Blue By Ninety - Michigan Outcoached and Outplayed On the Road Again

Episode Date: October 12, 2025

Justin and Tanner discuss Michigan’s disappointing loss to USC and the ramifications for 2025 and beyond. 

All right. Welcome back to Blue By 90, presented by Feldman Chevrolet of Highland. My name is Justin. I'm joined by Tanner today. And I don't even know where to start, if I'm being honest. Michigan got absolutely bodied by USC. Yes, last night. 31.13 was the final. you know i i think that it really the the overall overarching thing is it was just like there wasn't anything that michigan won at last night there there was no advantage for michigan from start to finish they were outplayed um you know i actually let's start with just like the beginning and the the the fact that michigan hasn't scored first i've believe in six of their last seven games it's basically a we spot them seven points we spot

the opponent's seven points in almost every game um so that's a that's my first issue obviously there are a million more to talk about but um overall this was not fun uh not fun to watch not fun to be a part of um yeah let's start there yeah it wasn't fun to watch um not fun to think of potential ramifications because it's one thing to lose a football game in the big 10 you know with the new expanded conference going to USC going to los angeles that's not an easy task um but the way that michigan lost wasn't even close wasn't really that competitive i mean michigan tied it 7-7 and then it gives up a 75-yard touchdown drive right at the two-minute you know right after the or before the two-minute warning um you know mackay lemon we talked about him that was

that was concerning for going into the game and, you know, he made a great play. And then, you know, 14-7 and Michigan goes three-and-out with, I think it was a three-and-out. And then was it, I'm going to be honest, Justin, I kind of blacked out watching the game. And it's early Sunday morning. I haven't re-watched it. I need to. But it just felt like every turning point in this game that could allow Michigan to get momentum or to maybe, you know, get back into it, just went USC's way.

um you know third and 26 i mean i don't know man i saw that play and i was like we're we're blitzing both backers into the line for he makes one move he's probably going to pick up some yards and sure enough he gets about 40 um no i think i think you're right in the fact um i was going to put this out in uh in a tweet as well um to be honest i couldn't word it perfectly because it i had too much to say. But you're you're definitely right in the fact of like the opportunities. And I think this is a common theme for Michigan this season and even going back into last season is not taking advantage when you get opportunities. Right. Like I think that, you know, to be honest, Michigan had opportunities to put Wisconsin away. Couldn't do it. The defense was actually

playing unbelievable against Wisconsin. That should have been a 21 point game. right and they couldn't do it um same thing with with nebraska that game ends up being a three point game because michigan doesn't take the opportunities when they get uh when they get them and so i just i don't i yesterday you had chances to to make plays you had chances to to do all this and you don't and i think um you know unfortunately here's where we're at with it is I don't know that these teams are, I don't know that this team is prepared to play well enough. You know, I think that it's a, you know, it starts with the coaches, you know, I am not in that locker room. I'm not in that practice facility. So I don't know where, where and when it's

starting and stopping, you know what I mean? But, man, I, I think that it just, you know, it felt like we were not prepared to play a football game last night at all. No, it felt like they were shell-shocked on the first drive. Like, it feels like Wink has never seen the screen. Like, you were one of the most blitz-happy coordinators in the Big Ten. I don't have the stats in front of me. If I had a guess, I mean, the amount of times that I see, you know, houseman and Rolder coming into the A-Gap is like every other play.

Right. You have no answer for their screens. You have no answers for when the tight end just runs a straight-up scene route. Well, why was there not? Here's my take. Okay, I said it to Caleb. We're at the pretzel bell drinking the Woodson whiskey last. night um and i said okay after that first drive it was very obvious that he was going to let our

de linemen let our edges and let lebackers get upfield and just dunk right behind him and i could see that from the tv thousands of miles away we never made one adjustment it didn't feel like all night no you know how michigan won a national championship with with really great players that for one didn't miss tackles the amount of miss tackles and they talked about it in the fall camp previews or whatever the videos they did with ed kinkerski and talked about you know having to tackle having to teach tackling looks like they don't teach it very well i mean how many how many miss tackles did u s.z have yeah not not many uh i mean we didn't shake anybody uh all right how many i'm sorry i'm talking about USC's offense how many how many

broken tackles. How many missed tackles did they force? Did they force? I mean, it was absurd. And also, that was by a walk-on running back. He was a walk-on. So I... You had him stop. You had him stop fourth and one in the backfield. Brandon Hillman. I don't know what they teach him. Can't wrap up. I know

he lays the wood. We think it's cool. But when it comes down to it when you're a football player you got to be able to wrap up and he had a couple big miss tackles right because that you make that play you've got first and 10 at the 35 plus territory yeah we give up the third and 26 i just it's it's a lot of the same issues that that kind of plagued the team last year in terms of going on the road right we this this happened last year you're four and one i mean the offense isn't great you've got a good run game quarterback situation very very iffy to be kind go out west, and you're basically shell-shocks.

And we've used that term a lot more than we've ever used during the Jim Harbaugh era because they're just don't look ready to play. Again, we're laughing on the sideline down 18 points. Like, I don't know where they go from here this season. But the concerns I had last year that I kind of put to the backup. my head because the way they finished the year, the way they recruited and the way the future looked bright, they're rearing their ugly heads again. Like, this is the same conversation we had last year. Like, we've had this exact show multiple times, right? This same show was last year,

the Washington game. Yes. Last year, the Illinois game. Right? Where it's like, oh, my God, that was the most winnable game ever. If you can just do a couple things right and you can't when you Unfortunately, I don't know if this one was winnable. You gave up 7.2 yards per play for 490 yards. I mean, they got whatever they wanted. They had two turnovers within the red zone. This could have been an absolute blowout. Yeah.

Right? Like, it was semi-competitive on the scoreboard. You know, Michigan, you know, Andrew Marsh, that's a bright spot. And we could talk about him. But he had a great game. He gets a touchdown in the third quarter. Yeah, guess what? Oregon's probably already calling him.

Well, I hate to be that guy. I'm not saying that he's going to. I'm just, that's the situation of how this is, this is trending. That's the least of my concerns right now, honestly, because this, all offseason, and we heard from inside of San Beckler Hall, this defense is so talented. And we saw these guys play last year against Ohio State, but then against Alabama, when Alabama didn't really have anybody out, you know, getting ready for the draft in that game, right? And that's all we kind of heard about.

And they got smoked, dude. Like, I don't know what, I don't really have any words for how badly they played. Yeah. I mean, it was not really close. You know, they forced a couple of turnovers. Great job. But gave up 31. Those two turnovers stopped it from being 45.

I mean, this looked like Michigan State's defense and we clouded them. So jokes on us, we were completely wrong going into this game. We both were confident. And Michigan got their shit pushed in. Yeah. I don't know. That's for sure. And then on the flip side of the ball, I mean, this is a USC defense that gave up a lot of points to Michigan State, a lot of points to Illinois who scored seven points against Indiana. Like they, this is not a good USC defense. And there were multiple times last night where our offensive line just got pushed around, like legit. Like, it was not good.

and there weren't holes for Justice Haynes and then Jordan Marshall because Haynes went out. You know, I don't know. I mean, it just, there was, this offense needs to be a lot better than it is. And I am concerned for not only the rest of the year, but the future, you know, it's, you cannot, I'm sorry, you cannot get pushed around by a USC defense

that has never, when was the last time you heard anything about a USC defense being physical and you got out physical you're michigan your whole thing is smash yeah your whole thing is being big bad bullies up front yep you you can't do that that is completely unacceptable yeah this is one of those where there's like one of those podcasts for us where like i don't know i mean there was some you know guys made plays um but i don't really have anything positive to talk about i mean the receivers but um well and let's talk about that for a second because i think it's just kind of ironic that that's the one thing that everyone's been pointing to all year long like hey this is you know the issue we need to go get you know receivers in the portal we need to you know let's give other guys a shot all of a sudden we get Andrew marshes is like coming into his own Donovan McColley's having a great game now. You know, he's doing what he needs to do.

And then everything else falls apart. It's like, we finally, finally get that for Bryce. And literally everything else falls apart. And so, I mean, it was, you know, there's, it was as bad as the, uh, the box score looks, if I'm being honest. It was probably worse. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, Michigan, you know, they had one drive, right?

Yeah. I mean, they get the touchdown to Marsh makes a great play. They had one sustained drive. I mean, I'm going to try not to crash out, but that's fucking pathetic. Yeah. Against the USC team, we talked about it on the podcast. I don't have it up in front of me. They gave up yards of Georgia Southern.

I think Georgia Southern had more yards on USC than Michigan did. I believe that we only... Three hundred 16 yards. Missouri... state, I believe, is the only team that scored 13 or less U.S. Georgia Southern put up more points and yards. Put up more passing yards, rushing yards. I just, I mean, I hate everything about what I watched last night is all I'm going to say.

I'm going to come in here and talk about it, bro. I don't know what to say. Yeah, I'm not happy. even, you know, to the point of you, what was it? So we ended up going down, was it 24 to 13 then? 24-7. Michigan scored with Andrew Marsh. Rice made a great play and then they go for two and don't get it.

And then what are you going for two for? Well, the math says that it gives you a better chance to win the game. I don't really care that much about that. To me, I mean, I don't know. Does it? I don't know. The math says it does. like the analytics says that that is the move yeah i i don't know i i see both angles right like i see why you would want to follow the math but then i also see that you know football's not

just like a computer game it is like real people and college kids right and the motivation yeah you need some momentum and that after we had some completely killed it and there was visible frustration right after that so you go down finally score and there's visible frustration now if it goes the right way you know then obviously it's the opposite so you yeah you know it's it's hindsight 2020 but that also was just not a good ball from bryce if i'm being fully honest you know donovan was open in the pick the no the um the two-point conversion oh yeah yeah yeah i didn't want to complain about officiating in a game that we got smoked and we've already bitched about getting smoked but there were some

that that interception there's 21-7 at that point McColley gets spun around I don't know how you don't call that I mean that was literally spun around if Michigan had a chance in that game that was the drive and uh I mean again I mean it's you know it ends up being inconsequential but a little frustrating but you we called USC fans for for bission about officiating last year so I don't want to do that but interesting no call there didn't think that was on

I just thought McCoy got spun around. But, yeah, I really don't know what else to kind of talk about, man, because it just wasn't ass kicking. And again, the same theme as last year, you know, it reminded me of the Oregon game a little bit in terms of, you know, in the fourth quarter, like Michigan's down 11. It's like, hey, we get to stop, right? Like, you had a huge play, you know, short drive to get a touchdown.

and then I mean for the 17th time I think USC hit the seam route just it was open every every play every play there was just no adjustments made and I think adjustments are a little bit overrated like like halftime adjustments right like you know you you're not going to go in there and revamp your entire game plan but like points of emphasis like hey screens are killing us hey seam route's killing us maybe we should do something you go back you go to the sideline go to the iPad and you say hey Ernest Housman, you need to go back with the tight end when we have other guys blitzing. Like, you need to be the one to cover him because he was covering grass on that long third downplay. And just in general, like, to your point, yeah, it's, you're not going to change your whole

philosophy, but you're going to be like, hey, let's keep our gaps. Let's keep our ground instead of going, you know, five, six, seven yards upfield, right? and like I it just it felt like we were banging our head against the wall trying to you know trying to do the same thing a hundred times in a row and it was like okay is that don brown calling the defense because that's what that looked like was let's just do the same thing a hundred times in a row and never change yeah I think if you just were in cover too exclusively you might like you might have a better better performance than whatever was going on today um yeah man it just you know i think i think where it's instead of just binging i think

where i saw the game really kind of flip was that middle middle eight portion right like michigan scores to tie at seven seven you're like okay that's all right because they had moved the ball but they only had three drives in the first half because USC just had like six seven minute drives yep so then USC goes down and they score mckeye lemon i mean jane sanders did all he could That was great. It was just a great match. Like, there's nothing you can do about that. So you're like, all right, well, we get the ball to have well, three and out.

And then I think doesn't USC go down to score again? I think right at that next drive. Was that the third and 26 drive, I think, if I remember right? Let me see. Yes, they do. They scored right out of the gate five. So they dominate basically like the middle five minutes of the game. Yeah.

So it goes from 7-7 to 21-7. And that, yeah, no, that you're, 100% right it's basically over but you didn't you never felt like michigan was moving the ball effectively enough to really win this game without like like a turnover like a pick six or scoop and score or i'm not even going to say a pot return or a kick return because the special teams was horrible again i mean we're i don't know man we're just there's nothing is there anything good to talk about i mean i guess um i will say bryce played really well i thought um for what he was given and I was very nervous because he got rolled up on and then he just continued to play

and play through the injury. I mean, the kids tough, obviously. Justice Haynes looked good before he got hurt. The offensive line had had, you know, had some holes. Marshall missed some holes. I mean, Marshall hit missed some cutback lanes, man. Yeah. That Haynes would have hit. I'm trying to think of positives, Justin. This is tough. Because you know me, I'm an optimist, but last night was really it was not a not a game for the optimist. I think that I mean Andrew Marsh is very good right so I that's one thing that I'm that's a nice yeah eight from 138 a touchdown I mean and but here's my thing like you okay I'm gonna go back negative is that okay I'm I've been there all there's not much else to say I'm pumped about Andrew Marsh for sure

but I'm looking at at these stats and I'm looking at like, okay, where's Marlon Klein? He had one catch. Yeah, Marlon Klein, Hogan, Hogan, he hasn't had one catch for five yards combined. What, I mean, where is that? That's something that like we started the year out with rolling out Bryce and having, you know, those little checkdowns, even the little outroutes for five plus yards. Like, where is that? Why is Donovan McColley after having an awesome game and looking like a good solid receiver?

only getting three catches you know like why like i just i just don't fully understand it i to your point we really just didn't have many drives on this because u sc had the ball for forever and dinked and dunked and never gave us a chance um so that is skewing the stats a little bit but like i mean to your point USC goes up 21 7 we come out we go past to marlin for five yards marshal run for seven So you get a first down, and then you go, negative one-yard run of Jordan Marshall, one-yard run for Bryce, incomplete pass. Punned. Fun for 36 yards, by the way.

Yeah, fuck, yeah. That was sick. So there's that. And then you go to 45-yard line, basically. Yeah. And then you, so, yeah, they get that. Your defense does bail you out after giving up a lot of yards, but bails you out with the pick, and then you go down, and you're actually, you're actually, you're actually

driving pretty well and then Michigan was driving pretty well and then you throw the pick and it's like yeah that that that so I got it mixed up because the March touchdown was with 10 minutes left but that drive was like hey if you want to be in this game you have to score here again I mean that's not the reason Michigan lost but that should have been a pass interference or at least a defensive holding McCullough gets spun around right that's what the ball still far in front of him I don't know how that gets missed um so you know this was a closer game there'd probably be more officiating things I would complain about because there were some missed calls and some bad calls in this game. But, you know, it is what it is part of football. Michigan's not going to call

a year. And it is what it is. So, yeah, man, basketball, that's going to be sick. I'm sorry, I'm just going to keep going. Oh, please do. I'm like, this is, because there's, like, if this was like, you know, 31.28, it's like, oh, man, we, you know, this, this play here, but it's like they're all just a lot of negative plays for Michigan and again there's some bright spots especially Marsh like that was a really good game a kind of a breakout game for him I mean he's had what 218 yards in his last two games so like you found something there um well what I was going to say I'm going back negative so no there's nowhere else to where else can you go there if you talk about Andrew Marsh like four times every time we're like getting too negative

where else can you go um laughing through the pain I'm laughing through the pain I'm laughing through the pain. Here's, here's one of the most concerning, but at least not surprising. Jaden Davis comes in and I feel for the kid because I think he's a good kid and, and, you know, whatever. I mean, that was one of the worst throws I've ever seen. I didn't even see it, brother. I'm going to be honest. I was out. I mean, there was nobody. Like, he overthrew it. And just the separation from Bryce to him is like, shocked. Did you have a panic attack because I did when Bryce was limping? Yes, especially because of the moment of the game, like it very well could have been,

I'm not saying Bryce would do this, but it could be like a situation where it's like, we're going to bring him, take him out because we need him in the long run and it's not worth it and we're already down, right? You know, like that type of thing. And yeah, you know, those roll-ups can be brutal on ankles and, you know, and whatever else so yes i did have a panic attack yeah um so thankfully that didn't seem like it was that that big of an issue um but no i i i mean that that's concerning to me just like to that point if anything were to happen to bryce i mean we're back to we're back to

24 i mean not great right i'm just saying dude i'm like well No, no, you got my, well, Mikey Keene. Well, why is Mikey Keen not going in then? I don't know, man. I have no idea. I don't know how this coaching staff operates. Yeah, dude, like, I just, we're 24 minutes in. And I have no idea what else talk about because I was just so frustrated.

Well, my question here is where do we go from here? I mean, I think you, now all of a sudden you have Jed Fish coming in with Washington who fuck is pretty good yeah yeah i mean you know well we've talked about it i've said it right like you know you you you get through this stretch and it's like home home stretch to the ohio state game now it's like well shit it might be just last year again because yeah you got a home game this is going to tell me a lot because i'm very again disappointed with how these guys looked um because you know i see people like well it's a talent gap no it's not not at We have tons of NFL players on the field at all times.

It's not a talent issue. So this is, again, extremely disappointing with how the team looked last night. I think this is going to tell me a lot about this staff and these players and how they come to work this week and get ready for a big game against Washington. It's going to be a sleepy one, though, 12 o'clock. Give me a lot of Loki, tailgate. People are going to. I mean, we've had these tailgates. We've had the games of a noon game at home after you lose.

I mean, obviously, this is a bigger opponent than when, you know, Central Michigan came to town after the Oklahoma game. But I, you know, I'm not counting on this team being like, you know, jacked up to go play football next Saturday. You got to bring your own juice, right? You do have to bring your own. That's what great teams do, man. like and that's why that's why that's why coaches yeah schematically are really important

to college but it's about the motivation that's why guys like curt signetti have success right dan landing dan landing they're motivated like they're and they're good they're great exes and those guys too yeah but it's about the motivating of these 18 to 22 year olds right because i will say like that is not the one thing that i thought would be the issue with show more because he's a player's coach. These guys love Chirone Moore. I want to make that clear. Like this is, he is very, very well liked in that building.

And so I thought it would be more the experience side of things, right? And like, you know, the game situations, which we've seen some issues there, I did not think that it would be tough to get guys up. Because you did see it in the Ohio State game last year when you had basically nothing to play for like those guys still got up you you had them like jacked up and you can't get up for that game regardless of a record than I there's something I'm with you but you know what I mean like yeah that was it just I'm with you that too like I don't I don't know if you can really quantify it but it's like a feeling when you watch

it's just like it's not there yeah like they're playing hard but they're not they're not fired up and not you know you watch you watch some teams around the country you watch that 2023 Michigan team, no matter who they played, like, they were going to go kill somebody. It's different. Yeah. Having the edge, right? And then I think about Mikey Sainer still a lot. And, like, obviously, we all are aware that he's one of the Michigan football goats,

you know, like, just unbelievable. But he was never, ever unprepared for a football game. Never, ever was he not ready to play, not jacked up. He had his guys around him ready to go. And I think we're just sitting here. Here's my take on it. It's like everyone's kind of looking around like who's going to be that guy, you know? And I like Bryce a lot, but I don't think you can look to your freshman quarterback for that.

And I think he plays with fire and passion. You see him jacked up, dancing, whatever it is. I don't know that that's like as much the team stuff is more as more as much as it is like jacking himself up. You know, not saying he's like a selfish guy. That's just kind of what I'm seeing. But you're just kind of looking for somebody to be the Mikey Sainer still. And I don't know that I don't know that we have one. You know, I love Max Bradison.

And he is, you know, he's as Michigan man as it gets. You know, but even like a Marlon who's a captain, Marlon is a pretty quiet guy, to be honest. You know, so I, I, you're looking, all right, let's I think you just everyone I guess to round that all up in one thing is the where do we go from here is like who's gonna step up to the plate and be like hey this is where we this is what we're gonna be for the rest of the year this is how we're gonna attack each game and each week yeah because we did dude I haven't deja of you man because said this last year everything's in front of you like you're still in it you just have to win every game now right you have to win out and let's me be clear, sorry, before you finish that thought, this was not the national championship year, right? Like, this was not, even I, you know, we were thinking nine and three, 10, and two is still a good year. So that is still in front of you.

So, but it just can't keep trending the way it's trending. Sorry, finish your thought. Yeah, I mean, I feel like this wasn't the national championship year, but you expected this team to not get blown out, right? right, by a USC team that a lot of people had some question marks coming into 2025, the defense specifically. Yeah, I just, it's, it's, I don't really have much more than I'm just extremely disappointed, pretty surprised by how bad they looked. We were both very wrong.

Like, we thought Michigan was going to win. And I'll own that. That's fine. Well, I, just the way they lost. Yeah, totally. if they lose like you said if they lose 31 28 and you know it's a battle because you're trying to slow down their defense and you just can't because it's Lincoln Riley and they do have a ton of weapons that's a different story but you you were never in this football game really you know so and it's both sides of the ball you know I'm super disappointed in the offense to be honest this was an opportunity I think what we said this was an opportunity for Bryce to go sling it right like hey let's go put some points on the board this is a defense you know this was the opportunity where the we can have the offense go win us a football game and they did not you know

did not even put us in the realm so i mean the other bigger where do we go from here question is with coaching you know i i think that i'm not like i know there's a ton of fire Sharon and blah, blah, blah, is on the internet right now. Super fair criticism overall. I'm not there yet of like, hey, we need to get him out. But I think that, you know, you need to see things addressed and adjusted in real time. That is how, you know, good coaches make adjustments, right? That's how good coaches end up with winning football teams.

And so, you know, to your point on, like, feeling like it's deja vu, you know, that is the sign of a not good coach is when you have the same issues over and over and over again. And so what I'm looking for is, you know, again, I'm not really anywhere near like the Fire Sharon thing yet because this was not supposed to be the year. If we're saying, if we're singing the same tune next year, we'll have a different conversation. But I think that you're sitting here. You just need this team to progress. You need this team to get better. And they took a big step backwards last night. Yeah, this week needs to, starting with this morning,

getting in late last night, I'm sure. But I think you need to have a, I don't know what their schedule is. But I think you need to challenge each other. You need to challenge players. You need to challenge coaches. you need this needs to be this almost needs to be like um like an intervention type type sit down as a team um and and really challenge guys of what you want your last year here at michigan to be especially the seniors right like talking to those guys what do you want your legacy at michigan to be you know

like yeah those seniors if they were here you won a national championship great um but that wasn't their team what do you want your legacy to be and that's the same shit we talk about about last year going to the Ohio State game, right, with the, with, with the juniors. Like, yeah, you won national championship. We played a huge part, but like, like, think of how we think of those guys and how much different, even though, yes, they won a national championship so they're cemented as legends, but like, you know much, you know what I love Mason Graham for falling out in that game when he did, he was going to be a top five pick regardless.

Yeah. Right. Like, that kind of stuff for me, I think, means something. And so I think for Sharon, um, this seems to be a very specific. Bearded week of practice needs to be a great week of workouts, right? You know, no Ben Herbert anymore, as we know, but, you know, get Justin Truss, like, get those guys. Like, it, it needs to be like an emotional week. Yeah, practice of workouts, watching film, like, it's, it's got to be a difficult week.

This is where it's got to be. It's got to be productive, right? Like, that's what it has to be. This is where the Foxhole guys come into play, right? right like you need to all right it is this is you're halfway through the year right halfway through and this is where teams either fall apart or come together and right now this is a huge week for michigan football to like you said all right players only meeting type situation let's get together let's hunker down let's get this shit in order and let's end the year on a good note like that you still, to your point, you've got 10 and 2 in front of you, still.

And it's very achievable. Even, you know, 9 and 3, obviously 9 and 3 takes you out of the playoff. But, you know, after what happened in the Big 10 last night, the Big 10 is still wide open, right? I think obviously Ohio State is very good. There's no doubt about that. But you have a one loss Oregon. You've got a 3-3 Penn State now. You know, Indiana looks very good.

you have opportunities right and so um there's i to your point it is right now it's a time of like all right who are we going to be at you know at the end of this season who are we going to be so um you still control your destiny right because there's two one defeated teams in the big 10 everyone else has at least one loss i guess you know the USC loss so we'll see what that looks like um but you at least i think control your destiny in terms of the college football playoffs yes and again this was not going to be a national championship here, but to your point, it feels still wide open, right? Like, I think Ohio State's clearly kind of the best team right now.

Indiana's up there. I don't know. It's been a weird year in college football. I think Miami is hot take. Miami's the best team in college football. Miami's very good. Also, that win by Kurt Signetti in Indiana is maybe the most impressive win. That's, I've seen in a long time, man.

That's a legitimate win. That's a big time win. I tweeted it yesterday. Like, that's probably the big. biggest win in Indiana football history. They've never had a top three road win before and I mean for him to come in

and do that is you know the Google me shit was like corny and we were dogging on him last year but you notice he's toned that down to he has I think well I think he didn't he doesn't need to do it anymore no because he actually he literally is proving it I mean this yeah which

you're two you're two for him You don't want to get into the comparisons, but, yes, he is, he's showing the, the roadmap to how to do it. And it's not even, it's not even just the wins and losses for me. It's just the way that his teams play for him. Oh, my God. They're flying around. They play their tails off.

They play smart football. Yeah, people think he's a, he's a douchebag or whatever. But he clearly knows something about coaching football. Yeah. He gets guys to play for him hard. It gets guys to believe and to buy in. Dude, like, Indiana football has been horrible for my entire life. And before that, I remember, I grew up in Indiana, right?

Like, I lived in Michigan as a kid, but the majority of my life I lived in northern Indiana. I remember how big of a deal it was when they made a bowl game in the late 2000s. I actually saw the tweet, I don't know, you know the brand home field? Yes. No free ads. the kid that that started that company tweeted yesterday he said i started this company after because i was so excited after indiana went six and six and won a bowl game like that is legit and they are they are dominating right now like they are a legitimate national title contender at the moment

um in a powerhouse in the big 10 so i i mean the the script is there so you know i i'm gonna say again that is a little bit of an outlier right it's still very difficult to coach football and get guys you know all rowing in the right direction in two years um you know a year and a half essentially under shroom more um but it's it's possible right it's very possible um so i think that you know i'm not like hot seat type of guy but pressure pressure is on to be honest the pressure is is heightening for sure And to your point, I don't like, yes, I want to win football games, but I want to see this team be disciplined and play good football. That is what I'm looking for. Be physical. Do all that. So, you know, and we've seen it, but we've seen it in spurts. We haven't seen it consistently under Sheromore quite yet. I was just going to say, if we want to go with another bright spot, the one, there was one bright spot yet.

and that was Michigan State's the worst team in the country, I think. So somehow we didn't look good either, but they somehow looked worse. Yeah, but we have expectations, you know. That's like, I'm excited for basketball, but I don't want to think about basketball, at least until the end of the month. Yes. So, yeah, I mean, we've gone 40 minutes. I don't have much more to add, man.

I hate this because, you know, we're vibes guys. We are vibes. That's what we're bringing to the table. It's not, it's not, you know, deep dives, analytics, scheme stuff. We don't know that shit. I just like to have a good time watch Michigan football, man. I mean, I understand a little bit, but so I don't have much more to bring to the table, unfortunately. I mean, yeah, like, we're not going to get on here and, like, break down, you know, what happened, what went wrong in depth.

but I think everyone can kind of tell, even if you're a casual ball watcher of like that Michigan just looked unprepared and on everything to, you know. And yeah, it's not a good look. It's not a good look and we'll see where they go from here. So at home at Washington, you know what? Here's the thing, though. We'll be out there. We'll be out there. I'm going to be there at the lot at fucking 6 a.m.

because that's what we do that is what we do and you know what it's time this is when the real fans separate themselves yeah right so we're gonna be out then you know what i mean exactly we're gonna be there it's gonna be colder i love to the function i want it talked about could be maybe a hoodie 40s 30s maybe at 6 a m you never know i actually think though let me check the weather really quick because yeah it's gonna be a high 70 on saturday so with rain. So we're still in this warm weather holding pattern. But you know what? That's better than 86 degrees, getting a farmer's tan. I don't know how about you, but I had a farmer's tan this week from the game. Thankfully, we were on the Michigan side. I think you guys were too. So the

sun peaked down over the press box. But Caleb and Jordan were on the other side. I think they probably got worse than us. So we'll be there though, man. We'll be there. We'll be there. Rain or shine. Rainer shine will be there. The real ones are going to stick out going forward. forward here. So for us, you can follow us at Blue By 90 on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, at Blue By 90 podcast on YouTube and Blueby90.com. We appreciate you. Go Blue. Go Blue.