The Michigan Insider

In this week’s edition of The Michigan Recruiting Insider, Sam Webb and Brice Marich discuss the potential impact the NCAA's sign stealing investigation on recruiting. Then University of Michigan Regent Jordan Acker joins Sam to share his views on how NIL has changed the intercollegiate landscape, misconceptions about how U-M has handled NIL, how U-M can improve its place in the space, legal and p...

Sam Webb and former Michigan assistant (and Oklahoma State, Louisville, and Texas defensive coordinator) Vance Bedford assess Michigan's defensive showing in its 49-0 victory over Michigan State and discuss the sign stealing allegations levied against the program.

Former Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges and TMI's Sam Webb assess Michigan's offensive showing in its 49-0 victory over Michigan State and discuss the sign stealing allegations levied against the program.

In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz recap the Michigan football team’s 49-0 win over Michigan State, as well as preview the Wolverines bye week. They open with a look at JJ McCarthy, and the quarterbacks’ fast-growing Heisman candidacy. They discuss where the junior has grown the most, and the different he can make for the Wolverines the rest of the way. They close out the first half of th...

In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz react to the NCAA opening up an investigation on Michigan allegedly violating rules in an effort to steal opponents' signs, then preview the Wolverines' upcoming matchup against Michigan State. They begin with a look at the investigation, and what it means for Michigan. They discuss their biggest question from the news of the investigation, why it seems...

The first rivalry game of the 2023 Michigan football season has arrived! The Wolverines travel to East Lansing to face a reeling Michigan State team, and Stephen Brooks provides the inside scoop from enemy territory. The Spartans have lost four in a row and just changed starting quarterbacks. Who are the players to know for MSU, and what would need to happen to keep Saturday night's game close? Th...

In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz look back on the Michigan football team’s latest blowout win, in which the second-ranked Wolverines dispatched Indiana, 52-7. They also take a peek at some of the developing storylines for Michigan’s rivalry matchup against Michigan State. They begin with a look back at what was Michigan’s most lopsided win of the season. They discuss Blake Corum’s histo...

In this week’s edition of The Michigan Recruiting Insider, Sam Webb, Steve Lorenz, and Brice Marich discuss the Michigan commits who rose and those who fell in 247Sports' latest rankings updates. The crew highlighted the big jumps made by former sleepers Devon Baxter and Jo'Ziah Edmond, and shared their disagreement with the dropping of quarterback Jadyn Davis. 247Sports national analyst Allen Tri...

In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz preview the Michigan football team’s return home against Indiana, looking at the biggest keys and storylines for Saturday, and making their score predictions for the game. They open with a look at the Wolverines’ offense. They discuss an Indiana defense struggling against versatile offenses, the impact of forecasted rain on Saturday’s game plan, and take...

Former Michigan Football offensive coordinator Al Borges reviews the performance of the Michigan offense during their trouncing of Minnesota, 52-10. He highlights U-M's potent ground attack by explaining why he thinks "it's the most diverse run game in the country", and much much more.

Former Michigan assistant Vance Bedford reviews the Michigan defensive performance in the Wolverine's dominant 52-10 road win at Minnesota. He details the adjustments the Wolverines made to stop the Gophers' stretch play, the outstanding play of the secondary, and more.

The Michigan Insider goes Behind Enemy Lines to preview the Indiana Hoosiers, who come to the Big House this weekend for a noon kickoff. TMI's Alejandro Zúñiga welcomes Matthew Weaver from Peegs.com to discuss this week's opponent. The Hoosiers are 2-3, coming off a blowout loss to Maryland, and fired their offensive coordinator over the bye week. What needs to change to save Tom Allen's job? The...

In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz break down the Michigan football team's dominant 52-10 win at Minnesota, with some of their key takeaways on both sides of the ball. They open with an extended look at JJ McCarthy, his latest strong performance and why — regardless of where he ranks among college football’s quarterbacks this season — he, Jim Harbaugh and Michigan might be the best fit fo...

In this week’s edition of The Michigan Recruiting Insider, Sam Webb, Steve Lorenz, and Brice Marich share updates on two new flips targets for Michigan. Then attention turns to NIL at Michigan with the founder of Valiant Management Group and a key contributor to The Champion's Circle Collective, Jared Wangler.

In this episode, Zach Shaw and Alejandro Zuniga react to the Michigan football team’s 2024-28 Big Ten football schedules being released, and then preview the Wolverines road game at Minnesota. In the first half of the episode, they offer their thoughts on the Wolverines’ future Big Ten schedules, which were released Thursday afternoon. They discuss Michigan’s gauntlet of a 2024 schedule, whether e...

Former Michigan assistant Vance Bedford and TMI's Sam Webb assess Michigan's defensive showing in its 45-7 victory over Nebraska.

Former Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges and TMI's Sam Webb assess Michigan's offensive showing in its 45-7 victory over Nebraska..

The Michigan football team faces Minnesota this weekend with the Little Brown Jug at stake for the first time since 2020. The Michigan Insider speaks with Ryan Burns from Gopher Illustrated to preview the matchup. Do the Gophers have what it takes to challenge the Wolverines? TMI then checks in with Stephen Brooks from Spartan Tailgate as Michigan State struggles through rough NIL news, lost to Io...

In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz break down their biggest takeaways and lasting thoughts from Michigan's 45-7 win at Nebraska, which moved the Wolverines to 5-0 on the season. The open with a discussion about just how dominant Michigan was. Shaw assesses the sheer gap in ability shown between Michigan and Nebraska, as well as how the Wolverines have evidently solved their road-game woes...

In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz preview the No. 2 Michigan football team's first road test of the season, as the Wolverines travel to take on Nebraska. They discuss Michigan’s keys to victory, over-under predictions for the game and their final score predictions for the matchup. As usual, they open with a look at the keys for Michigan’s offense. They discuss what the Wolverines can do...

Former Michigan assistant Vance Bedford and TMI's Sam Webb assess Michigan's defensive showing in its 31-7 victory over Rutgers.

Former Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges and TMI's Sam Webb assess Michigan's offensive showing in its 31-7 victory over Rutgers..

The Michigan Insider's Alejandro Zúñiga previews the Nebraska game with Brian Christopherson of Husker247. The Cornhuskers are using the Wolverines as a blueprint as they rebuild — what will Saturday look like? And what should U-M expect from that Nebraska offense and a stout rushing defense? The show continues by recapping Michigan State after another blowout loss before closing with Ohio State a...

In this week’s edition of The Michigan Recruiting Insider, Sam Webb, Steve Lorenz, and Brice Marich share updates on the latest football visitors. Then attention turns to the turmoil at Michigan State and the potential Michigan targets on the Spartans’ roster and in their recruiting class. From there attention turns to Michigan flip targets in several other recruiting classes with an emphasis on r...

In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz recap Michigan's win over Rutgers, offensive and defensive takeaways, the opening weekend of Big Ten play, Ryan Day's strange postgame comments and how the Wolverines stack up against Ohio State and Penn State so far.