The Bucket Problem

The podcast, which is now a proud member of the Blue Wire Network, features the full crew and covers the Penn State victory, last week’s men’s hoops action, and the upcoming weekend’s slate of games, including Michigan-Maryland. 

Topics include: Erick All, the secondary, Josh Gattis’ playcalling, Mike Macdonald defeats mesh, the rampant edge rushers, Connor’s crusade against the Fake News Media’s portrayal of Penn State football, Hassan Haskins, whether Cade McNamara is Harbaugh’s best QB at Michigan, the power of the checkdown, the solution to Jim Harbaugh’s burned pants, Dan being a massive hater, Maryland exploding in any direction but mostly the bad one, Hunter Dickinson hits a three, Terrance Williams, the five-star freshmen, looking ahead to Tuesday’s Seton Hall game, and more.

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Yes, it’s a second free pod this week. After yesterday’s men’s basketball preview megapod with Alex, we move to the gridiron for a look back at Indiana and a preview of Saturday’s Penn State game with Connor and Dan. Topics include a certain apology (warning: salty language), maddening commercial breaks, Hassan Haskins’ vertical, the development of several key players, the last time PSU had a decent offensive line, and our week 11 picks.

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Ace Anbender and Alex Cook go through the roster position by position, project the rotation, rank and talk through the Big Ten bottom-to-top, and make our season predictions. Spoiler: Michigan is good.

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We have not one, but TWO guests to break down the Michigan State loss, preview Indiana, and take stock of the football program as a whole. First, Richard Johnson of Split Zone Duo and Thinking Out Loud discusses Michigan finding a new way to lose, the good things he saw from the team on Saturday, and the outlook of the program moving forward. Then, Homefield Apparel’s own Connor Hitchcock hops on the podcast to help us look ahead to Indiana and provide an outside perspective on our football sorrows. He peaks out his mic yelling about Purdue’s 1968 Rose Bowl appearance.

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The whole crew is here to quickly recap the rote blowout of Northwestern and take a deep dive into the most important Michigan-MSU game in… ever? Possibly ever, definitely in a long time. Michigan’s path to victory involves getting heat on Payton Thorne, limiting big plays by Kenneth Walker III and the receivers to a reasonable number, and finishing drives. We like Michigan’s chances, though our track record on this is… spotty.

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Noted Northwestern internetsman Ben Goren joins Ace, Connor, and Dan to discuss the Big Ten, the Michigan-Northwestern game, and much more.

Topics include: Ben Simmons, the George Jewett Trophy, the chad Adam Schefter and the virgin Darren Rovell, Dan’s mea culpa to Mel Tucker, whether a Michigan State head coach would ever leave for LSU, what is Nebraska’s deal, Iowa finally getting exposed, Spencer Petras is from California(?!?), whether Kirk Ferentz has ever seen an ocean, whether Northwestern will score multiple points this weekend, the two (two!) fast players to watch, will Michigan need to attempt a pass, what would need to happen for the Wildcats to win, running power with the punter, and this week’s picks.

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Better late than never, your host breaks down the Nebraska game with Dan “Thicc Stauskas” and Connor Southard. Topics include: an in-person report from absent co-host Alex Cook (who also submitted the sickest pick of the week), the development of the running game, Jake Moody’s smelling salts, the two quarterbacks, big plays by the safeties, the surprisingly strong play of the defensive line, and more.

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Michigan demolishes Wisconsin. Big moods include “confidence” and “2006 Penn State” and going for it on fourth down. The whole crew discuss the game, the modernized coaching getting the most out of some excellent (and a couple truly special) players, quarterback usage and what it may presage, learning to bend but not break as a fan, and more.

OH RIGHT: URBAN MEYER. WE TALK ABOUT THAT. A FAIR AMOUNT. GIVEN WHAT WE COULD’VE DONE, WE HONESTLY SHOWED A SHOCKING AMOUNT OF RESTRAINT. FOR US, AT LEAST.

There are also some week six picks.

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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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Alex Cook and Connor Southard join your host to look back at Michigan’s win over NIU, give our big moods of the week, pick this week’s slate of games, and go over the wild Buckeye Scoop story-turned-lawsuit.

Topics include: SP+ rankings, getting the ball to the good players, MSU’s September Heisman campaign, if Cade McNamara is the ideal Jim Harbaugh quarterback, the passing offense and the Big Ten’s lack of good passing offenses, Donovan Edwards emerging, whether Michigan has the best backfield in the Big Ten, Rocky Lombardi’s unshakeable confidence, the defense being too solid so far to accumulate big individual numbers, and why in the world a silver spoon baby would (allegedly!) turn into a fraudulent college football insider.

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