Currently slated for a night game in East Lansing, but this feels like it’s building to a time change.
Fox has now taken OSU-PSU for Big Noon so the 3:30 slot is open. Tim Staudt has said NBC has released their bid to the game, so it could be potentially moved.
We’ll keep our ears and eyes on it.

Michigan with a complete game and a big win over Nebraska, a win that was no surprise to them. Are any concerns still lingering? We break down offense and defense and look ahead to the Wolverines matchup against Minnesota.

Updates on practice and recruiting?

"Michigan football is the closest thing you will get to professional football in college."

Class of 2025 safety Kolbe Harmon received an early offer from Michigan in his recruiting process, but is still keeping the Wolverines high on his list even as his offer sheet expands.

Story on Harmon's process, where the Wolverines stand and his future visit plans to Ann Arbor:

I like the 5 hogs we trotted out at OL vs Nebraska. LD at left tackle and Barnhart at right clicked extremely well. We've all been saying it and hopefully this is our starting 5 for the remainder of the season because they finally looked Joe Moore quality again

Former Wolverine Jim Scarcelli joins the show to discuss UM's win over Nebraksa on Saturday. Scar also looks around the Big Ten and the top 25. Film review is analysis of the game tape of what Scar saw from the Maize and Blue over the weekend.
Breakdown
Jim Harbaugh 00:00-:20
Open :21-2:03
UM NU 2:04-13:43
Big Ten 13:44-24:25
Top 25 24:26-32:58
Film review 32:59-106:34
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Getting some kisses on the sidelines from his lady apparently. Wow we are a loose team for sure

...Michigan will play this year.

Ask yourself:

Is the opposing coaching staff anywhere close to Michigan's?

Has the opposing team recruited like Michigan?

Do the opposing team have a player or position froup you would trade for Michigan's player or possiton group.

Has the opposing team do.inated like Michigan has not only this year but the last 2.5 years?

A little common sense goes with analysis. This would be a week to week analysis.

Also look at intangibles.

What is the culture of the team?

Are they having fun?

Is the coaching staff having fun.

Every week people get worried about playing this team or that team. Hell they worry about playing teams we dont play until the end of the season. I hope this helps the worried.

I certainly believe that we are or will be better on offense in 2023 because they are the same players, just more mature.

But defense is a harder call. Thoughts?

And all deals with football players canceled. Hate to see this.

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With JJ a projected first round pick, as it stands now our Spring Game could be the Jayden Bowl: Denegal vs Davis.

I don't think anyone wants to ponder the idea of Denegal as our starter next season, and Harbaugh will only start a true freshman at QB if he literally has no other choice.

As I said in my postgame observations, it's likely that our 2024 starting QB is on another roster as we speak.

Looking around the country at depth charts, who are some talented guys who might be looking for greener pastures, or some QB's at lower-level programs who might benefit from a year or two at a place like Michigan?

Here are a few candidates I was able to dig up, in no particular order...

Brock Vandagriff, Georgia

Former top 50 QB who had a MIchigan offer out of high school and was one of the 3 main guys we pursued that year, along with McCarthy and McCord. Vandgriff sat behind Stetson Bennett for two years and then lost a battle with 2020 4* Carson Beck this year. With Beck likely to return to Georgia next season, Vandagriff is surely looking for a new opportunity.

Cameron Ward, Washington State

After 2 years at UIW (I had to look that one up - it's the University of the Incarnate Word), he arrived in Pullman in 2022, completing 65% of his passes for 3232 yards, 23 TD, 9 INT. As a senior he is now completing 75% of his passes, 1389 yards through 4 games, 13 TD, 0 INT, and has rushed for 109 yards and 3 TD. In a loaded QB draft where 4-5 QB's in his own conference will likely go ahead of him, he may want to avail himself of a 5th year of college. But with Wazzu being relegated to purgatory next year, to this point left out of the realignment shuffle, a grad transfer to a Power 4 program would be in order.

Devin Brown, Ohio State

In August, one of my friends mused, "What are the chances that the loser of OSU's QB competition is our starter next season?" While it's hard to imagine an OSU-Michigan transfer, a player leaving one school for the other is not unprecedented (Justin Boren). And Brown, a former 4*, is from Utah, so he's not battling a lifetime of OSU fandom or anything. He's a 2022 recruit, though, so we may run into the usual credit-transfer issues.

Mikey Keene, Fresno State

Another 2021 recruit who would probably need to graduate first and probably couldn't be around for spring ball. Only 5'11", but so far on the season has completed 69% of his passes, 1474 yards, with 14 TD against 4 INT.

They are keeping Colorado in the game.

We have to play them in Happy Valley. I am afraid? Do you all think, we can win?

Hi guys! Flying back to Michigan this morning, have some time before the official episode of Cut-Ups to get to some ad-hoc / board-only analysis today. Let me know which plays / topics you want me to dive into and I'll get to them throughout the day!

Michigan

1. This was the first game all year, I think, where our OL just went out and dominated, punching the other team in the mouth and doing it repeatedly. That's really satisfying.

2. Coincidentally (or not)... Maybe I missed it, but I don't think Hinton played. The 2nd OL group today was Persi, Jones, El-Hadi, Crippen, Anderson and Gentry. I know Hinton was listed as questionable coming in, but we hadn't heard about an injury prior to that. I wonder if this might be a little air cover for him to move to a redshirt this season so he'll have two more after this one. We absolutely do not need him this year. We have plenty of depth. He can shut it down now.

3. Zeke Berry played; I guess that injury wasn't nearly as bad as we initially heard. Was also good to see Amorion Walker out there.

4. DJ Waller looks enormous for a cornerback. Why do I feel like 12 months with Herbert is going to make him into a WILL linebacker?

5. Speaking of enormous DB's... I don't know if it's the injury or if he just got too big, but Rod Moore looks slow to me. It looked that way last week and REALLY looked it today. Very telling that he was in at the end of the game with the backups.

6. It was exciting to see the EDGE position really start to assert themselves. All 4 flashed today. Keep that trend going, it will change the complexion of the season.

7. Through the nonconference schedule, we were almost right on Jim's stated goal of 50/50 run and pass. In the two games since his return, we're back to running the ball 2:1. JJ made a couple of ridiculous throws, continues to hang near 80% completions, and I think we can officially declare the Bowling Green hiccup a one-off. But through 5 games, he has thrown 105 passes. Caleb Williams has thrown 141, Shedeur Sanders 214, Bo Nix and Drake Maye 132 in one fewer game, and Michael Penix 138 in one fewer game. When other teams have an elite QB, they build the offense around him. That's not what Jim Harbaugh does, and that - not NIL - will ultimately be the reason we don't get Bryce Underwood. There's a lifetime monetary value to winning a Heisman, which matters to a young man whose stated goal is to be a billionaire by 30. A QB will not win a Heisman under Harbaugh - we're just not programmed for that. If Harbaugh won't give JJ the keys, he won't give anyone the keys. And we won't have the elite receivers a QB needs to win a Heisman (we haven't landed a top 100 WR since the 2017 class.) We're going to ride or die as a power running football team. What Harbaugh wants us to be - what he has successfully made us into - is Barry Alvarez/Bret Bielema Wisconsin with better talent. The best 1990's football team in the 2020's. Jadyn Davis or Ryan Montgomery will be fine for what a Harbaugh offense asks of a quarterback: be a more mobile, stronger armed, less entitled Cade. To maximize - not elevate - what a team already is.

8. At backup QB... Tuttle looking decent today was a big positive. Very interesting that Denegal has passed Davis Warren - that Warren buzz from last season didn't have staying power, it seems. Ditto for the Alex Orji buzz from this summer. Orji redshirted last season, so there's no benefit to doing it again this season. But he is quite clearly 5th on the QB depth chart. We're so loaded at the other positions he could possibly play that it seems clear that he's a great athlete who is going to have to go elsewhere to get a chance to play and develop at whatever position. If Warren can get his degree by the end of this academic year, I think he'll take that and go find a program he might start at for 2 years. Or he'll stay one more and take a one-year shot elsewhere. Orji... the writing's on the wall there. Would be surprised if he's not in the portal in January.

9. Next year's starting QB is on someone else's roster right now.

10. Hey, Darrius Clemons and Peyton O'Leary!

Bowling Green isn't bad. Beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta by 11 points, after rattling off 38 unanswered. GT was favored by 21.0