Former Wolverine Jerry Diorio joins the show to discuss the game of the week in college football Michigan and Texas. Jerry also breaks out the tape from week one and illustrates what he liked from the Wolverines against Fresno.
Breakdown
Open 00:00-2:10
UM/UT 2:11-18:08
Predictions 18:09-27:32
Fresno film with Diorio 27:33-1:09:15
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The delicate balance at QB.
What happened, and what should happen at WR.
OL needs to take a leap in week 2.
Wink and the blitz.
What a win or a loss means.
These are five storylines to watch for Michigan as they take on Texas.
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....very confident Texas fans on the plane yesterday and on the bus to the rental car counter.

BamBam and I are confident too. Great football programs fans should have high expectations.

Fan is short for fanatic. Nothing can curb our enthusiasm for Michigan sports. So excited for this game.

GO BLUE

We are talking about the future model for collegiate sports. A lot to work through here.

Key current issue: “In a two-hour virtual hearing on Thursday, a judge ordered the parties to “go back to the drawing board” regarding language in the settlement that limits third-party pay to athletes, most notably from boosters and booster-led collectives.”

When all is said done, years and tears down the road, the end game will be either a collective bargaining agreement and/or federal legislation.

'Go back to the drawing board' — House-NCAA settlement in danger after judge slams agreement

The judge questioned the portion of the settlement that specifically prohibits school boosters from compensating athletes through endorsement deals.

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Expecting traditional Blue jerseys and Maize pants for Saturday’s game against Texas.

Notre Dame

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San Marino just won their first soccer match since 2004. A 1-0 win over powerful (cough cough) Liechtenstein. Actually, the same score against the same country that they beat 20 years, and 141 games, ago. Also, reportedly San Marino’s second win ever.

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Worth your time

Hosting some major targets this week. Acaden Lewis is probably their top guard on the board.

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The media is absolute trash nowadays. Below are some gems from the article:

Harbaugh was on such a roll he was credited with win No. 1,000 even though he wasn't at the game.

The host has won 23 straight home games. The visitor hasn't lost on the road in two years. Texas can't be beat at this point. Michigan can't help but look ahead to better times because that rear-view mirror is becoming a bit smudged.

Is this because he agreed to take the job during the investigation?

Kinda odd.

We get so wrapped up in this BS called life we misplace what's important. Heard him talk about his illness with Brad Galli on Channel 7 local news and I am sorry he just a dude. Yep he is not JJ but I don't care he has my full support and any kid who went through what he did and is here today has the IT factor. Let's see on Saturday about 4pm when he's being interviewed as the winning QB against Texas. Horns down

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Only Miller Moss from USC represents the big 10.


I know this is going to change a lot during the season…

I rewatched our Fresno game (multiple times) and the first half of UT against Colorado St. While both teams are very vanilla, I picked up some things that I'm sure the coaches see. Ignore the national media—This game is winnable if we can get Ewers moving his feet, make him uncomfortable in the pocket, and have success on the ground.

tl;dr - you're built to beat this team. Use your Bama offensive game plan and your Wash defensive strategy to win.

Offense

@LenDaleWhite makes a good point that Vegas/national media doesn't trust Sherrone yet, and that's understandable. I believe he is one of the main reasons for our success over the last three years - however, time will tell if that's true.

Defensively, for UT, they're primarily a man defense and have been so for the past three years. While they mostly played a two-high safety look vs CSU, they'll at least roll one safety into the box like teams have done the past three years. I also expect Loveland now and for the rest of the season to get a safety shade towards his way when he's out wide, which you can use to your advantage.

We'll need to avoid keeping them out of cover 0 (no high safeties) to give ourselves the best chance to run the ball consistently. Teams have avoided cover zero against us ever since JJ torched OSU in the 2022 game. However, with a new, unproven quarterback, that will be back on the table.

The good news for me is that, offensively, your game plan against Bama will work here, as that game plan had a ton of man-beaters against that switch zone. Jet motions, shifts, RB Mesh, and WR leaks are all in play.

On the ground, UT gave up 106 yards, 4.2 YPC to CSU’s primary back. While they were sitting in two high looks all game, that gives me confidence that our much better oline can succeed on the ground. You have to succeed on the ground to win this game and keep the UT offense off the field.

I say all this with the assumption that we can still run the ball like in years past with 8 in the box. If we don’t have the offensive line to do so, then to me, it’s a no-brainer to start Orji against Arkansas State, and we will become an even more run-heavy team.

Defense

Make Ewers uncomfortable, make them one-dimensional, hold them to 3 in the red zone, and avoid the big plays.

The knock on Ewers has always been his footwork—You must get Ewers uncomfortable in the pocket to win. If not, he will pick us apart even with a good defense. The front four will have to have a great game against an offensive line that is very good in pass pro.

UT is an RPO-heavy offense—pros and cons, IMO—with as many post-snap reads as it runs. This, to me, is a check in our favor, as NFL coordinators like Wink/Minter/McD have the scheme and ability to mix coverages and confuse NFL type QB's (IE Penix)

Sark will have a good game plan, and they will move the ball. However, keeping them out of the endzone and forcing them to kick FGs will be huge. UT was awful in the red zone last year, and that trend needs to continue.

Twists, stunts, and well-timed blitzes will get home, as I don’t have a ton of faith in UT’s pass pro outside of their Oline. They don’t like to keep bodies in on Pass Pro (at least they didn’t against CSU) as it takes a playmaker off the field, and they have their third-string 200LB speed back or true Freshman to pick up Barham on the blitz (good luck with that)

Lastly, in a be better statement, if they can keep them one-dimensional and stop the run in their base 4-2 alignment, they can get a few three-and-outs and win the field position game that the offense most likely needs.

One of my best friends is a huge FSU fan. His son coaches at Cincinnati. Last month, the son bought a new Ford 150 in Florida. So, my friend and his wife were going to drive the son's truck up to Cincinnati this week. On the way, they would go to Tallahassee to catch the FSU game, take a couple of days in Gatlinburg, and finally arrive in Cincy to deliver the truck and catch the Bearcat/Pitt game on Saturday.

The FSU game was a disaster, and my phone was blowing up with his frustration. Then, in the middle of the night, I got a call. He had hit an 8-point buck in his son's brand-new truck, and they were in the middle of nowhere. There was a lot of damage to the front of the truck, but after some pulling and wrenching, the truck became drivable. (No one was hurt. I hear the wife in the background saying stuff like, "I can't believe what YOU did to Tim's truck. my buddy was remarkably calm and cool-headed. I think he called me to talk through his current situation and needed and ear that wasn't the wife's. Once he realized the truck was drivable, it took 45 minutes to find a gas station with enough light to get a better assessment.

Gatlinburg was canceled, and the nearest Marriot was the target.

I talked to him today, and things were much better. The insurance company was very helpful, and his son was just glad his mom and dad were okay. The frustration has passed, and the realization that it could have been so much worse has set in, and he's genuinely grateful that it wasn't.

I'm counting my blessings.

Wolverine Boots has expanded its NIL relationship with Michigan, launching the "Maize and Blue-Collar Collection."
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I get it. and none of it matters. We win and it all changes. But I was not expecting this to be honest. Oh well. Prove em wrong boys.


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Earned conference honors earlier this week.

Big games from 2026 QB Brady Hart and 2025 WR Andrew Marsh highlighted the notable performances from Michigan football commits this past weekend: