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00:00And I have to ask you, Texas comes calling to the big house on Saturday in Ann Arbor
00:11and we're seeing Texas coming off a thrashing of Colorado State and how would you deem the
00:18performance of the national champs against Fresno State and Sharon Moore's first game
00:24as the real coach at Michigan?
00:26People weren't happy.
00:28Are they going to be really unhappy this weekend?
00:31Do you think Texas goes in there and beats them?
00:33Well, put it this way, Scott.
00:35Listen, Michigan had been the most disrespected defending national champion since the Auburn
00:41Tigers, who lost Cam Newton, point blank, right?
00:43They're the lowest ranked team coming off a championship since the Auburn Tigers team in
00:48like 2011, I believe it was, that lost Cam Newton.
00:53So whatever Michigan does, people are waiting for them to fail.
00:57I think, Scott, basically you could judge a team's performance, quite frankly, by the
01:02point spread, right?
01:03What were they supposed to win by?
01:05Well, the point spread for the Michigan and Fresno State game was 21 points.
01:10They won by 20.
01:11They won by two.
01:13They won by six.
01:14They won by 20.
01:15Was it pretty?
01:16No.
01:16But I think a lot of games for Michigan, they're not going to be pretty.
01:21You know, was it a great game for them?
01:23No.
01:23But at the same point in time, whatever, you only play 12 games.
01:26It doesn't matter.
01:27They won the championship last year and had some scares along the way as well, right?
01:31So, you know, style points don't really matter as much as people think at college football.
01:35You win your games, you get in.
01:37It's as simple as that.
01:38Are they going to have to be better against Texas?
01:40Yes.
01:41But let me put it this way, Scott.
01:43Fresno State are a lot better than Colorado State are.
01:46All right.
01:47Like Fresno State are a good football team.
01:49Yeah, they lost Jeff Tedford, their head coach, but this is a real team.
01:52It wasn't a cupcake.
01:53Like if Michigan would have played a Mac team like Ohio State did in Akron, whatever, bro,
01:58would have been 45-10 or something.
02:00So would people have felt better about it?
02:03You know, oh, Mississippi beat Furman, Pharrell, 76-0.
02:07Watch out for the Rebels.
02:09Okay, let's see them play a real team.
02:10So now same thing with Texas.
02:13Are Texas, you know, the better team right now?
02:15I'd have a hard time even as a Michigan backer saying they're not, Scott, but laying seven,
02:20seven and a half points on the road in the big house.
02:23Against a football team with an elite defense.
02:26And let's not pretend that they didn't hold back a little bit last week against Fresno.
02:30And I'm not saying, oh, you know, we could do whatever we want to win this football game.
02:34But at the same point in time, there's a lot of plays that they're going to run against Texas
02:39that they didn't run against Fresno State.
02:42They're going to loosen things up a little bit here.
02:44And I think they'll, you know, last week was a meat and potatoes.
02:48Think about it, guys, too.
02:49You're the defending national champions.
02:51You basically lost like, you know, nine starters on the offensive side of the football.
02:56You're starting over here.
02:59It's the first game.
03:00It's a lot of pressure, right?
03:02Davis Warren, you know, getting a start for the first time.
03:04This kid nearly died of leukemia.
03:07You know, you don't tell me he was a little emotional here.
03:09From what I understand, they're a little bit more settled in this week.
03:13There was some nerves last week, Scott.
03:15Michigan have won, what, 23 consecutive home games in a row right now.
03:19I think they're going to find a way to grind it out.
03:21Their defense is going to have to be the difference.
03:24And a player to keep your eye on, guys, Will Johnson.
03:27He's going to have to be better.
03:28He got burnt a couple of times against Fresno.
03:31He made some plays, but, you know, him and Mason Graham.
03:34Mason Graham's got to blow up the pocket.
03:36Will Johnson's going to have to contain his passing attack.
03:39But I'm looking for Donovan Edwards to have some success on the ground, Scott.
03:43I think it's going to be a close football game.
03:44And put it this way, I wouldn't want to be laying seven points with either team in this game.
03:49So you think Michigan outright?
03:52I'm saying Michigan outright.
03:53Yeah, that's right.
03:54I'm saying Michigan outright.
03:55In a close 24-23 type of football game.
04:00Like really close.
04:01Field goal is the difference.
04:03Cubs down to the wire.
04:04But Michigan finds a way to survive.