The Michigan Insider

247Sports national recruiting analyst Allen Trieu joins Sam Webb, Brice Marich, and Steve Lorenz to discuss the potential impact of Michigan's loss to Michigan State. Is Rayshaun Benny slipping away from Michigan? Is Andrel Anthony warming up to the Green & White? Was Donovan Edwards impacted by the defeat? Brice also recounts his trip to Florida to scout football commit Branden Jennings. Later 247Sports national basketball recruiting analyst Brian Snow joins the podcast to discuss five-star wing Caleb Houstan's commitment to Michigan, his fit on the roster, his potential impact on five-star wing Charles Bediako, and more.

In a jam-packed postgame episode, we break down what happened, what it means and what's next following Michigan's stunning 27-24 loss to Michigan State.

We begin with fill in the blank questions, discussing what surprised us most, what the Wolverines need to be most worried about moving forward and, if anything, what Michigan may be able to take solace in. Among the areas we touch on include the Wolverines' pass rush woes, secondary issues, lack of a run game, Joe Milton, offensive play-calling and skill position players.

In the second half of the podcast, we go big-picture with our true-false segment. We look at whether or not this was Jim Harbaugh's worst loss at Michigan, what a recruiting impact from the loss might be, how warm the seats are for Don Brown, Josh Gattis and Jim Harbaugh and how feasible it is for Michigan to still deliver a "good" season this fall.

In this episode, we preview the No. 13 Michigan football team's home tilt against Michigan State.

Similar to our formula last week before the Wolverines took on Minnesota, we begin by looking at offensive and defensive players that we're keeping a closer eye on. Along the way, we look at how Michigan State's rushing and passing attacks look, while hypothesizing what Michigan's game plan my be.

Then, we look at two things we think the Wolverines should be concerned about. We look at why Michigan State's passing attack could be cause for concern, and why the Spartans' front seven should be a considerable step up from Minnesota's.

We close with our weekly over-under segment, looking at how we think Michigan will fare on offense and defense. We then say our final piece before making our score predictions for the game.

Sam Webb, Brice Marich, and Steve Lorenz discuss the potential impact of Michigan dominant victory over Minnesota on Donovan Edwards, Rayshaun Benny, and top 2022 LB target Jaylen Snead. Ten attention turns to the epic visit weekend set to take place in a few weeks. Ceyair Wright, Domani Jackson, and more. Josh Newkirk joins the conversation to discuss his recent trip to see 2022 LB target Josh Burnham and the former Michigan great the talented youngster compares favorably to. He recaps his trip to Georgia to see 2022 TE commit Marlin Klein and 2022 TE target Oscar Delp.

In our first postgame episode since the 2019 season, we break down the ins and outs of the Michigan football team’s 49-24 win over then-No. 21 Minnesota.

We begin by looking at two offensive and defensive MVPs, and break down how both familiar and new faces stepped up for the Wolverines and what to make of Joe Milton’s first start for Michigan. 

Then, we start to look a bit beneath the surface, as we each pick out a player who surprised us. Along the way, we discuss how Michigan’s secondary held up, and what to make of the Wolverines’ freshmen offensive standouts. After that, we each pick a player who did well, but likely won’t get enough credit for their efforts Saturday.

Then, we get bigger picture, playing a round of true-false. We tackle questions on how significant Michigan’s win was, a couple other surprising results in the Big Ten, how good the Wolverines’ offense can be, how concerning some of Michigan’s defensive lapses were and more. 

Finally, in an experimental feature, we “air it out,” with each of us dishing on topics on our mind that we hadn’t discussed yet.

In this episode, we preview the No. 18 Michigan football team's road trip to open the season at No. 21 Minnesota.

First, we begin by looking at a players to watch on each side of the ball. Along the way, we discuss the weather's role in both teams' run games, and how those matchups play a role in the contest. We also preview to hyped Rashod Bateman vs. Vincent Gray battle, and how Michigan's defensive line stacks up in this contest.

We then each look at one thing we think the Wolverines should be worried about, where we both selected offensive weapons Michigan fans might not have heard of. We close our opening segment by going with our guts, filling in the blank on the sentence, "I have a hunch that ____."

We then proceed with a staple we've used for multiple years, discussing over-unders ahead of the contest. We close with our final analysis and score prediction for the matchup.

In this episode, we go over a series of predictions for the Michigan football team's 2020 season.

Fielding poll results and comments from fans, we break down a number of superlatives and awards. We debate Joe Milton, Zach Charbonnet and other candidates for Offensive MVP, look at Kwity Paye and Aidan Hutchinson as the primary candidates for defensive MVP. We look at a number of break player candidates, revisit our ranking of Michigan's top freshmen and explore potential underrated, unsung heroes for the Wolverines' season.

Then, we look at some team predictions, breaking down what we think will be Michigan's biggest win, worst loss and, ultimately, the Wolverines' final record through eight regular season games and an additional Big Ten game.

Along the way, we hold discussions on the importance of Michigan's front seven, Penn State vs. Michigan at a few positions, other players who might surprise and other topics.

Sam Webb and Tim McCormick chat with Michigan freshman Hunter Dickinson about his adjustment to Michigan, his game, Michigan's growth & development plan for him, and more. Sam and Tim also share thoughts on why new COVID restrictions on Michigan's campus don't impact student athletes, the new scholarship and transfer rules that will change college basketball as we know it, and Michigan pursuit of five-star wing Caleb Houstan.

Sam Webb interviews the coach new Top247 LB commit Branden Jennings about how he'll fit in Michigan and the coaches that were key to flipping him. Brice Marich joins the discussion to detail Jennings' potential impact on Florida State commitment Omarion Cooper. Then Sam details the thrilling battle between Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas and TRU Prep Academy and the epic battle between Michigan commit Ja'Den McBurrows and the top WR in 2023 Brandon Inniss. Brice closes things out highlighting is trip to Alabama to see Top247 DE Justice Finkley and U-M's surprisingly strong standing with him.

In this episode, we highlight Michigan's comeback crew, looking at the Wolverines' 10 veteran players who may play a bigger role than many expected them to play a season ago.

Players on this list must meet the following two criteria:

1) Had not started before OR missed the majority of last season to injury or for another reason

2) Are expected to either start or play a significant role this season

We removed a few players who subjectively weren't counted out in our eyes, and settled on 10 players we think could bounce back in 2020.