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: (              [Bryan Fuller]   On the roundtable this week: Sam enjoyed the "shot yourself in the leg" tweet I sent to Plaxico Burress. I defend Burress a little because I have respect for anyone who cares enough to go on an unhinged twitter rant. Craig Ross told us all about the O'Neill crew and we listened but had no power to do anything about it. Rutgers! Not good at football. Indiana! Not good at defense. THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

1 hour 57 minutes [Patrick Barron] A big thanks to our sponsors. The show is presented by UGP & Moe's and frankly would not be happening without them; Rishi and company have been on board here from almost the beginning. Shopping with them helps us and supports good dudes. Check out 100years.moe for the rich history of Michigan's oldest apparel store. Our other sponsors are also key in the expanding empire: thanks to Homesure Lending, Ann Arbor Elder Law, Liz Crowe, Tailgaterconcierge.com, the Residence Inn Ann Arbor Downtown, the University of Michigan Alumni Association, and Draft Kings. Rutgers Recap Not much of a game, which is a nice change of pace. A lot of callers this week so this segment has less podcast overlap than normal. Gimmicky Top Five: Celebrities On The Sideline Kevin Woodard of the Alumni Association joins us for this segment. We talk the folks who we would be the most delighted to see randomly appear on the sideline of Michigan Stadium. Despite this being an incredibly open gimmicky top five, Ace and I have the exact same person at #3. Kevin wins with his #1. Kevin sticks around to talk about the Alumni Association's Bowl Tour, which will happen this year since Michigan will go to a bowl (high five), and wants you to know about Giving Blue Day, which is December 1st. This is an especially good year to give to signal your approval with the general direction of things. Steve Lorenz of 247 New commit CO DE Carlo Kemp discussed; Steve believe his ranking is held down by his location. TX DT Chris Daniels was the lone official visitor for the Rutgers game and Michigan is very much in the mix for him. A colleague of Lorenz crystal ballzd FL LB Devin Bush to FSU; so did a couple of Oregon guys in re: Dylan Crawford. Steve ain't scurred. We also talk Michigan's new focus on a serious preferred walk-on program as another way for Harbaugh to acquire any edge he can. In the segment I refer to a PWO offer who impressed me on HUDL; I can't remember his name. He is Tyler Lamica, a LB/RB out of Grand Rapids, and he seems like a Harbaugh type of guy on film. Exhibition Basketball Chatter Stock up: Walton, Robinson, Wagner. Stock maybe not so much: Donnal, MAAR (through no fault of his own). Catch us Mondays 5-7 on 1050 WTKA. THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

1 hour 8 minutes use the force, Jabrill [Patrick Barron] OFFENSE Rudock was really on. Rutgers is not so great. Run concerns, Peppers chatter. We may mention the Nebraska-MSU game. DEFENSE Thomas as Mouton; DL depth getting stretched; Peppers; Peppers; Jourdan Lewis SPECIAL TEAMS AND GAME THEORY MSU/Nebraska talk: did Riley's not-very-good clock management actually help out the 'Huskers by inducing MSU to run the ball on third and long with about two minutes left? Meanwhile, special teams: Michigan got hit a couple times but also hit back. TALKIN' BIG TEN WITH JAMIEMAC MSU/Nebraska, targeting, what happened to Penn State, Indiana as #CHAOSTEAM. MUSIC "Across 110th Street" "Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?," Ted Leo and the Pharmacists "Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy," Jack White "La Bailadora," Super Uba THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

[Patrick Barron] On the roundtable this week: Sam regales us with his marital advice, which is very good marital advice that everyone should emulate. We eventually talk about football. Ed lords it over us that he thought this game would be tight, and I reject him wholeheartedly. Rutgers! Not good. A little basketball scrimmage talk stuck in at the end there. THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

1 hour 57 minutes [Patrick Barron] A big thanks to our sponsors. The show is presented by UGP & Moe's and frankly would not be happening without them; Rishi and company have been on board here from almost the beginning. Shopping with them helps us and supports good dudes. Check out 100years.moe for the rich history of Michigan's oldest apparel store. Our other sponsors are also key in the expanding empire: thanks to Homesure Lending, Ann Arbor Elder Law, Liz Crowe, Tailgaterconcierge.com, the Residence Inn Ann Arbor Downtown, the University of Michigan Alumni Association, and Draft Kings. Minnesota Recap Don't do that. Also: defensive holes poked but also just fluky flukes. Rudock status, Speight chatter, Drake Johnson for feature back. Peppers for all the things. Gimmicky Top Five: Most Improbable Things Good or bad, and about evenly split between the two. Extensive Mike Hart discussion. Ace accuses me of recency bias, which I strenuously dispute. Steve Lorenz of 247 Michigan's battles with Texas and Georgia discussed: some of Isaac Nauta, Mecole Hardman, Jean Delance, Jordan Elliott, and Dontavious Jackson could come Michigan's way as those two programs get a little wobbly. Donnie Corley spitballin'; David Reese possibly departing. Ace's Hockey Podcast My opinion is exactly the same after a wobbly weekend against Robert Morris. Catch us Mondays 5-7 on 1050 WTKA. THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

1 hour 25 minutes Nice hat [Patrick Barron] OFFENSE Give it up to Speight for coming through in the clutch. More Johnson. Rudock discussion as per usual. Peppers. Give it to me. DEFENSE Flukes and some holes. SPECIAL TEAMS AND GAME THEORY That. Do not do it. ON GRANTLAND AND BEING DUMB In case anyone was worried about either of us getting hired away by ESPN, we spend 15 minutes calling John Skipper dumb and explaining why the sudden demise of Grantland is a petulant bite of the thumb directed at Bill Simmons. Also we then talk about the quote-unquote "big leagues" and how they are a trap. If you're curious, this is the article I'm referring to when I talk about how Skipper paid well over the odds for a bunch of events. TALKIN' BIG TEN WITH JAMIEMAC Penn State has a veritable pulse. Mike Riley has a large buyout. MUSIC "Across 110th Street" "Qualifiers," Open Mike Eagle "Get Lucky," Russian Police Choir "Easy Come, Easy Go," The Decemberists "Speed Trap Town," Jason Isbell THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

[Bryan Fuller] On the roundtable this week: Technical difficulties! My headphones are out so I respond to all callers with "uh huh that sounds very interesting." I'll probably answer all questions with this phrase for the rest of time. Ed thinks Minnesota is going to give Michigan a tough game and we're all like "lol wut". Craig reiterates that he feels that the ideal number of players on a basketball team is four. Basketball team has more than four players though. oh no THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

1 hour 57 minutes [Bryan Fuller] A big thanks to our sponsors. The show is presented by UGP & Moe's and frankly would not be happening without them; Rishi and company have been on board here from almost the beginning. Shopping with them helps us and supports good dudes. Check out 100years.moe for the rich history of Michigan's oldest apparel store. Our other sponsors are also key in the expanding empire: thanks to Homesure Lending, Ann Arbor Elder Law, Liz Crowe, Tailgaterconcierge.com, the Residence Inn Ann Arbor Downtown, the University of Michigan Alumni Association, and Draft Kings. Basketball Previewin' Well, first some Lions needling directed at Ace since moments before the show they elevated Jim Bob Cooter to offensive coordinator. Then we talk about what should be Beilein's deepest team at Michigan. It's Jug Week It's Christmas for Greg Dooley of MVictors, so we have him on the show to talk Jug history. We also bring in Brian MacDonald of Rivalry Trophy, a company that does replicas of the Jug (and other lesser Big Ten trophies) from full to ornament-size. Gimmicky Top Five: How To Be A Contendah Ace and I list our top five things we want to see out of the basketball team if they're going to be a national contender. Also we actually talk about the center position in this segment. I get in a Jamie Smalligan callback what. John Gasaway of ESPN We talk the state of the league with the artist formerly known as Big Ten Wonk. Gasaway sees a strong league somewhat off its torrid recent pace, one without a true behemoth. He seems higher on Wisconsin than anyone except Kenpom's algorithm, which he has beef with because it is also his brain. Catch us Mondays 5-7 on 1050 WTKA. THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

64 minutes [Bryan Fuller] BASKETBALL PREVIEWIN' This year's team will be deep and somewhat old and oh look Walton and Levert are back so that's not bad. Also: Ricky Doyle as basketball Desmond Morgan. ACE'S HOCKEY PODCAST Brief segment in which I say things about the hockey team while Ace looks on grimly. MUSIC "Across 110th Street" "Rebellion (Lies)," Arcade Fire "Very Much Money (Ice Cream Dream)," Open Mike Eagle THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

[Eric Upchurch] On the roundtable this week: I get a sick burn about Craig in after he went at me hard last week People are still calling in with highly unlikely scenarios about that last play I'm like let's move along Nope, no moving along Probably because it's a bye week THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

1 hour 57 minutes SAME [Bryan Fuller] A big thanks to our sponsors. The show is presented by UGP & Moe's and frankly would not be happening without them; Rishi and company have been on board here from almost the beginning. Shopping with them helps us and supports good dudes. Check out 100years.moe for the rich history of Michigan's oldest apparel store. Our other sponsors are also key in the expanding empire: thanks to Homesure Lending, Ann Arbor Elder Law, Liz Crowe, Tailgaterconcierge.com, the Residence Inn Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan Alumni Association, and TiqIQ. SO THAT HAPPENED No idea what you're talking about Gimmicky Top Five List: Things That Are Nice We like things. Regent Mike Behm We mostly talk serious things. What being a regent entails, issues with transparency, instate enrollment. Steve Lorenz of 247 Things went very well on the recruiting trail despite, you know, that. Catch us Mondays 5-7 on 1050 WTKA. THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

50 minutes [Eric Upchurch] GETTING IT OUT OF OUR SYSTEM ALL THINGS WORTHLESS OFFENSE, ALSO SPECIAL TEAMS This game was the difference between Michigan special teams and MSU special teams versus the QB gap. Runnin': naw. DEFENSE Lewis versus Burbridge was Ali-Frazier, basically. META-YELLING ABOUT TWITTAR The people @ing Blake O'Neill were literally 90% children. Aggregating them for clicks is a worthless activity, and telling people not to do that won't work, because children. TALKIN' BIG TEN WITH JAMIEMAC I have no memory of even doing this segment. MUSIC "Across 110th Street" "When Disaster Strikes," Busta Rhymes "Codiene," Jason Isbell "Bukowski," Modest Mouse "It Ain't All Flowers," Sturgill Simpson THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

[Eric Upchurch] Apologies for the audio quality this week, as we were at Suburban Chevrolet and there was significant ambient noise. On the roundtable this week: I'm late! Craig takes the opportunity to call me a shiftless drunk! I feel this is slightly harsh, Craig! But not as harsh as what Michigan did to Northwestern! Sam guarantees we see De'Veon Smith and M rides him. Michigan State chatter. THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

1 hour 59 minutes This show continues to be presented by UGP & Moe's, and Brian & co. talk about why we have this relationship in the last segment. Shopping with them helps this blog and supports good guys who are serious about supporting this community. Our sponsors also make this happen. Thanks to the University of Michigan Alumni Association, Homesure Lending, TiqIQ, Liz Crowe, Ann Arbor Elder Law, and Tailgaterconcierge. Extra thanks on this one to the providers of the food, Busch's Fresh Food Market, who will also cater your tailgates by the way. And the providers of the beer, North Peak Brewing Company, Michigan grads who gave us a selection of their seasonal beers. My first one was a Blitzen, a seasonal "Festivus Ale." This was also my second and third, so I have no idea what the Hooligan (hoppy pumpkin ale), or the Furry (black IPA) or the Burly (Belgian style) was like. We beat the spread. Northwestern Recap Testing Peppers on the edge ruled "not good." Gimmicky Top Five List: Guys You Wish Had Played for Harbaugh Early 2000s Ann Arbor ska band After School Special is the bumper music. Audience Questions D.J. Durkin to Dolphins, Colts, Raiders, South Carolina. Crutin' with Steve Lorenz Visits! Also a State preview and softies for community. Catch us Mondays 5-7 on 1050 WTKA THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?

1 hour 29 minutes Remember that story about Harbaugh sitting and watching someone direct traffic for hours? Never say those were wasted. [Bryan Fuller] OFFENSE DEFENSE Another shutout, another dominating performance, another another another. Hot damn. OFFENSE Rudock's best game in a winged helmet; if he can maintain that we are in Serious Business. Tailbacks looking good. SPECIAL TEAMS AND MISC Hail Baxter. Stadium atmosphere discussion: right direction, maybe tone down the music. BRIEF USMNT RANT SECTION WITH LIZ CROWE Liz came in and I was like "we have to talk about this or eventually I will explode" and she was like "I don't want to" and I was like "WHO IS THE SPONSOR HERE" and she was like "I am" and then I was like "well we're talking about it anyway." Advertise on MGoBlog! FWIW, Liz is re-starting her craft beer blog. Check it out. TALKIN' BIG TEN WITH JAMIEMAC MSU looking shaky, Iowa the surprise favorite in the West, reasons not to fire Bo Pelini other than "he has a great parody twitter account." MUSIC "Across 110th Street" "Ghettomusick," Outkast "Temptation," Michigan Marching Band "Hawaiian War Chant," Michigan Marching Band "Abattoir Altar Boy And Girl," Hoots & Hellmouth THE USUAL LINKS Helpful iTunes subscribe link General podcast feed link Direct download link What's with the theme music?