28-24.

Michigan..

We score late and hold on. Will be a good win.

My concern is our passing game. They'll just load the box against Orji.

Triston Abram is currently committed to Indiana and reports a Michigan offer this evening.

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I would not at all be surprised if Greg Crippen is the starter at center this week. Nothing has been confirmed but we've gotten some strong hints over the last 24 hours or so. Have to wait to see what the next few days of practice looks like.

We'll continue to dig on it and we'll see what Saturday brings but making a change there wouldn't come as a shock to me.

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Marlin Klein was prepared to take on the TE1 role on Saturday because he always prepares like he is the starting tight end at Michigan.
But regardless of his role, he is taking what he has learned from the tight ends before him to help Michigan win.
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Yikes not where we thought we’d be

Major news on many of the top prospects in the 2027 class:

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Stock Report for the offense.
QB change is coming, scheme needs to.
Mullings is thunder, Edwards is lightning.
WR no block, no rock, but...
Two of the best blocking TEs in the country are in A2. Use them.
OL is improving, but one change is needed.
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today said his source BTM stated: MIAMI wants in the B1G. On the B1G side, the University President's want MIAMI, the media and money interests want MIAMI. BUT keep in mind that there are absolutely no talks, 2nd or 3rd party, lawyers or anything. Keep in mind that BTM did in fact present the same info about USC in 2022. Dominos will fall before and after. Greg says, via BTM 26-29 don't be surprised if MIAMI joins the B1G.

Pretty sure I'd rather face Warren. Our offense with him is just short pass after short pass. It requires long drives with good execution and if the QB is Warren, you know he's not capable of long stretches of good execution. Just play solid and eventually he'll make a big mistake.

With Orji, you can shift all your focus to stopping the run but since the QB is a runner, loading the box won't completely shut the run down.

I dunno. Just a thought spinning around my head.

The coaches must do a better job of fitting the mold to highlight Orji's skills. While this is easier said than done, the lack of adjustments to the offense thus far has been the biggest disappointment to me in Sherrone's extremely early career. However, I'm confident the same person who out-schemed Nick Saban's defense in the last game of his career can do it - he needs to step away a bit from JH and put his personal stamp on the team.

This isn't to say you scrap the playbook and go full Single-wing, but more so in the plays you call that are already installed: Power Read, Heavy Playaction, Arc Read, Traditional QB/RB mesh, rollouts, Jet sweeps, etc.

Let's address the elephant in the room: Orji can't throw, right? While that may be true, nobody knows that except for those players and coaches (2 INC, 2 TDs). However, it's also certain that the offense we saw those last three games was the offense that was run in the spring/camp.

Similar to Milroe last year, I'd get Orji reading half the field - Read 1, Read 2. If neither are open you take off.

Let's not forget—one of the greatest "players" in CFB History, Tim Tebow, couldn't throw or diagnose a defense. However, the offense was designed around him to highlight his skills and allow him to succeed.

In addition to our film review on the podcast, our new Report Card feature with extensive PFF stats, Michigan's stat rankings each week and Trevor's offensive and defensive stock reports, what kind of analysis do you want to see during the week? We're always looking to expand what we can offer if it's feasible and historically our best work is often done from community suggestions.

Let me know what you want to see and we can try and make it work if available.

M&BR has the latest on Colston Loveland's status.

Had an official visit to campus over the weekend. Seems that Dusty May is doing a healthy mix of offering kids who deserve to be offered right away and going the Beilein route of having kids visit before an offer.

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He's probably a high three-star talent right now.

25 handoffs to Mullings
15 handoffs to Edwards
15 runs for Orji
10 targets to Loveland
5 targets to Edwards
Go for every 4th down 3 yards or less.

See you in Indy.

Coming shortly. Sherrone Moore, Tony Alford and Donovan Edwards will talk

I cut the film review from the podcast so for those who wanted to get right into it, the entire segment is below. Scar is really good at it.

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Fresno beat New Mexico State 48-0 last night.