MGoPodcast 15.26: The 1893 Fighting Methodists Preview
2 hours and 30 minutes
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1. Basketball Bits
Starts at 1:00
We welcome Alex Drain to talk about Indiana football. But before that, filling up the basketball roster (coaches and players). Dusty May’s hires are recruiting focused, do they get an Australian?? Guys in the portal are guys the NBA doesn’t want, hence why they’re in the portal. Mark Pope to Kentucky is interesting but it’s probably a good hire overall. Would you rather play in the G league or get paid by Duke or Kentucky? Most of Michigan’s coaches look like A- hires. Getting a guy like George Washington III is a good get because they’re probably not going to fill all 13 spots, plus he could develop in his second year. They don’t have a recruiting class right now. Vlad Goldin feels like he’s in the bag, he’s on campus this week. Tre Donaldson has multiple crystal ball predictions for Michigan. Connor Essegian would hate Wisconsin which is a good culture fit!
[The rest of the writeup and the player after THE JUMP]
2. Hockey Wrap-Up
Starts at 45:31
Michigan loses to Boston College 4-0, who would then go on to lose to Denver 2-0 after the Denver goalie played the game of a lifetime. Don’t think Michigan played poorly like the Quinnipiac game last year, Boston College was just at another level. Michigan got into trouble in 4-on-4s, especially after Dylan Duke’s bad penalty. Seamus Casey probably wasn’t 100%, this was one of his worst games. Who’s back next year? The bigger question marks are on defense. Still no rumors on goalie and anyone left in the portal doesn’t have a great save percentage. Put up an NIL bat signal.
3. Previewing The Big Ten Part One
Starts at 1:20:32
Takes hotter than Ohio State fans after losing to Oregon this year. Indiana football time! They essentially imported the whole JMU program plus a coach from Ohio. They landed four running backs from the portal, all of whom played significant snaps last year. Rutgers got a funny quarterback out of the portal. Minnesota and Rutgers like to trade their players a lot, apparently. Taulia Tagovailoa tried to get another year for no reason and didn’t get it. Maryland lost a lot and will have quite the drop off. We try to have Michigan State takes. Their defense has been hideous for years but they do return some of those guys. There are pieces on offense but the offensive line isn’t great., they’re a year zero. Penn State’s spring game had some concerning moments! Their top receiver is transferring and the shaky offensive line loses guys. Ohio State said “we’re never losing a football game again” so we’ll see if it works. Their QBs didn’t look good in the spring game. The defensive line dominated. Wisconsin hit the portal hard. Illinois' good defense is all gone.
4. Previewing The Big Ten Part Two
Starts at 2:02:19
Northwestern has gotten one (1) guy out of the portal. They're playing on a practice field by the lake this season and that might just sum up their season. Iowa has Not Brian Ferentz as their offensive coordinator, how's that going to look? Spencer Petras is in the portal! "[Team] is playing in the Rose Bowl!" is already an old joke. Nobody got picked apart by the portal as much as Purdue. Dylan Raiola to Nebraska is exciting but it probably won't start well. There's a path to 8 wins there. Minnesota will be okay. USC is finally making an effort to play defense. Their schedule is brutal, though. It will be interesting to see UCLA without Chip Kelly, also their travel schedule is wild. Oregon is a serious football program. Washington's roster and staff has been gutted.
MUSIC:
- "Everyday Hustle" — Future and Metro Boomin
- “What a Difference She Made" — Jaylen Ngonda
- “Ready or Not”— Shakey Graves, featuring Sierra Ferrell
- “Across 110th Street”
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"They're all kind of Sherrone's Moore. "
beating ohio this season for the third time with the incredible, evil, manipulations pulled by ohio in their desperate attempt to beat us can't be overvalued. that said, if ohio doesn't 'win all the games' this year, including vs. us and in the CFP, the explosion of hate from their fan base would be epic.
they are the worst state ever, and they earn that title every day.
I’d love to see Michigan beat Ohio State for the third straight time a second straight time. If they don’t (and with a new quarterback on the road it will certainly be the tallest order in this most recent stretch of the series), I look forward even more to a slightly more seasoned Michigan QB beating Ohio State (again, for the first time) in the playoff.
XM, I say we go for four in a row - as we already did the threepeat in 2023. Beating osu has paid so many dividends. They are 0 for the decade in the 2020s.
All in favor of beating ohio four times in a row, please signify by saying, “Aye!!”
Aye, Eye, Ai, I
April 15th, 2024 at 10:24 AM ^
they are the worst state ever, and they earn that title every day.
Rumor has it there's a few folks down there that are pretty cool. Or so I've heard.
April 15th, 2024 at 10:48 AM ^
Yes. My grandma, some (not all of my) cousins, and my god-daughter. But who else?
April 15th, 2024 at 11:03 AM ^
you're a native michigander, so you don't count as ohioan. you're 'in', and so is your family, but don't try to sneak anybody else in that's not a michigander. very strict, formal rules to all of this.
April 15th, 2024 at 11:14 AM ^
Aw nuts...
April 15th, 2024 at 12:14 PM ^
and you erik. you're good too.
April 15th, 2024 at 11:25 AM ^
Courageous folk. Like Pioneers or advanced scouts.
April 15th, 2024 at 12:51 PM ^
The only thing more unimaginable than living in Ohio would be marrying the enemy. My brain would be in such conflict with my heart and then the thought of my children siding with Ohio - just NO!
Big M fan here in KC (His name is Andy) married to the VP of the buckeye alum and watch party group. Local bar (Fuzzys South) was a dive but owned by a big (literally/figuratively) IOWA man so he drew all the B1G patrons as he would play the fight songs and have volume on (all before everyone had 60" HD TV) his many satellite dishes.
Penn State, Ohio, Florida (not sure how or why), Iowa would each have 25 fans or more rooting for or against (Michigan officially met somewhere else but a good 15 of us would choose Fuzzys on the regular including this poor married bastard) your B1G team.
Food was awful.
Drinks (I do not drink I would order Iced Tea) watered down.
Service awful.
I spent $15 to order a bad cheeseburger and Lipton's on ice.
97 Was great of course but early 2000's and having to endure the Ohio fan club during the horror tested you. Andy would get blackout drunk and those years seemed like the Michigan stations of Calvary before my eyes.
I will never forget about 10 of us watching the Washington/Brabbs game holding each others hands among all of the booing and jeers from opposing B1G watchers and our pure elation as the bar fell silent when that beautiful bomb of a kick sailed through the uprights.
One of the few times after 97 I saw a smile on Andy's face.
I think someone told me Andy would eventually divorce but not sure. He stopped showing up at some point and eventually Fuzzys faded (faked a fire and sold) into oblivion.
I watched a price be paid that would be too great for me and thankful for many reasons my wife is a sympathetic to Michigan sports agnostic.
I came oh so close to “marrying the enemy”. She was from Shaker and went to OSU, but didn’t care at all for sports, so the relationship was manageable around football season. But I just couldn’t get past the fact that she went to OSU.
April 15th, 2024 at 12:55 PM ^
If Day losses again to Sherrone Moore, he might want to consider giving up his Just For Men promotion gig for Southwest Airlines instead.
"Wanna get away?"
Terry Schiavo
"Not going anywhere for a while?"
-SNICKERS-
I like it better when the hockey segment is at the end.
April 15th, 2024 at 12:02 PM ^
I’ve never seen basketball spelled that way before. Is that a British English thing?
"Would you rather play in the G league or get paid by Duke or Kentucky?"
Don't forget Kansas! :)
April 15th, 2024 at 12:58 PM ^
Nothing more difficult to endure than Kansas fans basking in the afterglow of Conner Stallions and the condemnation of "sign stealing".
Pitino is The Great Satan.
Izzo is on the Rushmore with Dean Smith and Rupp.
Bill Self is more charming and comes off as demure but everything he has done and has been covered up at The Yacht Club and is on tapes during an FBI investigation are actions that are diabolical.
When Michigan was called for that horrendous tripping penalty, why didn’t it go back to Michigan’s man advantage after BC scored their first goal of 4 vs 4? I looked for an explanation and could not find one.
Goals scored even strength do not prematurely end the offending penalty like scoring on the (non-Major) PP does. It works that way in every level of hockey that I've witnessed - admittedly not many outside of NCAA/professional.
It was truly a horrendous tripping call.
NIL killed the G-League. I think that decision has already been made.
April 15th, 2024 at 12:48 PM ^
I dont think they killed the entire G League. Just G League Ignite, the team specifically for kids who skip college. That team was horrific this year anyway. The G League remains a viable minor league.
I have updated my 2024 MGoBlog music playlists with the songs from this episode - here are the links:
- Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/2024-mgoblog-music/pl.u-76bRptg9VE2
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6mqnQiv45tZOGYQjBRNLcP?si=04d75aefe8334ffc
Go Blue!
April 15th, 2024 at 11:36 AM ^
I'm in the process of listening to this, and the basketball segment just finished. It was outstanding: sensible, informative, void of some of the typical sports-talk stuff I don't care for. So, well done!
Also: Alex Drain is a MGoBlog's best kept secret that's right out in the open ... he's terrific, both on these podcasts and in his writing.
And Brian is the high energy guy on the podcast. A few years ago we were wondering if Brian would stay awake for the entire podcast.
April 15th, 2024 at 11:58 AM ^
"Lambert-Smith is gonna be like a 2nd or 3rd round pick; he's legit."
"So why didn't he leave?"
"He did leave!"
"No no no, why didn't he leave for the draft?"
"I don't know. But Michigan should go get that guy."
"Oh, I mean, totally! When did he leave?"
"After spring practice."
"So, very recently."
"Uhhh, hello! What year is he?"
"He's a senior."
"OK, so, he hypothetically could get in?"
"Uhhhh. . ."
Lol he should be graduating. He's been in college since 2020.
April 15th, 2024 at 10:21 PM ^
LOL. Nice post outro clip.
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