Forever Saturday

Serena and Matt briefly touch on the report that NCAA v. Harbaugh is being pushed to 2024, then preview the Michigan defense position-by-position (raving about Kris Jenkins, debating what exactly is fair to expect from Junior Colson, etc.) and bring it all together with three overarching questions, including whether the #2 corner spot is *actually* a problem and whether Year 2 under Minter can be even better than Year 1 (which might mean the best defense in the country).

Serena and Matt react to the Pac-12's sudden but debatably inevitable death, reflect on what we're all losing and why it matters, and share some thoughts on what it means going forward for Michigan, the Big Ten, the playoff, and college football writ large.

Serena and Matt continue the "Big Ten teams as 2023 things" theme with a Big Ten East preview episode that references Silicon Valley Bank, the Pitbull tour, Oppenheimer and more, culminating in the inevitable discussion as to whether this is in fact "Michigan's division" and some reflection on what the last two editions of The Game mean going forward.

Serena and Matt discuss Harbaugh v. NCAA (which appears to be coming to an appropriately stupid resolution that will make your brain hurt if you try to reconcile it with the rest of the current college football landscape), the Michigan-relevant portions of NBC's newly released night game schedule, the debate over the placement of the Michigan-Ohio State game, and other random thoughts from Big Ten media days.

Serena and Matt forecast the bleak-but-fascinating Big Ten West in its final year of existence, going in ascending order and giving each team its "2023 thing" comparison (ranging from Aaron Rodgers to Threads to Chat-GPT) before making an undoubtedly regrettable/possibly nihilistic pick for division champ.

Serena and Matt make their triumphant return from the wedding/honeymoon, briefly catch up on offseason items of note, talk Michigan's apparent lack of weaknesses following the portal pickup we'd all been waiting for, and play an extended game of "Michigan Fact or Cap" to debate just how good J.J. can be, whether a 50/50 run/pass split is even vaguely plausible, whether this will be Harbaugh's best team yet at Michigan, and more.

Serena and Matt talk Michigan's spring transfer losses and additions (including an answer at kicker), draft/state-of-the-program observations, and continued recruiting good vibes, then share some thoughts on the slightly-less-good (but subjectively delightful) vibes emanating from East Lansing as well as the announced format for the expanded College Football Playoff.

Serena and Matt talk spring game takeaways, including how we're feeling about Amorion Walker (and the #2 corner spot more generally), a loaded defensive line, J.J. being J.J. (in a good way), Benjamin Hall's ascension, etc., do a little "Michigan walk-on or professional golfer" quizzing, reflect on the Jadyn Davis commitment and what it means for a potentially special Michigan recruiting class, and more.

Serena and Matt briefly talk Michigan hockey's return trip to the Frozen Four before getting back to football to discuss the CFP equivalent of this year's NCAA Final Four, Michigan's newfound recruiting momentum (and why it matters), the handful of things we'll be watching for in the spring game, and possibly the greatest quote ever to appear in the Wall Street Journal.

Serena and Matt mostly skip the basketball post mortem, give some brief credit to hockey for another very fun (and still going!) season, and then get into the good stuff with SPRING FOOTBALL (WOOOO LFG etc.), specifically the five reasonably interesting spring storylines/question marks on a Michigan team with very few of them. There are also references to Chaucer and regional sports network bankruptcies, for reasons that can't be explained here.