Forever Saturday

Serena and Matt reflect on Michigan's weirdly eventful but ultimately dominant win over Bowling Green, break down J.J.'s three interceptions and our recalibrated expectations for the offense, briefly offer some appreciation for possibly the the best defense in the country, talk Big Ten takeaways (woof, Michigan State) and whether there's *any* great team in college football right now, and look ahe...

Serena and Matt reflect on the Mel Tucker report, what to make of it, and what it means for Michigan State going forward, then revisit Michigan's obliteration of UNLV (including a dominant D-line performance and J.J. continuing to cook), then look ahead to Bowling Green and whether there's anything to be learned given the 40-point line.

Serena and Matt revisit Michigan's "perfectly fine" season-opening win and discuss the run game's relatively unproductive day, J.J.'s related surgical dissection of an ECU team that picked its poison, the defense's all-around dominant performance (with an "incomplete" grade for the pass rush), and some weird special-teams happenings, then talk Big Ten takeaways from Week 1 and what we're expecting...

Serena and Matt briefly preview the opener against East Carolina, then talk feelingsball about a team that should be Michigan's best since [???] and debate the glory/agony of expectations.

Serena and Matt preview the Michigan offense position by position and bring it all together with the unavoidable overarching question: With possibly the best offensive line in the country (again), definitely the best running back tandem in the country (again), and a returning quarterback who's not only the best in the Big Ten but has functionally no ceiling, is this the year the offense goes from...

Serena and Matt react to the self-imposed three-game suspension for Jim Harbaugh, debate whether/why it makes sense, share some intriguing fall camp updates from both Michigan and Ohio State, and then dive into a special teams preview that tries to unpack exactly what to make of the most uncertain unit on the team, from a new punter and kicker to a host of guys vying for return duties.

Serena and Matt briefly touch on the report that NCAA v. Harbaugh is being pushed to 2024, then preview the Michigan defense position-by-position (raving about Kris Jenkins, debating what exactly is fair to expect from Junior Colson, etc.) and bring it all together with three overarching questions, including whether the #2 corner spot is *actually* a problem and whether Year 2 under Minter can be...

Serena and Matt react to the Pac-12's sudden but debatably inevitable death, reflect on what we're all losing and why it matters, and share some thoughts on what it means going forward for Michigan, the Big Ten, the playoff, and college football writ large.

Serena and Matt continue the "Big Ten teams as 2023 things" theme with a Big Ten East preview episode that references Silicon Valley Bank, the Pitbull tour, Oppenheimer and more, culminating in the inevitable discussion as to whether this is in fact "Michigan's division" and some reflection on what the last two editions of The Game mean going forward.

Serena and Matt discuss Harbaugh v. NCAA (which appears to be coming to an appropriately stupid resolution that will make your brain hurt if you try to reconcile it with the rest of the current college football landscape), the Michigan-relevant portions of NBC's newly released night game schedule, the debate over the placement of the Michigan-Ohio State game, and other random thoughts from Big Ten...

Serena and Matt forecast the bleak-but-fascinating Big Ten West in its final year of existence, going in ascending order and giving each team its "2023 thing" comparison (ranging from Aaron Rodgers to Threads to Chat-GPT) before making an undoubtedly regrettable/possibly nihilistic pick for division champ.

Serena and Matt make their triumphant return from the wedding/honeymoon, briefly catch up on offseason items of note, talk Michigan's apparent lack of weaknesses following the portal pickup we'd all been waiting for, and play an extended game of "Michigan Fact or Cap" to debate just how good J.J. can be, whether a 50/50 run/pass split is even vaguely plausible, whether this will be Harbaugh's best...

Serena and Matt talk Michigan's spring transfer losses and additions (including an answer at kicker), draft/state-of-the-program observations, and continued recruiting good vibes, then share some thoughts on the slightly-less-good (but subjectively delightful) vibes emanating from East Lansing as well as the announced format for the expanded College Football Playoff.

Serena and Matt talk spring game takeaways, including how we're feeling about Amorion Walker (and the #2 corner spot more generally), a loaded defensive line, J.J. being J.J. (in a good way), Benjamin Hall's ascension, etc., do a little "Michigan walk-on or professional golfer" quizzing, reflect on the Jadyn Davis commitment and what it means for a potentially special Michigan recruiting class, an...

Serena and Matt briefly talk Michigan hockey's return trip to the Frozen Four before getting back to football to discuss the CFP equivalent of this year's NCAA Final Four, Michigan's newfound recruiting momentum (and why it matters), the handful of things we'll be watching for in the spring game, and possibly the greatest quote ever to appear in the Wall Street Journal.

Serena and Matt mostly skip the basketball post mortem, give some brief credit to hockey for another very fun (and still going!) season, and then get into the good stuff with SPRING FOOTBALL (WOOOO LFG etc.), specifically the five reasonably interesting spring storylines/question marks on a Michigan team with very few of them. There are also references to Chaucer and regional sports network bankru...

Serena and Matt debate whether Michigan is in a "national title or bust" situation given the returning talent and two straight CFP appearances, discuss Chris Partridge's return and what it means (both now and going forward), talk Big Ten realignment/scheduling scenarios, and then try to come up with real-world comparisons for Brian Ferentz's all-time great nepotism situation at Iowa.

Serena and Matt briefly touch on Michigan's hire/promotion of Kirk Campbell as quarterbacks coach, the implied quasi-promotion of Sherrone Moore, and a couple potential roster additions, then turn back to 2022 with an audio-inclusive countdown of our 10 favorite/most memorable moments of the year.

It's been a hell of a week, so let's talk Harbaugh's return, what's going on with Warde Manuel, the only logical response to the NCAA investigation, the bizarre Matt Weiss allegations/exit, what the options are at (co-)offensive coordinator, and a bunch more "unfinished business" announcements on both sides of the ball that leave Michigan looking prettttty good (with one possible exception) headin...

It's Forever Saturday Episode 1 all over again, with Michigan coming off a (slightly more devastating this time) playoff loss and Jim Harbaugh-to-the-NFL rumors swirling, so Serena and Matt talk Harbaugh's future, how we think this ends, Corum's glorious return, what's possible for Michigan in 2023, Fiesta Bowl reactions and regrets, and whether Georgia was ever *actually* beatable.

After an excruciatingly long wait, Serena and Matt preview Michigan's semifinal matchup against TCU and talk Max Duggan fear levels, what we expect from the defense against a legit group of skill-position players, the big mismatch on the other side of the ball, how TCU's defense *might* make things difficult, whether a loss would be a true "disappointment," what's on the table over the next two we...

Serena and Matt talk Signing Day, the Ryan Day/Dabo Swinney/Jimbo Fisher "Have Some Self-Awareness Challenge," Michigan's unexpected transfer portal haul (and what it means for the program going forward), Blake Corum's "50/50" comment, the best of the early part of bowl season, and what we're most looking forward to next week other than the Fiesta Bowl.

Serena and Matt talk Heisman ceremony (and the blasphemy of Michigan's beautiful, tiny running back not even getting a New York invite), the weirdly dramatic/salty transfers of Cade McNamara and Erick All, what All's exit means at tight end, and some interesting developing with potential *incoming* transfers, then turn back to real football and the upcoming bowl season with a brief game of "Bowl o...

Serena and Matt reflect on 13-0, a second straight Big Ten title, and knowing you're in the good times while you're still in them, then get into the annoying-but-ultimately-decisive win over Purdue, vibes heading into a CFP matchup with TCU, and whether the committee got it right by avoiding a rematch of The Game and giving Ohio State the Georgia Monstars.

Serena and Matt revisit the best of the after-the-fact Ohio State nonsense takes, acknowledge some dudes who didn't get their full due in the initial revelry, and talk a little more shit (obviously) before turning to Michigan's second straight Big Ten championship game appearance: CFP implications, what to know about an all-around mediocre Purdue team, what we expect in terms of Michigan's approac...