The Michigan Insider

Tim and Sam discusses the impact of Isaiah Livers' return on Michigan's standing in the Big Ten race. Later they discuss the likelihood of a college basketball season amid the raging coronavirus pandemic. The duo also catches up with Dion Harris to discuss his early rivalry with Lebron James, why his Michigan teams weren't able to get over the tournament hump, the start of his coaching career, and more.

In a roundabout episode, we discuss Michigan's paused workouts, the football team's recruiting and take a stab at figuring out what the Wolverines' 2020 football schedule may look like.

We open by discussing Michigan Athletics' decision to pause voluntary workouts for its ice hockey, field hockey, volleyball and swim and dive teams. We touch on how volatile everything can be in the case of an outbreak, how Michigan is handling it and why the decision should not be binding for the football team, among other topics.

We also discuss football recruiting, looking at the Wolverines' more aggressive approach toward the 2021 and 2022 classes, Giles Jackson's recruiting impact, the difference a quarterback recruit can make and Michigan's unenviable task of trying to close the gap against Ohio State.

We close with speculative talk on the Wolverines' schedule and what it may look like in 2020, in addition to discussing the Wolverines' lack of names in 247Sports' ranking of college football's top 50 players.

Sam Webb, Steve Lorenz, and Brice Marich Discuss the significance of Andrel Anthony's dead period visit to Michigan, plus the latest in the races for Rayshaun Benny and Ceyair Wright, Shaun Nua's recruiting prowess, and Crystal Balling 2022 Db Jaeden Gould. Later Josh Henschke joins the podcast to discuss the latet in point guard recruiting with a couple of targets getting closer to coming off the board.

In this episode, we discuss Chris and Mya Hinton — parents of Michigan DT Christopher Hinton — speaking up publicly in several national publications about their concerns for the college football season. We also discuss our thoughts on FBS schools' handlings of COVID-19 so far and whether or not the NCAA should delay the season.

The Hintons' comments are discussed first, as we break down their parent coalition, them providing a voice for so many concerned parents and more thoughts on what they had to say. We also discuss the NCAA's actions so far, and whether it has been enough.

Then, we discuss the Hintons' broader claim for college football to "pump the brakes," and what college football should do in terms of delaying or modifying the season. Along the way, we also touch on how Michigan, other Big Ten schools and the NCAA have handled things so far, and what it means moving forward.

Sam Webb, Steve Lorenz, and Brice Marich share an updated view of Rocco Spindler's recruitment after attending one his workouts. The crew compares the player development resumes of Ed Warinner and Notre Dame OL coach Jeff Quinn and also takes a deep dive into how U-M's recruiting approach has evolved during the pandemic. The football recruiting chat rounds out with a discussion of Raheem anderson's potential as a player and possible captain. Later Webb and Josh Henschke discuss the latest with basketball recruiting targets Angelo Brizzi, Jaden Akins, and Harrison Ingram.

In this episode, Lorenz and Shaw go back and forth in a snake-style draft, selecting Michigan football players to form teams that face each other.

The draft begins with some usual suspects, with Aidan Hutchinson, Jalen Mayfield and Ambry Thomas serving among the first players picked. From there, the draft proves to be an indictment of which Michigan football players are irreplaceable, and which position groups have wide-open position battles. Among the most coveted players are offensive tackles, defensive backs and linebackers, while quarterbacks and interior offensive linemen fall due to uncertainty over who will start.

The two proceed to draft 26 players apiece — 11 starters on offense and defense, one flex player on each side of the ball and a punter and kicker apiece. Be sure to check out the full teams in the comments section, and weigh in with your opinions on the teams.

Tim McCormick and Sam Webb discuss Will Tschetter's commitment, then interview Nik Stauskas about the rise of Canadian basketball, the Big 10 All Decade team, why he believes Mitch McGary would have been the top pick in the NBA draft if he hadn't gotten injured, and more. Stauskas also answers listener questions. Tim breaks down the game of Michigan's other new commitment Kobe Bufkin, then Sam interviews Bufkin's high school coach, Eric Taylor.

In this episode, we discuss a variety of topics relating to the Wolverines, including new ticketing policies, which games have been Michigan’s biggest in the last three decades, Isaiah Livers’ NBA Draft decision, Aaron Lewis’ transfer and David Ojabo’s travel situation.

We open by briefly updating listeners on Michigan’s new policy to not hold season tickets in the 2020 season and not allow ticket sales to the general public. We rationalize why Michigan went with the decision. We then answer a listener question on if Big Ten Network chose to air 12 games from the modern era (since 1992) of Michigan football, which games they should pick.

We proceed with listener questions, discussing the latest on Isaiah Livers’ NBA Draft decision and potential next commitments to Michigan football. We briefly discuss Lorenz’s high school tennis career.

We then close out the show with two relatively breaking news items, discussing Aaron Lewis’ decision to transfer before even going through a full Michigan practice and the news that David Ojabo was stuck in Scotland due to travel restrictions.

Sam Webb, Steve Lorenz, and Brice Marich discuss Xavier Worthy's commitment and comparisons to Anthony Carter, Josh Gattis' recruiting impact, the latest with defensive tackle targets Rayshaun Benny, George Rooks, and Anthony Hundley, the battle between Michigan and Notre Dame for Rocco Spindler, and a recap of the Elite Underclassmen camp. ,Later Webb and chats with the coach of AAU program The Family, Sean Moore, about star guard Kobe Bufkin's commitment to Michigan.

In this episode, we break down Jim Harbaugh's first press conference since January 1, then discuss other pandemic related issues including a condensed Big Ten schedule.

We open by discussing what we deemed unnecessary hoopla over one sentence in Harbaugh's press conference. We discuss why it got misconstrued, why it seems to consistently happen to Harbaugh and what can be done to minimize it.

We also break down other things Harbaugh said, including his thoughts on the health protocols Michigan is using, how the players are reacting, his thoughts on two offseason developments and more.

We then close with a reported — at the time, that is — 10-game conference-only schedule, and why we both think it's a home run decision by the Big Ten.

Finally, we close with a brief discussion on Michigan and how it has broadly done well recruiting in the pandemic.