. Obviously, that field goal drive, Michigan bowed up because they had the ball inside the 25 after Andrew Marshall fumbled it. But they forced a field goal attempt. And then that,

you know, that last touchdown drive, you get the, by the way, I don't know if you you saw this, if you've seen Twitter, but J. Sean Barham will not be available for the first half. They upheld. Sheron Moore and the Big Ten agreed that it should have been overturned. Okay. Well, I feel like this is, I'm in an insane place right now because how does Tony Petitie come out and say, he's a commissioner of the Big Ten, correct? He comes out and says, I disagreed with the call, but we're going to uphold it. I don't know if that's the Big Ten's decision because it's an it's not a I don't know how that works I don't know if that's the NCAA appeals process we know the NCAA is big fans of Michigan nowadays so obviously but

I don't know it I yeah so you go from on that drive you're 27 to 10 you go from you know that would have been second or that would have been third and 11 you know he was down it wasn't a touchdown it wasn't a fumble but you know you've got the targeting questionable call you know some people agree some people disagree whatever and then you have a third nine later in that drive that yeah, Sharon probably should have had somebody saying, hey, challenge, challenge. But he's bobbling the ball all the way

through. The officials call it. They get up to the line. Kind of crazy because when you watch college football or the NFL, typically when you have a questionable 50-50 ball on a catch downfield and that offense is sprinting up there, typically the officials have something in their brain where they're like, hey, we should look at this. That didn't happen.

And then you had a couple more penalties. You know, Michigan just, you know, gave up a, they had a penalty on Jeyer Hill in the end zone on a third and goal. And then it was another third in goal that Jeyer kind of bit inside. And it was that same, Dorian Thompson, or Thomas, he had a, he had just a little crosser in the end zone for six. Yeah. I think, I don't want to say fluky is like the reason for New Mexico scores, but it didn't feel like super well earned, I would say.

I mean, obviously, the trick play, like, very well-schemed trick play also. Yeah, I mean, but also like- We've seen that before. Has it happened in Michigan before? I feel like I've seen that. Is it also just like not the luckiest thing ever that it bounces perfectly? Bounces perfectly, yeah. I mean, great, great gutsy call, you know.

I mean, I thought, you know, there's a lot of people who, it was a little chippy, too, interestingly. Guys were talking after every play, seven, you know, all of it. And I'm sure there's a lot of Michigan fans. were not going to think that fondly of Jason Eck, the head coach of New Mexico. I kind of like it. I like a player's coach. I like a guy. You know what?

Hey, yeah, it's annoying when you're sitting there and you got your backups in in the fourth quarter with 30 seconds left and the guy's trying to score. I'm sorry, you know, you're not going to win the game, but you play to compete. You get one chance to play at Michigan Stadium for these guys. Correct. I mean, I'm trying to get these guys a touchdown, any of them, right? So I don't disagree with it. They played tough.

You know, they came to win, right? And we talked about it. This was a team that had a lot of guys from the Idaho squad that almost, went into Austin Stadium last year against, you know, the Big Ten champion, the number one overall seed, Oregon Ducks, and they played their tails off. So I was, you know, that line of 34, it opened at 37 was like 34 and a half. I never thought that that was really feasible. I think this is a really veteran squad in New Mexico.

Lane, you know, Jack Lane, he's, I think, a fourth-year guy, Redshirt Jr., played a lot of football. And I said this to you before the show. A lot of these top-end FCS programs might be fringe top 25 teams. in the FBS. They're really talented. There's a lot of good football players on those teams. So I thought all in all, the defense, I think, played pretty well. Again, they gave up 200 and, well, they gave up 267 yards, you know, 60 to 80 of those came on the last drive.

And also, so, I mean, pretty impressive, obviously, 27 rushing attempts for 51 yards for a new X-Go. Yeah, the front four especially, I thought in the run game was pretty dominant. They had nothing going there. And so I think the one critique of the defense was the secondary, you know, with a couple of those penalties and just giving up some yards. But now, you know, you go back and watch it, you go back and look at it. New Mexico threw it almost 50 times, right? They're going to get a few if they throw it 50 times.

So just statistically, you know, that's going to happen. And so I think the, I'm going to hold my, um, criticism of the secondary for for right now i think you still put a question mark on that for sure but i'm not going to like write off that our secondary is just not good um because yeah i i think that you know you you hold somebody you almost double up on their yardage um you know from michigan to new mexico so um i i think still some question marks in that uh in that secondary for sure um we sure is how could use rod more um you know it sounds like Sharon listed him as possible for this Oklahoma game.

I'm going to say that I very highly doubt that he plays, but we're getting closer, I think. Can I say that there was a moment? And I knew because I saw the injury report. I knew he wasn't out there. But the official called a penalty on number 19. And I said, I get hoodwinked is rod out there? Did I miss this?

Because he switched back to number 19 this year. Yeah, I mean, you know, I've got over here to my left, the picture of him. heads with JSN from Ohio State. I've talked about Rod Moore on this spot. He's one of my favorite players of all time. And, you know, got a chance to go 5-0 in that game late November. You need to get him healthy.

You need to get him ready. I sure would love to see him go out on a high note. I think he's a high-level NFL draft prospect if he's healthy. And he would help his defense a lot because he knows exactly where everyone needs to be. But, yeah, again. You talked about the secondary before we hopped on, too. You know, Jaden Mangum was in there a lot, and he hadn't played a football game in over a year. Yeah.

And Jane Sanders played a lot. Jojo Edmund, who's a redshirt freshman, played a ton. Jordan Young, true freshman, Elijah Dodson, I saw him out there. I had up the PFF. I don't have the snap counts. I need to get those from our boy, BB's Big House. He's always putting together nice spreadsheets for me on those. That's right. Yeah, a lot of youth in that back end of the defense that was seeing the

field. I'm excited about T.J. Metcalf transfer coming in from Arkansas. He made some plays down at that. They ended up giving the, give it up the touchdown. But, you know, I think they had like six or seven to goal plays, or goal to go plays down there in the third quarter. And he made some plays in the backfield. He almost had a strip on the quarterback. He kind of spun him around. That ball was like a loaf of bread in that quarterback's hand. You know, I didn't specifically watch him in coverage, but, you know, he's a playmaker, right? Like, we talked with him and his brother earlier in the summer, and he's a guy that, you know, he's kind of a ball hawk. So, you know, hopefully excited to see him, you know, get, I really, I just really

liked what I saw from Metcalf. So, you know, they're going to be comfortable together. It's like the offensive line. Like, you play together. You kind of learn to trust, hey, this guy's going to be in this part of the zone. I know where I need to be. You start to develop that trust over the, over the course of the season. How about Cole Sullivan? Stud. Had a pick, had a sack. Also, an incredible. He was up there on that pick, dude. Yeah, well, there was like three guys there. Also, Brandon Hillman, you know, he was hitting guys. He saw that silver and red and said, you know what?

I'm going to go whoop some ass. He was out there delivering some blows. I thought Ernest Houseman had a heck of a game. I thought Jimmy Rolder after Jayshon went out because Jayhaw was playing his ass off, man. He was all over the field. We know what we're going to get from him, going to miss him in the first half. Hopefully we can withstand that. But I thought Jimmy Rolder, we've talked about him, man.

I remember when he committed. and I just thought that his tape was really good in high school. I thought as a freshman, he showed some things in 2022. He played a lot against, I believe, Illinois in that year. I thought he had a really solid game, but he's been banged up most of his time here. I thought he was flying around the field. He was making plays on the screen.

He had a TFL on a screen. And then Troy Bowles, too, he had a sack to end the game. I thought Troy Bowles was flying around. So linebacker and the defensive line are just like, I know the defensive line is like, what, 8 to 10 deep? linebackers might be like 560 i mean they've got guys everywhere at those positions so yeah you want to see the secondary catch up a little bit um but again i mean they they gave up 217 passing yards on 47 attempts like that's not efficient right so they you know they they gave up some plays

but i thought overall that i was encouraged by what i saw and we'll see how they kind of go the rest of the year. Yeah, I think so all at all, obviously tons of good positive things to talk about and to take away from this game. You know, you can sit here and box score watch if you're a Sparty or a Buckeye and blah, blah, blah, and say, oh, 3417, they gave up 17 points, blah, blah, blah. But overall, I think that it was a very positive takeaway from this. Now, I will say, I think there are some things that Michigan has to clean up. I think that just in general, you know, we talked a lot about the 2023 Michigan football team that obviously,

did they go, I think they went like 15 and 0 or something. I don't think they lost a game. If I, I can't remember right, but I, well, that was, you know, it's hard to know because that was the second of two straight undefeated regular seasons. That's true. So it's hard to remember. I don't know. Well, that's three straight big 10.

chance it's hard to keep track and okay um so yeah so but back in that 2023 season we talked a lot about the reason for michigan being so good one of them was they rarely made mistakes did not turn the ball over barely ever penalties were almost non-existent you know no miscoverses and so some of the little things i think that sharon more needs to you know channel his inner harbaw and bring out is just getting those little things. You know, Andrew Marsh fumbling on the kickoff, Samaj fumbling on the punt, which he was super lucky to get back, by the way.

And then just like some of those penalties, you know, we talked about Jair Hill, extending that drive. I think it was Sprague that had a holding call that put us back into second and 12 that stalled a drive. So just a lot of those little things, obviously fumbles aren't little things but just they need to clean things up now again it's game one with a lot of new guys seeing the football field so this is not unheard of but i think that's one

of the things even you know the red zone right like got to be able to punch it in when you get down in there and so those little things i think if michigan can continue to clean those up week after week they're going to be really good down the stretch yeah i'm really excited i mean we got You know, two out of the next three games, and one of those without Sharon are, well, I guess two of those, but I'm more so talking about Oklahoma, Nebraska. Right. Those are two tough road environments. You know, Oklahoma, you know, did what they needed to do against Illinois State on Saturday night. Nebraska pulled out a tough one against Cincinnati and Arrowhead on Thursday night to kick off the season.

So, you know, a couple teams, you know, feeling pretty good about themselves. And, you know, I think Michigan probably feels pretty good, too. But, you know, you talk about kind of ability and just getting better and improving, you know, Bryce gave himself a C-plus. That makes me... That is some JJ-ass shit, Justin. I mean, I hate to keep doing it, but, like, you just... That's the bar over the last, you know, quarter century of Michigan football at quarterback, right?

It's J.J. McCarthy. You know, and it's funny you say that because... So Bryce's cousin came to the tailgate. I don't know. I don't think you chatted with him, but... Okay. I was chatting with him just a little bit before, you know, we got things really rolling with the tailgate. and we were just talking about how, like, Bryce's mentality of, like, he talks like,

oh, I want to be an NFL Hall of Famer, you know, he says that. And our conversation was, like, a lot of people would, like, roll their eyes, you know, at a 17-year-old saying, yeah, I, you know, my goal is to be an NFL Hall of Fame, blah, blah, the reason he says that stuff is because it's like, that's legitimately, like, that's the path that he's trying to go down right and so that's why to your point when he says c plus he's like i need to be better than what i am we're all sitting there watching like this is really freaking good that's pretty good man you know but he holds himself to that higher standard so um i i agree you know for for a freshman after his first game you know he could have been like yeah i bowled out

you know and did well but he holds himself highly um to your point yeah man i I just, we talked about it with Derek Moore. We had Derek on in February, March, right before spring practice. And, you know, he's like, hey, Bryce is in my, I mean, we've shared this tidbit so many times, but I just think it's so relevant. He's like, Bryce is in my group, and he's busting his ass, and he's earning the respect of the team. And when you saw, again, to go back to Bryce, his ability to control and command the huddle,

they did a lot of tempo, by the way, like in the first quarter and not in clock. management situations like they got up to the line we talked about this multiple times like at the spring game they had two delay of games i don't think there was any deadball penalties on the offense that i remember i mean that's a big thing that's a huge thing also i the difference in spring game bryce to now is insane what is the difference from august bryce to november bryce i agree what is it going to be right i agree he might just be he might just be the one right like he might we don't know but he might just be that guy where it's like yeah this is just it comes easy well i okay i'm getting way ahead of

myself i'm going to preface this statement with that um you know we've watched four quarters of brys underwood football so that's all we have to go off of but it's pretty sick though it's pretty sick but i think like i i watched a lot of college football this weekend, right? And I don't know. I don't know that there are many quarterbacks that come November are going to be better than Bryce Underwood. I really don't. You know, it's a bold take. We are getting ahead of ourselves, but I enjoy, like, that's the thing about college sports and sports in general. Like, you get to be optimistic. And if you're wrong, nothing really happens to you, right? Maybe we'll get this clip. Some, you know,

some Buckeye 4269 will be like you guys are idiots so be it I'd rather be like I went through and you did too we all went through a stretch of just like man we just it ain't going to happen yeah you know it's not going to happen and and I talk to my friend you know I have a lot of folks that I work with in Omaha I used to live in Omaha I've got a lot of friends there and like I'll share with them I'm like hey Michigan won a three year run of 12 and 2 1301 to 15 no national championship big 10 championships and I'm like that doubt still creeps in right you're like when is it going to happen when the wheel's going to fall off this can't you know when you have something like this you might as well just you know just get hyped just buy into it but i'm okay i'm i'm being

semi serious though is that i am too i mean i just i looked around i watched texas ohio state obviously like ohio state's defense looked like the real deal they made arch look terrible in my opinion but like you watch arch and this is comparing apples to oranges you know Bryce versus New Mexico versus Arch versus Ohio State, very different, obviously. I mean, Bryce looked way more comfortable all day long. You know, I thought Julian Sane played well, but he didn't do anything spectacular. You know, you're looking at, you know, even Carson Beck and C.J. Carr last night as well, like, I don't know, I'm just saying, like, he is in his first start and showed a ton of promise.

And so I look around the country at the quarterbacks, and I look at where Bryce is now compared to where he could possibly be in November. And I think there's a legitimate chance that everyone's talking about Bryce is like, hey, man, he's a top five quarterback in college football. I really do. That's crazy. But, yeah, I mean, just again, the leap from watching the spring game to week one. You know, there's a lot of, I've spent a lot of Michigan podcasts. I mean, you know, when I'm driving or, you know, whatever, if I'm working out. Like, I'm listening to Michigan podcast during the season.

And there's a lot of podcasts that I really enjoy that I really appreciate their football knowledge. And a lot of them were like, I don't know if he's ready. And I just, in the back of my mind, like, I, you know, take a lot of, like, I, you know, respect their opinion. And I'm like, well, they're thinking that the, you know, I mean, I always thought back in my head, I'm like, man, but this kid's different. Like, he's just different, right? Like, they don't have, like, a lot of these five star quarterbacks come in. don't have the tools that he has in the toolback, man. And let's also just say, like, let's get through the Oklahoma game.

We can be singing a completely different tune, right? Like, I do need him. We need to see him face some adversity because he really didn't face much adversity, right? So, you know, there's going to have to be a point where, like, what happens when he does throw an interception? How does he come back from that, right? Or, you know, if he's facing a ton of pressure, you know, and, Little things like that, like we definitely still have to see all that.

And that is a large piece of the pie of the success of a quarterback is facing all that. Yeah. You know what I might do is I might go back and watch our Fresno State recap because I can tell you we may have been like, hey, you know, this is a little bit different of a feeling, right? And it doesn't feel so much as Smokamiris. And we knew that there were issues last year. Like going to that Texas game, I think I predicted like 1714 Michigan. and that's the score you're predicting.

We're like, I think we're going to lose, but I'm going to throw out of Michigan prediction. I really do think Michigan is going to beat Oklahoma. I just, you know, I feel like they're going to get the job done in a tough environment for Sharon, too, especially going back to where he went to college, right? That would be kind of tough for Oklahoma, by the way. Like, I don't know if that was last year the year before, but Josh Heiple, former Oklahoma quarterback goes in there as a head coach of another program,

beats them, you know, Sharon comes in. That might be tough, but yeah, I just, I think there's a different vibe with this team. it just feels a little bit more real. And again, regardless of opponent, now, look, Bryce is going to make mistakes. He's going to throw picks this year. Like quarterback's throwing receptions. It is what it is.

He's going to take some dumb sacks probably. But maybe he does it. I don't know. Maybe he's just that guy. And we just are like, all right, well, this is cool. But I think you're going to see him, you know, regardless of the opponent on Saturday night against New Mexico. I mean, again, some of those throws are just like NFL level throws already.

Like, you know, I saw this one. I'm sure you saw it. But go follow Jay. do on Twitter, John Doer, former Michigan player. He's the man, and he always does his recaps on Sunday morning. One of the things he mentioned was there was a play action where Bryce turned his back to the defense and then flipped around and threw it to Marlon Klein on a little out route. That is one of the hardest things to do for a quarterback, right? Like, it is, if you're a Lions fan, you watch, Jared Golf's one of the best in the world at turning

his back and then, you know, because you've got to figure out, again, what the coverage is, because they might be in a shell and they might be disguising something. So you going to turn back around where's the ball going to go do i have somebody in my face am i getting hit from the backside that's NFL level stuff it's small things but it's NFL level stuff 18 and 13 days 18 years 13 days just is that what it is that's insane i mean yeah i think that goes back to the comfortability um and i i'm not going to lie i watch that clip on twitter from j do like a hundred times and then when i rewatch the game i rewound it like a hundred times too because just the way that he flips back around picks up marlin hits him perfect like

literally in stride let's a turnout field couldn't have better ball placement with and just like talking about the way that the ball leaves his his hand like dude it it it was a rocket you know a lot of those on the run rocket you know i think clayton safie uh put out a a couple stats about him on the run and he was you know i think he was four for four um out in the pot i can't remember what it was but um it's a good stat good all right now i got to pull it up shit we've had we've had too much well i will say because i did talk about some incompletions i don't want to talk about a couple others um so he had the one where he rolled to his left as a righty he had incompletions wait what he had a few so a lot of them though like there was a couple that maybe

We were in harm's way, you know, you could say. But the one he rolled to his left, and he had McColley, but it took him a little bit to turn to his left, and he fired it in a little bit late, but it was a bullet. And just McColley couldn't hold on to it because the guy in the zone was approaching him and hit him. And then there was another one to Marlon, which I don't blame any guy, either Bryce or Marlon on this one, but there was a defender and he threw it behind him. Otherwise, Marlon was going to get decleaded. So just again, at 18 for him to be like, oh, first start, like I got to put this one behind him.

so he doesn't get absolutely obliterated. Marlon was able to hold on to it because the other guy was able to hit him, but it wasn't as bad of a hit. So, you know, you see guys in the NFL, you know, maybe he's a guy that just retired in Derek Carr, just hospital balls, right? Like some of our Ohio State fans that love the program that are watching this, you know, Chris Olive got, you know, concussed on a couple, a couple times from Derek Carter's throwing it out there.

So for Bryce to have the ability to, like, understand, hey, I can't get this guy killed. I'm going to need him all year long. We're going to need him to win games. I just thought it was like third, fourth year level stuff. already 100% all right i've got a i've got a great stat here for you um this is from our friend clayton savi shout out clayton michigan michigan michaelic michael and passes on the move four for four for 37 yards showing great accuracy he was four of 10 on throws outside of the

pocket but eight were catchable and six were on target so i just like not only is when he was well protected um was he you know very accurate and played well. But I thought, you know, the ability to step up in the pocket when the rush was coming around the right side and still make a throw on the run and put it on the money, you know, just all around impressive stuff. So if you're sick of us talking about Bryce, this is not the podcast for you. I don't think any of the podcast that you listen to in the Michigan football space are going to be anything other than Bryce Underwood. I mean, I listen to, you know, I listen to our friends, you know, over on three, Anthony Broome. He always has Ryan Van Berger.

on what a beast by the way back in the back in his day at michigan he was at uh at the tailgate as well how did i miss this you got to tell me i had too much with wits and whiskey you got to let me know when these things have i'm sorry i'm sorry that 211 defense was like hey michigan can't play defense um but they talked about bryce right like i was listening to i mean i guess it's the monday morning quarterback but shout out uh donald robinson's on the show with sam webb now um so i listen to all that stuff because i'm a michigan fan i know you probably listen to a lot of that stuff too. It's going to be about Bryce, man. So if you don't want to listen to podcast about Bryce, maybe we come back in four years.

I don't know what to tell you. Exactly. And let's talk to, I put out a tweet a few hours ago as well, about the guy that Bryce is going up against this week for Oklahoma, John Mateer. You know, I haven't seen anything about Venmo for him recently. That's good for him, yeah. Good for him. But they threw the shit out of the ball this week.

So it is, you know, Michigan secondary is going to be up against, you know, a tough task here. Mateer was 30 of 37, almost 400 yards and three touchdowns with one pick. Now, they also didn't play, you know, a great opponent. But, you know, there's a chance that this game is like quarterback versus quarterback, big 12, like, barn burner. You know, there's a chance. I don't know. I think Michigan's front seven is good enough to stop that from half. happening. But I like when was the last time we even with JJ it was never like hey we're going

to have this you know throw the ball as a big 12 type situation. But you know I go back to it like I don't know how many times J.J. McCarthy threw 31 times which Bryce did in his debut. It wasn't often. It was not that often. So very it's going to be a very interesting matchup. But you know, Oklahoma was going to throw the shit out of it. That's for sure. Yeah, I think it's interesting, though, if you look at his stats last year against Power 5 teams. And obviously, Washington State, you know, kind of a hybrid Power 5 team.

I don't know. Power 14. I don't know how you kind of look at them. So against Texas Tech last year, he was 9 and 19 for 115 yards, one touchdown, one pick. 17 to 34 for 24, one touchdown one pick against Washington, 26 and 37, 3272 touchdowns one pick against Boise. Throw them in there because they were a playoff team. 25 and 36, four touchdowns against New Mexico last year.

They didn't lose that game, weirdly enough. So, you know, when you look at kind of the kind of more of the Power 5 teams that, or Power 4, I think you used to that, that Matera play last year was kind of mixed back, right? And obviously, he's got a lot more weapons here at Oklahoma than he did at Washington State. But I also believe, if I'm looking at this right, I don't think Oklahoma really ran the ball that well against Illinois State. So it's going to be interesting to see if they can't run the ball what Michigan's able to do with Wink and maybe sit back in that too high shell like they have in the past against Ohio State or Alabama or some of these other teams. While you're looking that up, so I saw this stat as well. Mateer last season through 20 of his 29 passing touchdowns against the five worst teams on the schedule.

Against the four best teams on the schedule, he had a 55% completion rate, four touchdowns, four picks. So, against good, he, I don't know. I'm not saying he's not good because I do think he is very good. But, you know, we'll see what he can do against a good defense. Well, yeah. And so Oklahoma, they tried to run the ball. They ran for 32 carries for 103 yards, 3.2 yards, an attempt for two touchdowns, and a long of 12.

Wow. So, by the way, was really good at Cal in 2023. I think he was banged up last year. I think that ankle's so bothering him. He only had one carry for them. He was a big time addition to their team this offseason. But otherwise, yeah, they had, yeah, they had not a great day on the ground. I mean, you compare that again.

I guess there's really matter, but Illinois State 26 carries for 117 yards, 4.5 of pop. So, I mean, judging based off of what Michigan just did to New Mexico of, you know, what did it end up? It was, I said it earlier. 27 rushes for 51 yards. You know, when you're holding a team to 51 yards total, you know, and it was, you know, just watching the game, it was swallowed up almost every single time that New Mexico tried to run it. And so I like our chances there.

I very much like our chances. Now, you got to stop Meteer from, you know, hitting the home run, right? You know, this secondary is going to be up for a challenge. But I'd like our defense up against their offense, even though they, you know, Mateer's stats are pretty damn good. Yeah. Yeah, so real quick, shout out to Clayton Safey, if we just had him on the podcast.

I guess that one's a little outdated. If you haven't listened to it, go check it out. But he just put out a story a couple of minutes ago talking about, you know, what Sharon said in the press conference. Hogan Hanson Hanson is possible for Saturday night. I know he was a little banged up coming out of fall camp. And then he said Rod is, as you said, Justin, I think you probably saw the quote, but he said, I'd say questionable, possible.

We'll see how he feels. And then again, to your point, Sprague, just a little cramp. Also, real quick, he said, Sprague is phenomenal. I love Sprague. That's a Jim Harbock quote. I kind of like that. Makes you feel good about a right tackle. Yeah, I think, again, it's game one.

Everybody's, you know, jelling together. And I think that this team is only going to get better. So big, big, big test on Saturday, going to Oklahoma. Just, you know, the other part that we haven't talked about yet, is, you know, just being in that environment. Night game on the road for Bryce Underwood. He looked super comfortable in his own, you know, stadium at night. But what happens when the crowd is against you?

That's when, you know, you'll really find out who can separate themselves. But you know what travels, Justin, the run game and the defense. Oh, I like that. Real quick, because I know we're coming up on an hour here, special teams, very disappointing. Like, what's going on there? That is, you know, of the concern, like things to clean up, man, we're... Can we send the bat signal back out to Jay Harbaugh, please? Yeah, I don't like to speculate on anything like that,

but you've had a full-time special teams coach who doesn't recruit for the last year plus, and it's not gotten better. Dominic Savada, obviously, but that's his, that's, I mean... That's just Zavada being Zavada. Right? Like, you might, hey, I might be able to coach Dom and be like, hey, man, just Make this field go, brother. Hey, go kick this field goal.

Yeah, put it through the uprights. You see them yellow uprights? Just go ahead, kick it on through. So, yeah, you know, Andrew Marsh, you know, true freshman, very excited about him. I mean, I know, we had the fun. Well, he had the ball I didn't turn for, but obviously very excited about him. You know, that's certainly easy to clean up, you know, hey, hold on the football. Like, let's work on some carrying drills and things like that.

But Samaj has been returning punts since the middle, late part of his freshman year. And that's been an issue. So that wasn't always, you know, J.B. Brown being the special teams coach, but I do miss when Michigan just had a guy dedicated to returning puns who did not make mistakes. So can Joe Taylor do it, or is he too valuable as a blocker? I don't know. I'm sure he could do it.

He can do it all. They call him Bro T instead of Joe T. That's, wow, I wish I had that name. But real quick, because we talk about, like, everybody agrees, like the way that this team really loses games is like, you know, turnovers, you know, field position stuff. like, I don't need a guy that can take it to the house. I need a guy that's not going to let it bounce to the five or is not going to fumble it.

And, you know, again, it was, you know, one of those that maybe took a weird bounce on Samaj. I don't know. Because we know what Samaj could do with the ball in his hands. Well, he was running. He was sprinting backwards. So I don't even know where he was lined up whether. Yeah, because that would be a coaching issue then, right?

He was literally had to run like 20 yards backwards and then try to catch it. And that's what effed him up. Maybe they didn't have any film on this punter. I don't know, man. I don't know what even the special teams coaching anymore. And I'll be honest, you know, Hudson Hollenbeck at punter, he's, that was his first start, you know, just he didn't make any mistakes, but it wasn't booming punts. No, I think he was four punts for 42 and a half yard average. So not terrible, but not like it didn't, he never flipped the field is what I'm trying to say, right?

And so I think that, you know, you go back to 20, 23 again, the way that we've won football games was doing all. the little things right we won on you know all three facets of the game um and so special teams still looking for them to you know kind of make that turn um and so um yeah again game one um i think there's a lot to a lot of positive stuff to come to take away from it um a few things to clean up um and a big game on on saturday that's excited man yeah it's uh been a while since we've had a kind of a non-conference big road game isn't it it just been a minute I'm trying to think. Is it a voter game?

I don't think. We, yeah, that's probably true. 2018? Yeah, Shay Patterson's first start. Yeah. Shout out. I was there. But, yeah, I'm trying to think.

But also I thought that there was a stat too that Michigan has not played a road SEC game in like ever. Yeah, I don't think. Because I saw, they've played South Carolina, but it was when they were in a dependent um i don't know they've played old they've only played oklahoma once before i believe it might have been in a bowl game yeah it's going to be extremely interesting uh on saturday night going to be a raucous crowd man because they're you know but i will say this they're kind of a fan base where it's like they're uncertain right now with with their current regime right with venables so you score once or twice you get justice haynes breaking a big run you can quiet

that crowd pretty easily. Facts. So, yeah, we will see. We'll have another podcast later this week to talk more, dive deep into that Oklahoma. A lot of blue by the numbers. Me and B.B.'s We're setting some time to record this week and go through the PFF grades and kind of our thoughts on more of a, you know, more of a formal-ish conversation. Justin, you and I just kind of we just say what we feel, man. And I love that. It feels going to be bad, though, brother. I mean, Shout out to the U. Got it done last night. It's weird.

I was rooting for C.J. Carr family means a lot to Michigan. And obviously all the things that that family specifically has been through. And you want to see him have success. And I thought he played his ass off. But I don't want to see Notre Dame win, man. I wish he was at a different school. You were rooting for him a little harder. But he played well.

I mean, he had some picks. But first start. Great game. We got tonight, TCU, Bill Belichick at North Carolina. going to be an interesting one, man. How many Jordan Hudson mentions are there on the broad? That's got to be like a Fandul, Draft King's vetting line, right? She's got her own NIL deals, man.

She's not even a player. I mean, I don't, yeah, we don't need to get into that on this podcast. But we're back, man. It feels great. It was a great weekend of college football. Excited for the NFL to kick off. And, you know, I'm excited to get back in the big house in a couple weeks after this Oklahoma game, hopefully 2 and 0.

I love it. And we are back also. The tailgate was back. Again, thanks to Feldman, Chevrolet of Highland and Woods and Whiskey, North Peak Brewing, Camp Vodka Water. Everybody showed out. It was awesome. So that was like my highlight of every, I mean, obviously seeing Bryce and being back in the big house is a feeling like no other. But like the tailgate, as my shirt said, remains undefeated.

Yeah. And just the reconnecting of people you haven't seen in a while. I mean, like you and I see each other all the time on the podcast or in person for a little. events and um but just you know seeing a lot of our friends that we don't get to see year round you know you get to see them at that three month part of the year so that was a lot of fun um you know just having some beverages we saw some you know met some fans um so that was awesome so i had some beverages so shout out to everybody i met i don't remember everyone's name i apologize uh my wife couldn't keep me under control but it was just great man just i mean

so if anybody's coming to any of the games one zero zero six main street would love to see you love to have a beer, shot of the Amazing Blitz with some whiskey. That stuff's good, by the way. It's a little too good. They mixed it. Did I tell you that my first sour, whiskey sour, they actually put the cinnamon whiskey in there. And I was like, it actually worked a little bit.

Yeah. I like that. All right. Yeah, we'll be back and better. You know, we're looking at our game film, right? Also from the tailgate. You know, we forgot to vlog. We talked about also, we're going to vlog.

I completely forgot. And we said we were going to podcast and we didn't podcast at all. Well, it was tough. There was a, there was a band on stage. I didn't know. There was a literal band on stage. Yeah, next time. Next time.

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