Alex Cook and Dan “Thicc Stauskas” join your host to deconstruct a too-close-for-comfort win over Rutgers. One of us picks “dread” as their Big Mood of the week after a victory, which means Michigan is back, baby. How much does one ugly game (one ugly half, really) take away from the performances from the first three games? What the heck was that offense? We discuss our answers to those questions, sample size issues in college sports, the running game, the scant evidence we have to judge Cade McNamara, our week five picks (Boiler Up!), and more.

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