The Bucket Problem

This week, we run through Dan’s tiered rankings of Big Ten quarterback rooms from bottom to top with detailed discussions on each projected starter. How high does JJ McCarthy raise Michigan’s potential ceiling? Is Taulia Tagovailoa guilty of being a system quarterback? Does Purdue really have the #2 QB in the league? We discuss all that and more.

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This week, Dan and I finally get around to reviewing the All-Spring Game team and lessons learned from that endeavor. It’s more valuable than we thought and also features some excellent Remember Some Guys content. We also spend a segment examining ESPN’s FEI projections for the Big Ten and Michigan’s non-conference opponents and take a guess at which teams will over- and under-perform. Other topics include a Texas lineman’s rant about their program culture and NIL, the WNBA’s ideally paced but poorly produced draft, ESPN finding unusual ways to present data, Wisconsin OL pack watch, and more.

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This week, Dan and a triumphantly returning Connor join your host to wrap up spring football. Topics include: Michigan’s glut of skill position talent, coaches calling penalties, walk-ons getting toasted, Davis Warren, linebackers turning into promising running backs, number one receivers, whether the defense has an impact pass-rusher, feeling good about DT depth(!) and the number of talented cornerbacks(!!), and much more.

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We switched it up a bit this week. The notorious Dan aka Thicc Stauskas is your host while Ace Anbender rides shotgun. We talk about both basketball programs bowing out of their respective NCAA Tournaments, each program’s early outlook for next year, hockey’s run to the Frozen Four, and this weekend’s spring football game.

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This week we cover one of the better weekends in Michigan basketball and athletics history, focusing on the basketball. First, we go over the men’s run to the Sweet Sixteen, how they best Colorado State and Tennessee, and how they match up with Villanova. After a little Big Ten in the tournament talk, we flip over to women’s side to review their opening weekend victories over American and Villanova, then examine their chances at fending off upset-minded South Dakota and how the bracket could shake out from there.

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This week we discuss Michigan’s flop against Indiana, their draw in the NCAA Tournament, Colorado State, and the Big Ten’s outlook in the tourney. We went over an hour on these, so the women’s basketball content promised at the top of the show will be saved for a subscriber podcast later this week — there’s time since they open the tourney on Saturday afternoon.

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This week we discuss Michigan’s big win over MSU, the current state of affairs for both MBB and WBB, and spring football. Topics include: Hunter Dickinson, Tom Izzo’s very Tom Izzo press conference, ball screen coverage, the real Big Ten women’s basketball title, Cade vs. JJ, #1 receivers, what we want to hear out of spring ball, and much more.

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Spoiler: The suspension news broke during the ad read. We’re incredibly good at this.

Topics: that whole incident and the fallout, the Iowa and Wisconsin games, Michigan’s tourney outlook, and a huge final week of the regular season for the women’s team.

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Alex takes over the pod by force to talk Michigan men’s hoops. Despite two ugly outings in three games, the Purdue win greatly improved M’s tournament chances, while their defensive adjustment against Penn State may have turned around the season. We look back at those games, look ahead to critical road games at Iowa and Wisconsin, and go around the Big Ten to take stock of the conference’s tourney contenders.

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It’s the niche college football podcast crossover episode of the decade. Joining Ace and Dan this week are mortal enemies Patrick Mayhorn and Ryan Donnelly of Flipping The Field. Do we eventually get on topic? Yes. Does it take a while? Also yes.

Topics include: creepy trainers, proper squat form, Jim Harbaugh, [redacted] involvement in recruiting, coordinator hires, unserious offensive schemes, and much more.

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