Blue By Ninety - Still our Little Brother, an overview of the Sparty beat down at The Big House.

Episode Date: November 18, 2019

Listen to our thoughts on the 44-10 blowout win against MSU!

Welcome to Blue by 90, your Michigan football podcast. We are three dudes who talk maize and blue. I'm Kalen, joined by Nate and Jack. And we are so glad, I am so glad to live in a universe where I can say that we beat Michigan State. Final score, 44-10. Guys, feels great. This is the first time I can remember that Michigan beat a rival two years in a row. I don't know what the stat is. I don't know when it last occurred, but holy crap. I feel like we're on the right direction.

The team's coming together. Shane's playing the best ball he's played all season. Maybe his whole career at Michigan. I'm excited for the rest of the season. If they get the win against IU, maybe get some great momentum going into Ohio State. Maybe we make it happen. Who knows? I'm just happy about the way we played yesterday.

Wow, they put on. Yeah, look at Nate becoming an optimist over here. Wow. Total transformation. You know what's crazy? At the beginning of the year, I said they were going to lose Notre Dame and Michigan State. Yeah. And now I'm sitting here looking like a dummy.

And, oh, by the way, Kalen called it at the beginning of the year. He said Ronnie Bell was the best wide receiver. There you go. I said top three. Top three. Top three. I said our top three. We keep going back to it every week.

And I was like, don't even put his name up there. But he's by far the best receiver we have right now. But, yeah, I mean, blowout. I can't remember the last time we saw a blowout versus a rival. This year. Two rivals. Two rivals. Growing up with 40 points and holding them to under 20.

Wow. I mean, that's awesome to see. Like you said, Shea, I think he's playing after, you know, starting the second half of Penn State, he's playing his best ball that he has in his entire, you know, his career thus far at Michigan. Yeah, keep the momentum going. Great game for the team and Shea to build up some confidence going into Indiana, which will be a tough game, as it always is. And then, of course, we know the week after that, we've got Ohio State.

So, keep the momentum going. We'll see it. It's so funny how here we are going like, dude, we beat two rivals. Like, Jim's kind of got this squad kind of moving here, right? But after week three, we were going like, who can replace Jim? Yeah. Well, that's the thing, though. It's like, who can replace Jim?

And I think that's kind of like what we fell on. It's like there's no point in calling for a job because there's nobody at this point that we believe would, I mean, what, we started off, I think that you were alluding to it, I think this was Shea's best game, dressed as a Wolverine here. I mean, he was, you know, he was pretty lights out. He had over 350 passing yards. No picks. Beat Tom Brady's record. Yeah. Michigan State. Yeah, if you're beating Tom Brady records, like, you're doomed.

Well, he had the best, what, best numbers against Michigan State for any Michigan quarterback, right? Yeah, that's right. That's what he's saying. He had 384 yards, four touchdowns. I mean, that's solid. That's like some of the highest. You don't see that from Michigan.

That's some of the highest pass yards I've seen in a Michigan quarterback in a while, right? I thought it was interesting because the run game was not really a huge part, right? No, I didn't see it. There was only 83 rush yards for Michigan. And when they did run the ball, I actually liked it. It seemed like they had a lot of guys moving in the backfield. Tons of guys, you know, coming across the field.

My favorite run of the day was Mike Sangerstol when he got the ball. It was getting a little jet sweep, and he just ran around the side and went, oh, my God. Like, I knew he was, like, fast, but. Or Giles. Giles Jackson. I think it was Giles Jackson. Giles Jackson.

Oh, my gosh. Yeah, so it's that one. I mean, but then they also had, you know, DPJ running out of the, you know, swing right off the backfield and throwing those. It was quick passes, man. It was bubble screens. Get them all to our athletes. swing right off the backfield, throwing those quick passes, man. Those bubble screens. Get the Baltimore athletes to make a play. Speed and space, man.

Suddenly it's starting to all come to fruition here, right? You're kind of going like, oh, okay. It seemed like there wasn't – the play calling was pretty good, and it didn't seem like there was a lot of, like, bad coaching mistakes. It didn't seem like they were in situations where earlier in the year it's like calling a timeout at the beginning of the game, right? You don't know what's going on. Yeah, it's just like they seemed like they were really well prepared.

Yeah. Maybe that's the bye week. I don't know. Definitely, it wasn't improvement week because they definitely seemed like they got better, so. Yeah, I mean, that was really interesting, right? Like that, coming off of the bye week and then seeing that performance, that was what we were like, holy crap, like they look like they have been planning for this game, right?

And what we had seen versus Wisconsin where they really fell short, we're like whatever was going on early in the season, they've got it cleaned up. No question. But, yeah, I mean, the identity of this team just seems like it's really starting to get dialed in. Ronnie Bell had 150 receiving yards. Dude, he's a stud. That's awesome.

He's insane. I'm interested to see how many of those were yards after the catch, too. Because like I was saying, there's a lot of short passes where you guys are able to make their own plays. I'm trying to find that. Dude, Ronnie still has no touchdowns on the season, though. Really? Yeah. He's got over 600 receiving yards, no touchdowns.

Wow. So he's just kind of in the middle of the field. Because all our touchdowns yesterday was DPJ, Nico, Cornelius Johnson, Nick Eubanks. Wow. So it's pretty interesting. So hopefully Ronnie can find the end zone one of these days. But as long as he's running, I feel good. I also thought DPJ actually had a decent little game yesterday.

He did have that fumble after that long punt return. But he was kind of flying under the radar, struggling a little bit throughout the season, injuries and things like that. It seems like he's just starting to kind of come back, which is perfect timing for us, right? Yeah. What do you guys think about that? I'm with you.

Yeah, I think DPJ played pretty solid yesterday. It seemed like the whole wide receiver core, like they did a great job. It seems like everybody's faster. I don't know what that is. Maybe just watching the games. I think some of it where it looks like they're faster is if they're not blocking, there's no really time

for these guys to even be able to run around anywhere. I think they're really doing a great job of blocking their blocks and downfield. We can actually see the speed and see them run down the field which I think is kind of where we're seeing that now. Right, yeah. That's a good point.

I thought some of the officiating was a little bit like of a head-scratcher. Both sides, right? Yeah. I was thinking about the one where Tariq was, like, flexing on them. Yeah, I was like, dude, relax, ref. Unsportsmanlike conduct. No flexing. Well, even the one that they called

on Sparty when they called it on Cody White or whatever, like after Kalik, you know, whatever, on the sideline,

I didn't really think anything happened. That was fine, but the third flag, I'm like, these guys need to calm down. It's a rivalry game. I get it.

They guys aren't there pushing and shoving. Leave them alone. Yeah, they're out there with this zero tolerance kind of thing. Yeah. Whatever.

It didn't seem like anything unhealthy happened yesterday at the rivalry where you go, like, this game's out of control. Yeah. Get everybody off the field. Yeah. It was just like, okay, you know, there's some talking, there's some, you know, chatting, but, you know, it wasn't, like, crazy. Yeah.

What did you guys think about that possession in the red zone where we were running Wildcat and we just had Hassan Haskins snap it to him and let him run? It worked. I mean, it worked. I'll take it. If it works, I'll take it. If it doesn't work, you've got to get rid of it. But it worked.

So, you want me? Yeah, and it's an interesting kind of look. Do you think he would ever, like, throw the ball in that kind of a stance? Or is it strictly set up for him to run? Well, I think one of the cool things is I think if it's successful with him, like being strictly set up to run, then it'll be easier for us to be able to, you know, have somebody sneak out and be wide open where you can just toss it real easy.

Right. Because it's going to be a short throw, right? So I think if we keep kind of doing that and, you know, and be wide open where you can just toss it real easy. It's going to be a short throw. So I think if we keep kind of doing that and running it for a touchdown, if it is something where it gets to the end of the year and we're playing Ohio State and we need a little trick play and maybe we're on like two or three-yard line, if somebody like Eubanks or McCune can sneak out in the end zone and we can toss it to them real easy,

that would be one of those trick plays we can pull out of our ass. Yeah, I mean it also seems like Jim and Josh are toss to him real easy. It's one of those trick plays we can pull out of our ass. Yeah, I mean, it also seems like Jim and Josh are willing to really get creative and throw the two quarterbacks in there, right? We saw them do that. It wasn't successful. But, I mean, those are things that you're going to put on film. Teams

are going to be like, oh, this is something they might do to us. We've got to prepare for it. It's kind of an interesting little wrench to throw in there. And I would like to see if anything actually comes about there. What do you think about that? I Yeah, I thought they were pretty creative. I like

Do they have Ben Mason in the game? I think with Haskins there, right? And that Wildcat? I think so. I think it was Black. I think anytime you can get him in the game to actually make some blocks, I think that's a good thing. Block? Yeah, block. Great.

Great blocker. Don't give him a block. Let him be in there and block. Just the moment the play ends, get him off the field. Jake, you're like, once something has happened more than once, you're just like, I'm done with it. Moving on. We don't need it.

It's like three strikes and you're out. I play Catholic rules around here. Two strikes and you're out. Give him a third opportunity. Oh, man. No, I mean, everyone was just looking pretty solid in general. I mean, we did have some fumbles. In the DPJ one, we lost.

So that is something we still got to, you know, beat it into ourselves. Stop fumbling the ball, right? Because that just can't happen against Ohio State. Even Indiana. Like, they're a good team. Yeah. Shit like that is what will kill us.

Yeah. Remind me again, what was Shea's fumble? I don't remember. Oh, I think it was, I think the DN got around the edge and he was getting past it and he hit his arm, yeah. Yeah. But we recovered it. Yeah. Mayfield, I think, and he was getting there. Oh, and then he hit his arm, yeah. But we recovered it.

Mayfield, I think, jumped on it. Another thing is, I guess we let up four sacks. I think at least one of those sacks was just shade being dumb. I know one was right in the first play from scrimmage. That was a sack. Rayquan Williams got him. And then one, I think he tripped over his own feet when he was going out in the pocket. I couldn't remember if they called it a sack or a fumble, out of bounds, or whatever they called it.

But those are two that come to mind. It was interesting, though, yesterday, because there's so many points in the game where I'm sitting there and the pocket's starting to close on Shea. And he didn't seem as rattled as he did. He seems more comfortable. He seemed more comfortable. And he made some throws where I was like, oh my gosh, especially the first drive when they got backed up a little bit,

and I was sitting there going, he's going to get sacked, he's going to get sacked, we've seen this, and then all of a sudden throws one to Ronnie Bell in the corner, and I was like, what the hell? He was putting some balls on the money earlier than he needed to be, too. I was listening to the Inside the Trenches post-game podcast, and he was interviewing Ronnie Bell. Ronnie Bell said when he was getting warmed up, Shea was throwing it to him. He was like, oh yeah, boys, number two

putting a little extra on it today. I was like, okay. They had a feeling. Maybe that's the Shea that the coaches have been seeing in practice. It has to be. It has to be. And then they go, and then something's happened in the games where it's not.

In his head or something. Maybe. I think he played great yesterday. Yeah. And there was times where I was like, you know, I was being a dick. Just a crappy fan where I was going like, oh, that ball's a little low. He played great. And the wide receivers.

You got to give him credit, right? Got moving, yeah. Yeah, because you dog him. You hold his down and you dog him. Dude, he showed everybody yesterday what he's capable of. I was pretty happy. Yeah, he seems to keep it up. Dude, if they play that way against Ohio State, they have a shot

at taking that game into the fourth quarter. If they played like this, yeah, just a shot. Here's an interesting perspective, though. I mean, one of the big things that was very apparent in this game was the gap in skill level and depth at every position, right? You could tell we had better athletes than they did. Yeah.

And I think that when we play Ohio State, it's going to be exactly the same, only we're going to be the Michigan State with athletes that aren't as good as theirs. And so I'm not sure if we can line up and do something to address that. I feel like that's just something we need to execute. Do what we do well and

fucking do it well. I know you kind of mentioned having two quarterbacks on the field, but if that's not something we have ironed out and it's been successful, don't even try it. Don't try it. Don't waste personnel. Don't put McAfee on there as somebody to worry about

because if we can't execute, what's the point of having him on the field? You're wasting the play. Could have been somebody else. You're thinking of ironing that out and make it work? I should go for it, but I don't know. I don't think it's enough of a distraction for Ohio State where they've got the athletes to be like, all right, what the fuck is this kid doing over here?

And somebody's ass up before he gets the ball, you know? No, that's a good point, too. Just do what we do well. As long as we can do that, we'll have a shot. But again, like we said last week or two weeks ago, we need to be able to pull some plays out of our ass and get some points on the board. Big-time players make big-time plays in big-time games, right?

That's right. I think the Penn State-Ohio State game next week, that will be a good indication to see where... Because Ohio State, a lot of people said, oh, they played a decent schedule, but I'd like to see them towards the end of the year where they're at because even Rutgers put up 21 points on them. I was a little bit kind of surprised by that.

I was expecting it to be like 90-0. Right. It wasn't as – I mean, they killed them, but it wasn't as large as I thought. I'd like to see them against Penn State. Where are they at right now to see maybe get some comparison before the game starts? And especially for a team like that where they have to compete all four quarters. For Rutgers, it could have been – I didn't watch the game. I don't know if that happened. Yeah, I didn't watch it either. But that could have been something where like, all four quarters. Like, for Rutgers, it could have been, like, I didn't watch the game. I don't know if that happened.

Yeah, I didn't watch it either. But that could have been something where, like, all right, like, second quarter, we're up by 40, you know, put in, you know, some of these other guys to rest, you know, our starters. Because later in the season, you know, if it was something like that, I don't get anything out of those games. So I'm interested to see what Penn State does. I heard there was actually some questions about that for Ryan Day after the game.

They were asking him, you know, why are you even going to have Justin Fields in this game? I think they took him out after one possession after the half. So in the third quarter. But they were going like, why do you even have him in this game? Especially after we saw what just happened to Tua.

So, I mean, and he was kind of saying, well, you've got to balance it out and try to, you know, get guys game reps and blah, blah, blah. They do have to have game reps. You can't just not have a play and then expect them to just show up and, you know, all of a sudden be performing at their highest level. And I think with Tua, it's a little bit different, too, because he was hurt going into the game. Right. Like, I remember when they showed that clip before we even saw he got injured, we're like, what is he doing?

About 35-7 and he's still in the game? Right. And they were showing that, oh, he got hurt. Yeah. I heard he actually shattered, oh, he got hurt. Yes. I heard he actually shattered his hip or something like that. He did the same thing that Bo Jackson had. And now I look at it and I hear that and I go like, Tua, I mean, hopefully nothing terrible happened,

but he might have to stay in college another year just to prove that he is capable of playing. His draft stock is screwed, though, now. I feel like he has to play another year in order to get his – to show, to prove to the scouts that he can play at a high level where he was at before they take him in the top ten pick. I'm interested to see what happens there. Because I'm not sure if he does.

Because we know he's got the talent, but also to be like, all right, is he shaking up? Is he going to be, like, kind of freaked out back there is he shaking up is he going to be like kind of freaked out back there in the pocket is he going to get hurt you know so I'm interested to see what happens there

because honestly if I was him I'd be like fuck that they know I'm talented I'm going to go to the NFL and get paid you know

somebody's going to take a risk on me you know where you know it's just a matter of millions of dollars that we're going for like you know

what if he comes back and he gets hurt again you know he's been pre-injured from he's been hurt I think almost every dollars that we're going for. What if he comes back and he gets hurt again? He's been pretty injured from. He's been hurt, I think, almost every year that he's played. That's true. He'll probably show up in three weeks. He's out for the season.

Got a bionic leg. Yeah. He's a friggin' Terminator from the waist down. Let's bring it back to Michigan. The defense. We didn't talk about the defense at all. We held them to 10 points. Two picks.

We had three sacks, five tackles for loss. It didn't seem like anything special was happening. It was quality play. It was just good defense. Yeah, it was just generally good defense. At the beginning of the game, they were kind of like marching down the field, and they kind of drew first blood, scoring the first touchdown. And then that kind of had me a little nervous.

I was nervous at the beginning. Yeah, I was like, I don't know, this isn't starting well. But, yeah. What do you guys think about Giles Jackson, kick return? I think he still looks good. I feel real comfortable with him. Yeah, I mean, I put him on for your punt return. I just take DPJ off on special teams. What is the point?

What is the point? We have guys that can do that. What if he gets hurt? He's starting to do well at the receiver position where he's making plays. What if I have a punt return? Didn't Giles, though, at the beginning of the year have a couple fumbles, or was that LaVert Hill? It might have been LaVert or Ambry Thomas.

Ambry used to be on special teams for turning kicks. He was kicking on the team. I haven't seen him do it recently. It might have been LaVert or Ambry Thomas. Ambry used to be on special teams for turning kicks. He was kickoff. I haven't seen him do it recently. And plus, if Giles is doing kickoff returns, I know punts are different. It's a little harder to read. But, I don't know, put him on both. Especially when he's not on the field as much.

He should be a little bit fresher. He runs a 4-4-3, so why not? Yeah, he's shifty. Three-second-something cone drill. So he's shifty, he's agile, he's fast. Interestingly, I mean, in the kicking game, did you guys notice Quinn Nordine was kicking all the field goals? Yeah, and extra points.

What the hell's wrong with Moody? I thought Moody was the better kicker. I did too. So that's pretty interesting. Special teams, that was good. He made a 50-yarder, and then they had the pump block. Yeah, Kalik had a pump block. He had a big game.

Yeah, Kalik was, yeah. He rocked all of us here. I can't remember when it was, but he lit him up. Did he lead the team in tackles, Kalik? I'd be shocked. Yeah, so I mean, all around, I think it was a pretty decisive win. I mean, everybody performed well,

I mean, on pretty much all facets of the game. I think Jim Harbaugh, they said, how do you feel about that win? And he was like, 10 out of 10. Super happy, right? Of course. Yeah. And beating rivals different, too, you know?

Yeah. It's a better feeling. Especially with all the noise surrounding him where he can't And beating rivals is different, too. Yeah, it's a better feeling. Especially with all the noise surrounding him where he can't beat his rivals. Right, exactly. Before the game starting, they're flashing those stats on the screen. You're just like, oh, come on. Come on, guys. Well, Kayla and I were talking about this before the game,

but depending on what your viewpoint is on Jim Harbaugh and his time here at Michigan, you can take the stats and just push them either way. Oh, he's been a great coach. You can look at the stats and go, oh, look at all these stats. He looks amazing. Or you can go, he's been a terrible coach. And then you show these stats and you go, it's like either way.

You're picking and choosing. You're picking and choosing. It's just stupid. He's a good coach. He should be here. I mean, the fact that there's any noise around him is annoying. It's just ridiculous. He's owned,, I mean, there's, the fact that there's any noise around is annoying. Yeah. It's just ridiculous.

He's, he's owned, in my opinion, he's owned Michigan State like his time there because, dude, take out the fake fluke punt thing.

That's garbage, man. Yeah. Like, he's dominated them. And then take away freaking John O'Korn. Should be 5-0. I guess, I guess a rivalry game

is close. Like, you know, Sparty was by far the better team that day but I think O'Korn had It should be 5-0. I guess, I guess the rivalry game is close. Like, you know, Sparty was by far the better team that day, but I think O'Korn had like, what, four or five picks? He had five picks,

I think, in that game. Like, he gave the game away. That's, yeah, like, you know, they have the internet and shit. Yeah. I mean, in terms of

this Michigan State team, I mean, I think, I think they'll be interesting, you know, next few years. It'll be interesting, you know, the next few years. It'll be interesting to see where they go, right? D'Antonio, whether he stays or whether he retires or whatever decision they make, right?

Now I'm kind of like, I hope he stays there a couple years. Help us out. Help us out, dude. I mean, they look bad. Like, ooh. The talent gap looks bad. Lewerke was a good quarterback two years ago. He was.

He was really good. And I was worried about, well, we've got to chase this guy for, what, two more years? And then now, like, what the hell happened? Yeah. The only player, like, that really stood out to me for Michigan State was Cody White. Like, he had a couple big plays, but other than that, like, I didn't hear anything from Willekes, you know. Raekwon Williams or, yeah.

Joe Bocci wasn't playing. Joe Bocci. So it's like, dude. I was nervous about Raekwon Williams after the first play of the game. He's looking at that right there. I was like, oh, Jesus. And then all those guys are gone next year. So you go, like, their defensive line hasn't come back.

They obviously don't have talent around their whole defense. Their senior quarterback's leaving. Which could be a good thing, though. Based off of what happened recently. But I'm happy with looking in the future once. You know what I'm saying? That win is also really big on something you always touch on, recruiting. We had a lot of highly touted recruits at that game, right?

Braden McGregor, Gianni Elhadi, all these guys who are really, you know, Blake Corum. Dude, Blake Corum. Dude, he's a beast. He's going to be a stud. He's going to be legit. He's a freshman next year, right?

I think he's, yeah, 2020. That guy is like, kind of reminds me of J.K. Dobbins a little bit. Whoa. Just his size and way he runs. Just a little short guy. You just cut, cut, cut. And then you got Charbonnet, who's got the ability to juke, but he's a power back too.

They're going to have a great combo next year. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. I'm looking forward to it. Christian Turner might have to find a new position. I don't know. He's.

I mean, we haven't seen him in that all last game, right? He wasn't in. He had one or two carries, and he was, like, running around like a chicken. I don't think he got in, dude. I don't think he had any carries. Yeah, I don't. Oh, in Michigan State? He played against Maryland, but he didn't play yesterday.

Yeah, I didn't see him all yesterday. I think he should probably start looking to transfer, to be honest. I'm assuming he will. That's crazy, man. He was a starter at the beginning. Yeah. Well, Charbonnet was a starter. Oh, yeah, that's right.

But everybody was assuming that Turner was going to be a starter. Turner, yeah. Luigi Villain got in. Saw he was in a little bit. Yeah, Chris Hinton. He's got a big head, man. Chris Hinton? No, no. Luigi Villain.

You're like, oh, there's his big head. He's in the game. It's good to see him play. I don't know. Just something I noticed. Maybe it's just because he's got a big head. I don't know. Look at that.

I don't see that. I just see him and go like, wow. I'm happy I didn't ever have to go up against that guy when I was playing football. Because he just looks like a monster. Yeah. He looks big, dude. He's a big guy. Jordan Glasgow had a pretty good game.

He tackles, right? Yeah. So, I mean, yeah, all around, everyone was playing pretty well. Can't complain, honestly. What do we got for Indiana? Yeah, looking ahead towards Indiana. Let's see. Let me pull it up here.

Everybody's looking at their phones and laptops. I mean, like we've said before, Indiana's always a tough team. What is the deal? With the last, like, three years we played them, it's gone to, like, double overtime, triple overtime, or just a close game. Yeah, what was it? Two years ago when they were here as a snow game. Three years ago when we played there, we won an OT.

Last year, I can't remember. It was close. It was close, yeah. We won. We win it, but it's just fucking close. Dude, well, last year, I think some of it is Don Brown now has probably realized that he's got to put some zone in there. And so Indiana was running crossing routes all game, right?

So some of that, hopefully, it's not going to happen this year. They're actually going to play, you know. I mean, I think it will probably be a close game. As long as they just win, get the W, and they can try and give them a shot, a chance to get a 10-3 season, I think that'd be great. Yeah, so they're a big-time passing team, it looks like, against Penn State. Their QB, Ramsey, had 371 pass yards, one touchdown. Yeah, he's good.

And they only had 91 rushing yards. Really? Yeah. Who was their starter? Some freshman, dude. Whoa. Yeah. And he's hurt, so they got their backup in right now.

Ramsey also ran. He had 12 carries for 31 yards, so he sounds like he's pretty mobile. Two touchdowns. I wonder if those carries count if you got sacked, though, right? That counts as a carry? Yeah. Because I wonder if he got sacked or anything. I mean, that's something to keep in mind, too.

So he's a mobile, pass-heavy quarterback. I think usually our DBs are pretty good at that kind of stuff. So I'm not too worried. Take care of him. You know, especially linebackers. I mean, if he can run and get five or six yards, that's really the most concerning thing. But he was the starter, I think, the last two years.

So he's a veteran guy. He knows what he's doing on the field. It's always going to be a tough game. I think we'll win, but I think we'll be close. They also had three fumbles and lost two in that game to Penn State, which is huge for Penn State. So something to keep in mind, too. Maybe we can get some strips or something.

IU is coming up next week. We're at IU. I think the game is at noon. Is that correct? I think 3.30. There are only 3.30 games a year. I think this game has been so tight the last several years that I don't think the players are going to go in there and expect it to just, you know, like, their expectations are going to be like, hey, I can play this, man. We got a game next week. Like, you know, let's not even think about Ohio State right now. I think especially now that they have two losses, like, normally going into that game, pretty last couple years you've had one loss yeah you know so um now like the mind the mindset has kind of kind of switched a little bit like all right we gotta we gotta go we gotta focus on this team every week where maybe it might be

you know teams are getting overlooked so hopefully they're focused on that game not looking at ohio state yet and uh really come out and have another big statement win that we have in the past few weeks. I'm in agreement with you. It's tough because you want to look towards Ohio State, right? Honestly, we match up pretty well with this

team, just looking at the stats and whatnot. The ESPN FPI has Michigan at 77% win percentage. That's usually pretty good. Otherwise, I'm just glad to get a

victory versus MSU. It was nice. You guys got anything else? What did you think of a couple other games around the country? There was the two games, the OU game and the... 28-3 is a curse. What?

28-3 is a curse. The Falcons losing to the Patriots. Michigan State losing to Illinois just last week. And then, friggin' Oklahoma over Baylor. I never want to see a 28-3 score in any Michigan game for the rest of my life.

But that game was pretty insane. And Minnesota losing. CeeDee Lamb was out of that game towards the end. Yes. And Jalen just put

the TM on his back. Dude, he's a stud, man. That's legit. Team Jalen. Do you guys, what do you think about Minnesota losing? I wanted to see him a stud, man. That's legit. Team Jay. What do you think about Minnesota losing? I wanted to see them win out, but whatever. I mean, they still got to play Wisconsin, right? Whenever that game goes to the Big Ten Championship.

Yeah, I think Wisconsin will have another shot to play Ohio State. What about Weird Back? They're awful. Oh, Texas. Did they lose again? Yeah, they lost to Iowa State. Iowa're awful. Oh, Texas. Did they lose again? Yeah, they lost to Iowa State. Iowa State?

On a field goal. That's kind of inspiring. Yep. Wow, dude. What the heck? Just also Iowa State, right?

That's very much upset nation. That's what they do. Something about like Iowa State, right, making these upsets and then going to Kenick Stadium on a road game. It's just, what is it with Iowa?

State of Iowa, man. It's like the corn like trances your mind when you go out there and you stop playing well. Oh, man. No, yeah. I mean, what's in the top five teams right now? Ohio State, LSU, Clemson. Alabama. Alabama might bop out of there with Tua being gone.

Yeah. You know, Saban's going to be pissed, though. Saban's going to be really pissed to see that. But they also still have a chance to prove they're good without Tua. Yeah. They've got to play Auburn. Yeah, that's true. Auburn's good.

And I don't know who they play next week. Did Auburn lose again? To Georgia? Now they're three losses on the year. But they're a good three-loss team. Yeah. They play everybody well. The schedule is

unreal. They play Georgia, LSU, Alabama, Oregon. Which is now a top five team. I think Michigan, if they win against IU next week and lose to Ohio State, I think we're going to play Auburn for sure. You think so? Yeah, because Ohio State will...

You don't think we'll play Florida in our annual bowl game? No, I swear to God, if they play Florida again... I don't think they can allow it. I think Wisconsin would end up playing Georgia. I don't think Georgia's going to

get in. If Georgia loses, they're done in the championship game. Yeah, there's no way they can lose the championship

game. That top six, though, I'm just like, this is such crap. Is the SEC really that... That dominant? Is Georgia that good. Like, is the SEC really, like, that? Is Georgia that good?

Well, they don't really play anybody, like, across other conferences. Yeah. Like, I hate their schedules. Like, we need, like, the regular season schedule for college football needs to change. It just has to. It has to be the same across the board. They need to have at least one game home and home with a big conference team

in the first couple games of the season. That's the only way you can really tell who's really that good. The Big Ten needs to match up with SEC. They have to play each other. They're the top two conferences. We need every single Big Ten team to play every single SEC team. That. To the top two conferences. Pretty much, yeah. Like, they need, we need every single

Big Ten team to play every single SEC team. That's actually a good note to make, because, like, we'll see, like, the Big Ten play, like, an ACC team,

or the Big Ten play, like, a Pac-12 team. But their teams are shit. Yeah, but... So it doesn't tell anybody anything. Yeah, but you never see the Big Ten SEC

matchup, ever, at the beginning. Needs to happen every year. Except for maybe, like, Michigan, when they played Alabama back in like 2011.

2012. Yeah. Blown out. Oh, God. They were 41-14 or something. Oh, man. That's not a fun game

to watch. Well, I don't know. It's possible we could play like Baylor or something in a bowl game. That'd be exciting. That'd be cool.

I wouldn't be mad. Baylor. Oklahoma. It's possible. That'd be fun, I wouldn't be mad. Baylor. Oklahoma. It's possible. That'd be fun, too. I think they'll put Oklahoma with Alabama. Yeah, they will. They will, for sure.

They won't bet on that, yeah. Uh-oh. All right. Well, you know. You got anything else? I ain't got nothing, man. No, that's it. All right.

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