Serena and Matt talk Little Brother Syndrome, the shell of Michigan State, Michigan's nostalgic run-game performance, a somewhat disappointing appearance from "Road Bryce," a dominant day for Jimmy Rolder, what to make of the defense's resurgence, and special teams continuing to look uncoached, plus some "what do they do with Jonathan Smith" debate and a look ahead to a pretty bad version of Purdue.

After a week away, Serena and Matt react to arguably Michigan's best performance of the season in a win over Washington that immediately followed a "the wheels have come off" disaster at USC: Why the defense suddenly looked competent, how the offense continued to build around Bryce Underwood, the arrival of Andrew Marsh, and more, plus a James Franklin farewell and an Indiana hello.

Serena and Matt talk Michigan-Wisconsin, a win that was more dominant than the score indicated, the Justice Haynes/Donaven McCulley drives, Rod Moore's "I'm back" moment(s), a lingering concern about the offense, a USC team that feels like a USC team, what makes this game particularly challenging and particularly important, all the Penn State shit-talk you've been waiting for, and more.

Serena and Matt share their thoughts on Michigan's closer-than-it-needed-to-be win over Nebraska, the running game possibly finding its identity, Bryce Underwood's low-key very good day, the defense's dominant performance upfront, the much-debated approach leading up to the hail mary, the in-progress collapses around college football (including at Wisconsin), and more.

Serena and Matt discuss Michigan's get-right obliteration of Central Michigan, Bryce Underwood doing very cool Bryce Underwood things, what we saw schematically in response to the Oklahoma mess and what it means going forward, Biff Poggi's general weirdness, what we know/don't know about Nebraska, why this is an unusually big Week 4 game for both teams, and much more.

Serena and Matt revisit Michigan's painfully frustrating loss to Oklahoma, share their thoughts on things that are probably legitimate concerns (e.g., offensive line play and game management) and things that are probably fine (e.g., Bryce Underwood and the defense as a whole), talk injuries and what we'd like to see against Central Michigan, dig up some repressed LSAT trauma, and more.

Serena and Matt talk Bryce Underwood, the opponent-invariant things we learned from his wildly impressive debut, Chip Lindsey, the Justice Haynes coming-out party, the defense's perfectly fine (if not entirely dominant) performance, and the return-game mess, then share some thoughts on Corso's farewell, Texas-Ohio State, "unnamed player" allegations, and more.

Serena and Matt react to the "official" Bryce Underwood announcement, briefly preview a New Mexico team that's expected to be one of the worst in the country, share what we each feel best and worst about with regard to 2025 Michigan, and stick a pin in the Mood Meter based on preseason vibes that are unlike any we've had in ... a while?

Serena and Matt react to the hammer that never came, share some frustrations about the continued logical inconsistencies of Michigan's "violations," break down the best crashouts of what was an absolutely glorious day on the internet, and voice some final thoughts on vindication and the ability to move on.

Serena and Matt break down Michigan's defense, which remains remarkably strong and deep in the front seven (despite the losses of Mason Graham, Kenneth Grant, and Josiah Stewart), may get some certainty at safety from the return of Rod Moore, and generally has few questions other than whether Wink Martindale can get this year's group performing at a late-2024 level immediately.