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  1. 13h ago

    Michigan Mondays - Is Michigan Back!?

    Michigan Mondays — “Is Michigan Back!?” Hosts: TJ Ronin & Michelle | MichiganVOCFB Post-Oklahoma win recap, Bryce Underwood debate, defense grades, season outlook, Big Ten landscape Cold open & vibe (00:01:31–00:03:25) TJ: “What is up, Michigan Nation? We are back for another Michigan Mondays.” Michelle in the house after “a hell of a weekend.” Michelle: Feeling much better than last Monday. “Quite a turnaround for Michigan.” Grateful to be on this side of it; more positive about the team after Saturday. TJ jab: Some of us beat our SEC/ranked opponents. “It does feel good to be in that bucket.” Agenda: Oklahoma recap, “Is Bryce back?”, knocking out one of the “big four,” season outlook + Big Ten. FanDuel read: Michigan 2-0 heading into UTEP (spread -35.5). Caution on the number — could rest guys late. “UTEP is not Oklahoma.” Bet responsibly. Receipts & narrative shift (00:03:27–00:06:45) Pre-game they said a win would change the season narrative. It did. Michelle reads hate comments she received: “Oklahoma will drop 40-50 on Michigan. Michigan lucky to score 13.” “Oklahoma will skull drag Michigan before halftime.” “Michelle making predictions like I did when I was young and dumb.” “Delusional. Stop the cope.” Someone twisted “mentally dangerous” into “mentally retarded.” She shortens the victory lap — still a long season — but “I was not wrong this last weekend. I knew what that team had.” Narrative already flipping: Oklahoma went from “will put up 50” to “no offense, John Mateer sucks, unworthy win.” TJ: Time reveals all. They’ve done receipt shows before (Bryce Underwood saga, “lack of hammer”). Keep the hate coming — Michigan turns it into fuel. Oklahoma game: what they saw (00:06:45–00:15:25) Michelle’s take Better game plan and utilization of Underwood. Room to grow: Underwood-Hyder communication/miscues, too many penalties (spoiled by Harbaugh-era discipline; expected more from Whittingham). Special teams polarizing: punting phenomenal, but “why are we running into the kicker?” Dumb penalties from Jire Hill after they’d already backed Oklahoma up. Big positives: toughness, focus, defense “awesome.” Michigan moved the ball reasonably well against what is “by some measures probably a top-five defense.” 17 points (7 off a short field after a turnover) isn’t magnificent, but context matters. They won’t see Oklahoma-level defenses every Saturday. TJ’s take Confident the team will play cleaner football as the new staff/system/young players settle. Wants it by Big Ten play. UTEP should be a confidence-building warmup. Juju’s postgame point: Oklahoma is arguably the best defense they’ll play all year (Ohio State fans yelling “wait till you play us” — “Beat Texas, watch your mouth”). Jason Beck’s play-calling not perfect; run game is an OL issue more than an RB issue. Stacked boxes made it hard. Offense should open up once the run game does. Underwood’s postgame comments encouraging (saved for later topic). “What a win.” One of three undefeated teams with a top-25 win (Michigan, Ole Miss, Texas). Defense: “Are we back?” Both: Defense is really good. Mateer’s poor day must be measured against Michigan’s defense the same way Michigan’s offense is measured against Venables. Couldn’t run on Oklahoma — nobody will. Likewise, teams will struggle to move the ball on Michigan. Defense “smothering.” Kept a mobile Mateer (CFP QB last year) in hell most of the day. Narrative will be “Mateer sucks.” Reality: they beat a playoff-caliber team. Names popping: John Henry Daly (emergence from injury), Dominic Nichols, Nate Marshall, Quidi Pei, Josh Uche (impact in rotation), Tariq Boney “freaking great,” Trey Pierce encouraging, Jonah Lea, Nathan Wasu Boateng (18 snaps, made plays). PFF secondary snapshot (doesn’t even include Zeke Berry or Rod Moore): Jire Hill — 6th nationally Chris Bracey — 19th Smith Snowden — 26th Strength of schedule/record already strong (ESPN). Secondary locked down Oklahoma’s top WR (2 catches, 9 yards in man coverage). New HC + new OC + new DC + new players — success should be contextualized. Other programs with coordinator turnover are struggling. Super chats & rivalry noise (00:15:25–00:26:00) Michigander: OSU fans coping hard that Michigan is 2-0 and they’re 1-1. “They truly believe we lost to Western.” Michelle: They don’t lose often… except three of their last four. Extra sweet when they wanted Michigan’s ass kicked and the opposite happened. Oklahoma may still beat Texas — “college football math” heading into The Game. Both watched OSU-Texas intently. TJ caught the second half after a 5-hour postgame. Missed FGs remain an OSU theme. “Maybe if they cared about kickers they’d have more natties.” Haters now claiming Oklahoma was never good. Response: “F**k the haters.” Keep it coming — it makes Michigan better. National media resistance: some prominent voices framed it as “Mateer played horribly and Underwood was who we thought Mateer should be” rather than crediting Michigan. Western Michigan first impression dug a hole they’re still climbing out of. Fine with it — talent is there, schedule will give more chances to prove it. TJ has pulled back from a lot of national pods. Respects Joel Klatt and (sometimes) Josh Pate, but many are trend-followers who don’t watch enough tape. Other chats: offense coming together (key is OL + getting the best five together; RPO/Hyder-Underwood mesh will clean up); Smith Snowden & DBs locked down Santiago; secondary held OU’s best WR to almost nothing in man. Topic 2: Is Bryce back? (00:26:00–00:36:20) Clip contrast: locker-room Bryce vs. podium Bryce. Sounds like a captain. Context: 60-70% of the fan base was ready to pull him after Western. Whittingham doubled down postgame — Bryce is the quarterback; fans created a narrative. Michelle was nervous specifically about Bryce (elite OU DL + secondary that capitalizes on mistakes; decision-making issues in Week 1). Expected a low-scoring game where one mistake swings it. She was right about the game script, wrong that the mistake would be Bryce’s. Improvements: better decisions, better play-calling for him, didn’t put the ball in harm’s way. Lower completion % but far more designed/needed carries (18). Utilized his legs strategically; UTEP should let them pull back and work other parts of the offense. TJ: He faced an elite defensive mind and a top-5 defense, with reporters challenging him, a restless fan base, and “not the high-school Bryce” narrative — on Big Noon Kickoff with Woodson, Portnoy, and recruits in the building. He was composed, audible’d, and willed the offense when the run game died (9-of-17, 111 yards passing). “Bryce was good enough.” Ask for patience. He’s young. There will be another frustrating moment. Hope this extends the runway with the fan base (coaching staff already locked in). Press-conference nonchalance (“no, but cool”) frustrated some fans. Michelle liked it — he needs to tune out the noise. Absorbing comment sections would make any QB “mentally unwell.” Stay even: not too hyped, not too low. Less Western Michigan frustration = cleaner mechanics. TJ hated how the reporter framed Whittingham’s comments to a 19-year-old. “$12 million doesn’t change the speed at which their brain develops.” He’s still a kid learning to speak in public. Growing in front of the camera: on-field interview, presser, team-first soundbites. If this is the start of the “ultimate Underwood archetype,” it’s going to be fun. Quick hits from chats: Whittingham called John Henry Daly the “vanilla gorilla.” Cole Sullivan (now elsewhere) had one tackle. New VOCFB member. Season outlook: driver’s seat? (00:36:20–00:44:00) 2-0, already knocked off one of the “big four” (Oklahoma, Indiana, Oregon, Ohio State — OSU’s status TBD). Win totals were priced with an Oklahoma L baked in. That W is huge momentum. Oregon: lost two coordinators and it showed. Week 1 wasn’t great either. Talented roster but beatable. “I’m not calling Dan Lanning James Franklin quite yet.” Ohio State: still can’t kick reliably; defense can be run on. Nobody looks immortal in 2026. Michigan passed a significant early test. Whittingham’s job now: keep them locked in, clean penalties. Not every game will be this forgiving. Path they like: UTEP (get-right / swagger game) → Iowa → Minnesota looks “garbo” → then find out what Matt Campbell’s Penn State is about (TJ going to that game) → Indiana (Curt Cignetti fight). If they come out 7-0 facing Rutgers, the fan-base shit-talk will be “off the chain.” Caveat: team is not where it needs to be and they know it. But there is no game on the schedule they cannot win if they play their best — and they haven’t played their best yet (bad → better vs. Oklahoma). Defense is already the bully. If the OL becomes the bully again under Harding, “we’re a serious problem.” Bad news: Babalola out longer-term (former 5-star expected to start). Next man up. Big Ten landscape (00:44:00–00:53:00) Conference has more parity than expected. Big Ten did not carry its weight vs. the SEC this weekend. USC 3-0 but defense still looks beatable. Not on Michigan’s schedule — happy to watch them beat up others. Nobody scares them except maybe Indiana. Oregon at Autzen was the preseason nervous game; Oregon has work to do first. UCLA better than expected (beat Cal). Iowa less formidable than advertised — still a physical game that will require the offense to show up (Michigan 30 total points so far isn’t pretty). Ohio State defense struggled against el

  2. 19h ago

    MICHIGAN - Oklahoma Postgame LIVE Call-In show Part 3

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  3. 19h ago

    MICHIGAN - Oklahoma Postgame LIVE Call-In show Part 2

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  4. 19h ago

    MICHIGAN - Oklahoma Postgame LIVE Call-In show Part 1

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  5. 4d ago

    DEBATE: Is OU Bryce's Final Game? / Michigan Wolverines Call-in Show LIVE 104

    DEBATE: Is OU Bryce’s Final Game? MichiganVOCFB Call-in Show LIVE 104 Hosts: TJ Ronan, Johnny Olden, John D’Adamo Pre-Oklahoma, post-Western Michigan Show Open & Odds (approx. 00:01:32–00:04:00) TJ opens a packed debate show with Johnny Olden and John D’Adamo. Oklahoma is framed as a potential turning point. FanDuel read (John): Line has moved from Oklahoma -6.5 after Western Michigan to -5.5 and now -4.5. Johnny calls Oklahoma -4.5 “easy money” / “free money” (not betting advice). Possible factors: Michigan’s penalty-driven sloppiness vs. Western, or Bryce historically playing better at noon. Western Michigan Recap (approx. 00:04:00–00:07:00) Johnny: First drive looked like the version fans wanted—crisp, Bryce recovered a botched snap and still threw (JJ McCarthy Rose Bowl comp). After that it collapsed. Same footwork issues from last year returned. Scheme questions: jet-sweep motion that is almost never handed off (including with Jordan Marshall) so defenses stop respecting it. Run game / OL “horrible”; pass protection “not that bad.” Blame shared across the offense. Team did not look prepared. Hosts agree Sherrone Moore’s teams at least looked more functional early than this group under Whittingham/Witt so far. Bryce Underwood: Performance, Intangibles, Presser (00:07:00–00:21:00) Johnny on film vs. live: Live it looked bad; film made it worse. Poor decisions, not just Jason Beck. Locks onto first read. “He played horrible.” Core Johnny argument (repeated throughout): Quarterback is a selfless “general” / face of the program. Blame yourself. Check on teammates after hits. Do not smile when losing. Last year’s smiling and this year’s presser body language are defense mechanisms, not leadership. “That’s cool” response to Whittingham’s “opportunity is not infinite / he has a runway” landed poorly. Compares swagger + lack of backing it up to a lesser Johnny Manziel. Fine for a WR (Ocho/TO); unacceptable at QB. Public opinion has flipped because the talk (“never seen a freshman like me,” etc.) does not match 12-of-22, 170 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT and bad decisions after the opening drive. TJ/John counter-points: Reporter framed the question more aggressively than Whittingham actually said. 19-year-old whose lifelong dream is being publicly questioned for the first time. Last year they shielded Bryce and blamed coaching; year two (first year of real coaching/film) the leash is shorter but not zero. Historical comps: Dante Moore, Jayden Daniels, Vince Young (59% completion, 12 TD / 11 INT as a first-year starter, later Heisman). Gifted athletes often look lost early. Risk of wrecking two QBs in one year if they panic-start Tommy Carr behind an unsettled OL. John: Oklahoma is “do or die” in his mind. Best-case Bryce balls out (he has played better at noon and with back against wall—Washington example). Worst-case close loss where Bryce is neither good enough to keep the job nor bad enough to lose it immediately. Runway / Tommy Carr Timeline (00:21:00–00:36:00+) Consensus split: Johnny: If Bryce plays like Western vs. Oklahoma, start Carr vs. UTEP or give him late-game reps if Oklahoma becomes a blowout (JJ-vs-Georgia precedent). Then give Carr first-team snaps. TJ: Current personal runway is Iowa (three weeks). More likely staff waits until the bye so Carr can take first-team reps in practice, then Penn State. Does not want to throw Carr into Oklahoma (“Pikachu vs. Charizard”) unless Venables is in backups. Warns against repeating last year’s confidence collapse with Bryce. Super chats / callers push both extremes: bench immediately vs. ride it out because it is year one of actual coaching. Communication concern: Little visible sideline phone / headset interaction between Bryce and Jason Beck (booth). Question whether Bryce has ever been coached hard (high school “I’m him,” Moore era, now Witt). Witt publicly said the job is not infinite; hosts debate whether that equals daily hard coaching in practice. Scheme, OL, Staff (recurring, later callers) Rhino package / jet motion / Eagle in motion draws heavy criticism. Multiple callers and Johnny want more 11 personnel, four-wides, draws, and designed QB runs (15–20 carries for Bryce if he starts). Whittingham himself reportedly disagreed with how much Rhino was used. OL still unsettled (Babelow at tackle vs. guard, Frazier not developed inside, injuries, freshman center struggles). “Team will go as far as the OL takes it.” Witt/Beck still in evaluation mode after getting punched in the mouth. Some callers already looking sideways at the entire offensive staff regardless of record. Notable Callers (selected) Lindell: Ride or die with Bryce vs. Oklahoma; looking sideways at Witt/OL coach regardless. Hates Rhino; wants four-wides + designed QB run. If Carr is the better chance at Big Ten/playoff, evaluate after game five. Worries Carr removes the 11-on-11 run threat. Illinois Wolverine (Phoenix): First time in 35 years he’s afraid to watch. Sees a “broken” kid. Treat 2026 as a development/evaluation year. Do not destroy two QBs. Wants progressive team improvement more than record. Give Bryce a short, simplified menu (10 plays) and let athleticism work. Long-term: Carr + portal QB competition. Mikey Keene “what if” as a stabilizer. Garrison (“community villain”): Bryce lacks emotional intelligence and situational awareness. Program people (alumni/former players, not just coaches) have been talking Tommy Carr. Spring game: only Carr consistently diagnosed Cover 2 with no blitz. Predicts Venables puts on a clinic. Half-game leash. Flying in from OKC ($50 tickets) + Zingerman’s Reuben itinerary. Big Tim / Timothy: Highlights Bryce saying he watched the Western film five times, owns six critical plays that gave the opponent momentum, and claims those won’t happen Saturday. Also notes possible OL attrition (only two healthy starters?). Score lean: close / field-goal game; betting market moving toward Michigan. Other super chats: five-star QBs with happy feet and bad early mechanics rarely become stars (David Carr warning for both QBs); Michigan “doesn’t develop QBs”; fan-base whiplash from summer hype to “f**k you.” Host Final Thoughts Johnny: World wants Michigan to lose. Back against the wall. “Show up, coach.” No more fluff reports. No power in the “power spread.” No excuses for Bryce, OL, or receivers. “I don’t want to hear ‘my bad.’ I want to hear it won’t happen again.” Looking sideways until he sees real football. John: Execution over scheme. Beck’s offense is staying; they can still call more of Bryce’s strengths and more 11 personnel. Defense can hold for a while but not 45 minutes. Wants Bryce to wake up and get the win so he can praise him. Pit Boss Labor Day sale plug. TJ: Saturday answers hard questions either way. Passionate fan base incoming for the postgame show. Opinions on the show will not change the outcome—coaches and players will. “Let’s hope for the best. I hate hope.” Go Blue. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  6. 6d ago

    Is The Bryce Era Almost OVER? / Michigan Wolverines LIVE 266

    Michigan Wolverines LIVE 266 Is the Bryce Era Almost Over? Hosts: John D’Adamo & TJ Ronin Guests: Chad & Tierani Smith, OklahomaVOCFB Presented by FanDuel | ~2.5 hours (late start after fire alarm) Show open (0:01–0:05) Delayed start after fire alarms in John’s building. Episode 266. Sponsor reads: Freedom Services EPC, Pit Boss (Navigator 6 pellet smoker shout from Ripstar). FanDuel segment saved for when the Smiths join. Tone set immediately: fan base is unhappy. TJ: “We got punched in the mouth and the boys didn’t respond very well.” Early poll of the room: TJ estimates 60–70% of the fan base is out on Bryce Underwood. Chat asked to confirm. Western Michigan recap & culture (0:07–0:14) Rod Moore (vet, 2023 champ) said the team played soft. Players-only meeting followed. TJ: lucky win. WMU dominated TOP 40:19. Michigan lucked into the final drive. Glad they got knocked out of the Top 25 — “Wake the f**k up. I like learning lessons when I win, not when I lose.” Precedent cited: last year’s Washington game after a similar jolt. Defense gets credit: 3.3 yards per play allowed, tackling, pressure (Trey Pierce, John Henry Daly, Dom Nichols — “shot the juju,” Nate Marshall half-sack). DBs solid after early off coverage. Offense: sloppy, fumbles, muffs, misalignments, penalties. “Dirty sloppy drunk girl” energy. Three must-fix items (TJ) Overall team cleanliness Offensive line — still don’t know the best five; rotating Afobee, Brady Norton, Evan Link Bryce Underwood must play better. Nobody found Saturday acceptable. Film / personnel (0:14–0:36) John walks specific clips (YouTube copyright limits actual play video). Opening drive: 11 personnel, receivers everywhere, TD. Then they largely abandoned it for jumbo / Rhino / extra bodies (converted DL Miguel at Rhino). “More guys isn’t always better.” Guys running into each other. Multiple plays where Bryce had a run lane (5–6 yards) and threw incomplete instead. John marks ~5–6 of those. Good read, bad throw: line needed “another couple of milliseconds.” Wildcat / direct snap to Jordan Marshall with Bryce in motion: defense knew it, fake wasn’t sellable, right side of OL crumbled. INT: throw to Jalen Hoffman with a defender closing. John wants Hoffman as checkdown/blocker, not downfield vs OU. Prefer Celestine, Jamie French, Travis Johnson, Zach Marshall. 4th-quarter scramble: right decision to run, fumble. Execution after the read is the issue. Hail Mary sequence / extra second: ball hit a player out of bounds; TV clock vs official clock. TJ will “prove it Thursday on APM.” Should never have been that close. OL debate throughout: some film (Blueprint / Jake Butt) looks better than live TV, especially pass pro. TJ’s counter: then why only 59 rush yards from Marshall + Hyder (excluding Bryce’s 47)? “Until we’re the bully again, we didn’t play well enough.” Still rotating three guards after Week 1 is a problem. Expects more from Jim Harding. Jason Beck: John stays on the train. More creative than late-era Sherrone inside-zone grind. When the line fails you have to go east-west, boot, play-action, move the pocket. Wants more 11 personnel, less predictable jumbo/Wildcat, and actual tight end usage (Zach Marshall). Bryce / Tommy Carr debate (threaded 0:36–1:04 and later) Calls to bench for OU are “not seeing the larger picture.” Starting Carr against Brent Venables’ front with an unsettled line is how you “kill a kid’s confidence.” John: treat him like a game manager before asking him to be a hero. Perfection not required vs OU — better decisions, throw it away, run when it’s there, complete the ones to Buchanan. Counter from John himself: Bryce was sold as higher than Trevor Lawrence, has 13 games under the old staff + this one + OU = ~15. Stunk the spring game; Carr looked better. Paid like a starter ($3M / $12M range cited). Kid-gloves era is over. TJ: won’t get pulled unless it’s Alex Orji-level disaster. If same product vs OU, start Carr vs UTEP. Ego/moment stuff: laughing after Hoffman get hit, old MSU selfie narrative. Adam Lamparello’s old red-flag call on arrogance still hanging in the air. Fall camp vs live bullets: limited tackling made camp look cleaner than Saturday. Sooner Smiths join (~1:05) Chad & Tierani Smith, OklahomaVOCFB. Oklahoma identity Venables defense is the measuring stick. Stack the box, dare the QB to throw, physical DL. Last year OU ranked near the top nationally on defense; that identity is what they built. One OL likely out for OU (injury mention ~1:15 area). Smiths not treating the extra second / clock controversy as a Michigan conspiracy; more “it happened, move on.” Keys they give OU: stack eight, make Michigan one-dimensional, win the line. Michigan: clean up slop, get 11-personnel answers, don’t turn it over, let the defense keep playing from ahead. Both sides agree this is a true measuring-stick game for Whittingham’s staff after one live look. Score talk / picks in chat and on air Multiple chat scores lean OU (42-7, 38-17, 23-6 cited). Hosts: Michigan can win; a win flips the entire narrative. A sloppy loss and “this fan base is about to riot,” especially if Utah later isn’t a stomping. Conference aside: TJ still thinks Big Ten top can hang with SEC top (recent natties) but SEC has a stronger middle. Other notes / Super chats Players-only meeting + “not the same team as camp” (Kyle comment) gives some hope. Recruiting: biggest composite jumper by signing day — TJ leans Cole Lampru / Colt Lumpurus (slept-on, top-100 talent in his view). Also Xavier Muhammad, Jakari Lipsy, Tyson Robinson, Tavares Harrington huddle tape party recommended. Mac / appeal / AP drop to ~28: NCAA already said no mechanism to overturn the WMU result. Channel house: Michigan Mondays (TJ + Michelle, 7 p.m.), Thursday APM call-in with Johnny Olden (debate night — “call in and make your case”), Saturday postgame. 5k+ YouTube viewers this episode; 50k views in 48 hours over the weekend. Dogs, treat-fund super chat, Ripstar as Deadpool/ronin, Doreen (22-month member, “reasonable Buckeye”), Adam from Rutgers Live. Close (~2:28–2:33) Hail Mary was a 1-in-a-million execution (Bryce throw + Buchanan catch); WMU also left a spy instead of maxing the end zone. Final vibe: Week 1 was the wake-up. OU is the test. “Always go blue, f**k Ohio, beat Oklahoma.” Thursday APM for the film debate (OL Blueprint / Jake Butt, clock, Bryce). Short-form clip timestamps (good for Shorts / X / Reels) Time Bite 0:01:45 “Is the Bryce era almost over?” cold open 0:05:55 60–70% of the fan base is done with Bryce 0:10:08 “We got punched in the f*****g mouth” 0:11:09 Glad they got knocked out of the Top 25 0:13:37 Three things that must get better 0:16:16 Jumbo vs 11 personnel contrast 0:21:16 “If the O-line played well, what happened to the run game?” 0:29:00 Right decision, lost the football 0:36:50 Don’t throw Tommy Carr to Venables this week 1:05:06 Smiths walk on 2:09:07 Always go blue / beat Oklahoma One-line thesis of the episode Michigan escaped Western Michigan ugly; the defense showed up, the OL and QB did not, the fan base is restless, and Oklahoma is the first real live evaluation of whether Whittingham, Beck, and Underwood can turn “soft” into a response — or whether the Carr conversation gets real after UTEP. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. 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  7. Sep 8

    Michigan Mondays - Time to Panic?!

    Michigan Mondays — Time to Panic?! Hosts: TJ Ronan & Michelle | MichiganVOCFB | ~51 min | Season premiere Quick recap Ugly Week 1 escape vs Western Michigan. Three problems: O-line, Bryce Underwood consistency, sloppy team play. Defense was the relative bright spot. Clock controversy is real optically but they argue the call was correct. Split Oklahoma pick: TJ takes OU, Michelle takes Michigan in a home-dog rock fight. Underwood’s runway is Iowa through the Oct. 10 bye, not “one bad half Saturday.” 00:01:41 — Intro New Monday show with Michelle. Good / bad / ugly all season. Super chats on. Michelle after 24 hours with the tape: “punched in the gut… for virtually 60 minutes and one second.” 00:02:47 — Week 1 snapshot Michelle: Flashes, then disappointment — Bryce, O-line, coaching. Did not match fall-camp / portal / staff-change expectations. Sloppier than a typical Sherrone Moore team. Two early illegal formations. Assignment confusion. Undisciplined on defense too (pick wiped by a valid DPI). TJ’s three must-clean items: O-line, Underwood, team discipline (alignment flags, muffin punts, fumbles). Defense: Ball stayed in front, few explosives, drives lived too long, pressure underwhelming. Dominic Nichols a surprise. Should not have been a 9-point game — late 2Q INT + short field created the mess. WRs: They catch. JJ Buchanan is a dog. First-drive TD ball was not well thrown; Buchanan bailed Bryce out. 00:06:37 — Super chats OSU/MSU “hitting the NCAA” / ClockGate incoming. Captain Stab: Biggest disappointment is Jason Beck. Michelle agrees — not the creative Beck offense they were promised. Some missed reads may be on Bryce; formation penalties land on Beck. TJ: hard to scheme well when OL and QB are bad. Dan Cuzzort: Even Drive 1, Bryce wasn’t reading the defense. 00:08:33 — Topic 1: Underwood’s runway Michelle (open): Whittingham is here to win, made no promises to a previous-staff recruit, and has swapped QBs at Utah whenever needed. One bad half vs Oklahoma and it may be Tommy Carr time. Whittingham (as discussed): Don’t panic, let him develop, runway is not infinite. Carr has first-team reps. Logical next-up over Flower-Nicosia. Whittingham has praised Carr since February. TJ’s counter: Don’t throw a true freshman into Norman live bullets behind this OL. Pulling Bryce is likely permanent for his psyche and can wreck Carr too behind the same line. Ride him toward Iowa so a real staff can correct week to week — Year 1 of actual QB coaching. Physically dominant his whole life; never taught how to be a QB. Delicate psyche. Huge sunk cost (NIL, reps, WR chemistry). Not a Manziel situation — first in, last out. They land here: Play Oklahoma. Use UTEP to rebuild confidence. Iowa next. Judgment day = Oct. 10 bye, not mid-Oklahoma panic. First real film relationship with Whittingham–Beck–Underwood. Penn State off a bye with freshman Carr would also be brutal. Mechanics / Klatt: Same issues this show has flagged. Better early last year, then regression; spring game bad; Drive 1 mechanics looked improved, then old habits under live fire. Fall-camp clips looked better. Fixes take weeks/months, not seven days. 00:22:26 — Scheme / more chats Vanilla plan, no live RPO reads — hosts think that was intentional with Oklahoma next. Playbook opened late when Bryce started running. Expect RPO and a fuller menu Saturday. Corners played too far off early. Jay Hill / Whittingham / Beck still identifying what works live. 00:24:38 — Topic 2: ClockGate Michelle reviewed Big Ten statement + Max response. Correct call. Michigan didn’t cheat. Understands the conspiracy (B1G vs SEC, can’t lose a flagship Week 1). Least satisfying win she’s had as a fan. Hates being back in controversy. Receipts: Liam video (Michelle RT’d) — official clock still had time when the ball is touched. TV clock was wrong. Debate over whether official and broadcast clocks should be one universal clock (TJ yes; Michelle says entities are independent, transparency would have killed the outrage). “We lost that game” Michigan fans: Michelle calls it pick-me behavior. Buchanan catch isn’t in dispute. Multiple clock breakdowns confirm the call. Still feels gross that this is now a signature last-minute win — vs Western Michigan. Preseason 2015-Harbaugh comp (clean, physical, well-coached) did not show up. Whittingham already said this will be a real physical practice week; fall camp was soft to save bodies. 00:36:36 — Topic 3: Oklahoma Michelle: Hated being a 1.5-point favorite. Ugly Week 1 flipped the line; she likes home-dog energy. Hot take: Michigan is now more mentally dangerous than after a cakewalk. 2024 OSU-after-The-Game energy possible. OU secondary + rush are “disgusting.” Still trusts the OL talent and Harding. Raw materials intact if they clean mistakes. Spread (4.5–6.5) feels generous to Michigan. TJ: Venables ripping his defense while up 50 is the standard he respects. Players admitted they took WMU lightly. He has Michigan losing. OL still rotating, no locked starting five (staff wanted that two weeks before Week 1). Venables can drop eight and make Bryce throw/read — which he already can’t do consistently. Upset path: live RPOs, Bryce’s legs, home crowd. “Excited to be wrong.” Michelle’s pick: Michigan in a low-scoring rock fight. Prove-it Bryce, Jordan Marshall, promised playmakers, Jyaire Hill actually finishing a pick. “Most 2026” outcome: chaos, counted out, controversy as fuel. 00:46:44 — Identity / outro Garrison “regional program” talk gets dunked: national hate + Walmart Wolverines don’t exist for regional brands. Michelle lives in Colorado; Garrison lives in Grand Rapids. TJ: he wanted Keene to start last year and ease Bryce the way they eased JJ. Staff didn’t. “Here we are.” Cadence: Mondays, 7 p.m. ET, before MNF. Go Blue. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  8. Sep 6

    MICHIGAN - Western Michigan Postgame Call-in Show LIVE Part 2

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