SURPRISE starters on offense? One day from Michigan Football in the Big House!

all right welcome back to Blue by 90 I'm Justin joined by Tanner today and it is August 30th there is a Michigan football game on August 31st we are one day away 24 hours until we are right outside the big house tailgating crushing North Peak beers crushing truly Twisted Tea Sun Cruiser uh some Woodson whiskey shout out we'll have Joe's Pizza there um it's going to be a hell of a day tomorrow I cannot wait no man I'm excited you know um I'm gonna try some of the some of the fruity drinks you know as some folks like to mention but I'll also try some of that whiskey you know uh duality of man uh no man I it's Friday uh you know this is one of those work days where you know even if you didn't take PTO today you're still uh you know you're G seon off you're you're thinking about the game and think about that three-day weekend all the football food drinks uh no football weather still G to be pretty hot it's be like 88 today 81 tomorrow it'll be nice at you know during during kickoff and as it cools off a little bit at night time with the night game but yeah man we've made it we had football on last night um I watched all of the North Dakota State Colorado game because I am a hater and I was very intrigued to see what Colorado's revamp defense would look like it looked better uh North Dakota State though you know that's a 2010s NDSU Carson Wentz is the quarterback maybe you know they pull through but um yeah it was great to see football in last night Minnesota North Carolina was a was a great finish um North Carolina state was in a dog fight with Western Carolina so you know Thursday night kickoff there were no real Marquee matchups outside of Minnesota North Carolina but man it was just great to see football on football on campus students there getting after it like just the best it feel feel like we're back for sure um I think that yeah I mean having football on the TV in like multiple games flipping mul it it felt so good felt so I did I don't know do you you have You2 TV is that what you use yeah okay so I put on The multiv View no it's not um I put on the multiv viw and I've been a big fan of the multiv viw since they introduced it but also like they don't really know how to curate four games they're not very good at that but I didn't mess with it because there was no like there weren't any games that I wasn't able to watch that I wanted to get on there but I think you can customize it now if so that's a big win um you know especially if we're at the tailgate we could you know I know we have Dish I don't know if we can figure out YouTube TV but if there's a way to be able to curate the games that you want on there yeah um this GNA be a great football season I mean obviously for home games we're not going to be able to to mess with YouTube TV too much but when Michigan's on the road and you know outside their their game slot being able to just put on you know hey there's Big 10 ACC games on I can I can you know customize it that's a big W so that may change how we're watching football year well and now there are more teams to watch if you're like if you're a Michigan fan obviously we're trying to watch Texas this weekend to see how they do but then just throughout the season you're trying you know watching Ohio State of course watching Michigan State watching USC watching Oregon like it's crazy to me four weeks from now we're playing USC right eight days from now we're playing Texas like this is this is pretty crazy so um I think that it it's uh to your point there there's a lot to watch a lot to have your eyeballs on if you're a Michigan fan and so U but this week we've got Fresno State Coming to Town the Bulldogs coming to town before I get into that I want to talk about pretzel Bell uh we will be there tonight if you're listening to this on Friday uh we are we will be there tonight having a live podcast on the corner outside on the patio on the corner of Maine and Liberty so shout out to Pretzel Bell um we will be there doing a little Michigan football trivia we'll have music we'll have hail IPA we will have blue by 90 beer on draft at pretzel Bell so I will be having a few of those for sure so um come on down come see us come hang out um I'm pretty pumped for that uh that's that's what you need we'll be there every Friday afternoon uh an evening prepping for our Saturday tailgates and then of course come to the tailgate we will be in the blue lot which is the Chrysler Arena a lot and uh come say hi we'll have everything that we just talked about HAL IPA Blue by 90 a bunch of different North Peak beers we'll have Sun Cruiser hard vodka tea uh we'll have truly um we'll have a bunch of stuff going on as as well as that woods and whiskey too so um come say hi but uh tomorrow we've got Fresno State coming into town this is not a cupcake I'm just going to go ahead and say it like I you know I know that they have had some things happen like they lost their head coach he stepped away not too long ago um who has been you know their guy for a long time right he's the he's the the Nick Sabin of Fresno State um but uh you know they listen they finished in the top 30 of FBS the last three seasons Every single season so that is that that's no schlub that is a legitimate I mean that's way above a lot of big 10 teams where they ended up so this is this is no joke of a team coming to an arbor tomorrow no absolutely I mean Jeff Tedford um you know heck of a coach uh obviously had a nice run at Cal um had a lot of players obviously Aaron Rogers Marshon L jvid best like Deshawn Jackson I mean they always had guys um when he was the head coach at Cal um you know he's a guy that has been at Fresno State as a coordinator as a position coach um took over in 2017 so this kind of is the second time this has happened unfortunately because I think je Jeff Tedford is one of the most underrated coaches of the last uh you know of the 21st century u i mean his record at freso State I mean his um you know he's there 2017 through 19 has a step away uh comes back in 2022 they go 10 and4 and then nine and4 last year I mean you know it's it's going to be interesting to see because he is a really good coach um and he's had a lot of success in his career so I'm going to be interested to see uh you know Tim Skipper is going to be the interim coach he played at Fresno State had some overlap when je Jeff Tedford was a coordinator there in the late 90s um he's been at Fresno the last few years he's been all over the place though man he's he was you know spent a lot of time at Fresno in the 2000s was at Colorado state was was at Florida um under uh mus champ and then our favorite shark uh Advocate up at Central Michigan so um he's been around the block man but you know he's a Fresno guy and I'm going to be curious to see how they come out you know Jeff tedford's a really great offensive mind so what does that look like for them uh coming into the big house but man this defense is we we've talked about it you know what's great is we actually will have some substance to discuss um after tomorrow of actual games being played and we get to see you know the guys returning obviously but then we get to see Jon baram and we get to see Zeke Barry in his third year and we get to see all these guys play some football so I'm very excited but I still just feel like Michigan's going to do their thing you know I mean there's so much talent yeah I mean there is too much talent on that defensive side of the ball um Fresno State has Mikey Keane at quarterback he actually started his career in 2021 2222 at UCF um ended up uh I don't I think he either lost that job or something went on but he started 10 games as a freshman threw 17 touchdowns um but then came in last year for Fresno State uh he had a 67% completion percentage had 24 touchdowns 10 interceptions so um you know he is this is his junior year red shirt junior year um so you know I I really think that uh you know even though they lost the the the coach they've got a lot of stuff going on that helps them to have you know a leader that a veteran leader at that quarterback position so again you know this defense for Michigan is going to be ridiculous to go up against and it's a tall task to ask of him um but they they've got some weapons um but yeah I mean I'm looking uh I I like where you mentioned like the Zeke barries the jier hills of the worlds you know we know what Mason Graham can do right we know what a lot of these guys on the defensive side of the ball can do but where does jier Hill fit in where does Zeke Barry fit in where does Jon baram fit in because people are talking about him like he is an absolute freak so um I I'm very excited to see some of those new names on the defensive side of the ball uh step in and will they you know are they fully ready Jer Hill hasn't started a game before right Zeke Barry hasn't started a game before so um you know they need to be physically ready mentally ready and everything like that uh and then on the offensive side of the ball obviously there's a lot to be talked about you know I there is right now we're still we still don't know who the quarterback is a lot of Rumblings over the past 24 48 Hours That Davis Warren has actually jumped Alex orgy and could be coming out as a starter on Saturday but that's a little crazy because up until 48 hours ago it was the Alex orgy game right like it was it was his job to lose coming uh you know from what every Insider said around the uh around the program right yeah I mean you you know I've talked about this I follow all the the message boards and I subscribe to 247 and um yeah I mean that was kind of the consensus um is that Alex orgy was going to be the starter he had been you know not only consistent but explosive and um you know obviously the ability that he brings running the football was going to be a big ad to the offense but yeah I mean you're starting to see you know some things about consistency as far as Davis Warren has been more consistent and has put together you know more and more good days over the last you know however many days a camp so I like we've talked about I feel pretty good with either guy I'm going to Def you know defer to Chiron and Kirt Campbell's um selection obviously because they've forgotten more football than I'll ever know but like I think with Davis I think the upside is I mean some of the throws he made in the spring games the last couple of years I mean Davis is a guy that might have been a four-star Prospect yeah had he not went through having literal cancer right and then covid and being in California where he didn't get to play his senior year so he's a guy that you know was potentially going to be on the uh the cusp of being a BigTime Prospect coming out of high school so there's a lot of talent there just because he's a walk-on I mean we've seen Walk-Ons throughout college football be able to make a huge difference um at many different schools and and even at quarterback I mean Baker Mayfield was a walk-on true freshman balling for Texas Tech in 2013 so you know that that don't be alarmed because he's a walk-on and and when we talked to Davis I mean you know we we have a podcast with him if you want to go check it out from the spring yeah I mean cool calm collected hell the leader great perspective right I mean you go through leukemia in high school that puts things in a in a different Stratosphere as far as pressure and winning football games right everything else everything else seems like okay Hey listen I was fighting for my life as a 16 year-old kid right and then it's like I I imagine you know he I imagine he's still going to be nervous when he first trots out there in front of 110,000 people on Saturday um because there is obviously a ton of pressure of being the Michigan quarterback but what to your point when you put that into perspective it's like I I literally beat cancer I can do whatever you know whatever is thrown at me so I I think that um you know I'm very confident if he's the guy on Saturday um I'm very confident in his not only his ability but just the mental side of it um I also think you know let's say you know theoretically if Davis Warren comes out as qb1 that doesn't mean we're not gonna see Alex orgy right he's gonna have packages and he is too much of a weapon uh for them to just sit him on the sideline so I you know I have a good feeling that we'll see both quarterbacks on Saturday it might not be you know the the Tim TBO Chris leak two quarterback system um but you know even last year when you had JJ McCarthy who's one of the greatest quarterbacks that to ever come through Arbor you saw Alex orgy right because of his running ability and so I have to imagine that Chom Moore and Kirk Campbell are working that into the Playbook and I'm excited about you know there there's a chance that like Davis Warren is the better quarterback and Alex orgy still rips off a 60 yard run that we're very excited about and what I love about that is okay if you're Texas then watching game film from you know preing prepping for week two how how do you how do you game plan for that you're like they have two guys that can beat us at the quarterback position now yeah I mean the thing with that for me and you know obviously the Chris League Timbo stuff and you know as a freshman dard would come in for T forcier and like you can have success with that um but I am definitely a true subscriber to the statement that if you have two quarterbacks you got none right like and I mean not you know like I don't think it's the worst thing in the world but like I would like them to settle on a starter because you want that guy to get you know into a rhythm have consistency not be looking over his shoulder that he's going to get pulled out at any point right like that was you know that was an issue back in the late 90s with Tom Brady and Drew Henson right so um and you know in 2022 you know I mean Kade you know obviously hasn't been greated Iowa in 2021 Kade magnam was fine yeah and that's all he needed to be but in 2022 it's like he's looking over the shoulder at JJ is forcing things he's trying to press so I think the mentality from a quarterback is tough if you're always looking over your shoulder so I definitely want a guy to be kind of picked and and hey we're rolling and unless it's so bad we've got to make a change then we're just rolling with one guy right but obviously we know org's gonna play you like he did last year yeah and I like here's what I'll say about that yeah listen Davis Warren is not gonna be JJ McCarthy in game one right like like we all gotta be okay with that you know I I think that that's where the Michigan fan base is struggled over time of just like you know we we found fin it took us a long time to get to JJ McCarthy right I mean there are a lot of quarterbacks that we went through that were 75% 80% there 85% there but then W JJ McCarthy and even JJ McCarthy had his flaws right obviously um but you know I I don't think like I just want to temper the expectations a little bit that we're not probably slinging it around and you know that it's a I'll just say it's like they're tough shoes to fill no matter who it is you know it it's even if it's Jaden Davis who is the coveted guy coming in you know like there it's still tough to to fill those shoes so um so yeah I I think we gotta like my point in being like there will be mistakes early in the year right you look at what Jaylen milro did last year for Alabama we talked about this as well and it's like Jaylen milro really struggled to the point of being benched early the Year by the end of the year he's playing one of the top quarterbacks in the country so you got to give him time but at the same time Texas is coming into town week two you got to be ready for that as well so everybody's in a pickle there um who else are you looking out for on the offensive side of the ball to to tomorrow to see what they can do yeah I mean you know I listened to the m go blog Round Table yesterday um definitely go check that out but love those the one thing Sam Webb mentioned was that you know we've heard about Raheem Anderson and GRE krippin for the last three years right as as guys coming in I believe this is their fourth year in the program R Juniors and so in 2022 you go and get Olu oluwatimi out of the portal uh All-American you know best center best interior lineman Award winner I mean just a stud um I haven't kept up with him at the Seahawks but I'm assuming he's a monster in the NFL as well um and then you know Drake nent last year coming in from Stanford did a great job you know was kind of the leader of the the o line so we've kind of expected one of those two to be the air apparent and it seems like it's finally their time and then Here Comes Dom jice and a guy that was recruited by Jim Harbaugh Sam mentioned that the staff was like WTF when Jim like took his commitment and nobody else knew so this is a Jim harda Guy starts out playing defense but he you know played both ways in high school as most kids do and so he switches to Center I think in 22 so this will be his third year so he's had two full years of of playing in the offensive line playing guard playing Center um and and it just sounds like he's picked it up and he makes the line calls and he is he's dominant so it seems like one of those scenarios where you know if Tim drno was the old line coach who by the way is at Ohio city now but if drno is the old line coach and you know Michigan's starting true freshfood like they were you know under Brady Hulk and early in the harbot tenure where it's like hey we we have to you know even Zack zener start as a freshman was like yeah he's a stud but like is he ready this seems like a scenario where hey he just beat him out and those are two guys that are extremely capable and that probably start a majority of the Big 10 offensive lines well that was that was what I was gonna say back to you as you're talking about that like you know I I you have the like if you have two quarterbacks you have have none that's not the same situation for the offensive line you no you want you want nine if you can exactly right you need like I think this is a good thing that we have multiple capable guys at some of these positions um you know you hear about Gentry versus Evan link coming on uh you know strong at the end of this fall Camp um you know I I think that that's where you and I months ago and a lot of other people said hey how is this offensive line going to shape up you know you've got to replace some legends from Zack zinder and Trevor Keegan and larius Henderson and and you know Drake nen th that line Trent Jones Carson barart I mean everybody you you lose six guys right so how how is it gonna Shape Up um but I think that you know I go back to shirro Moore is one of the top o line coaches and and I know he's not technically the o line coach anymore but when you're head coach is an offensive lineman was an offensive lineman at Oklahoma you're gonna develop those guys and I believe in Grant Newsome as well um as the Run game coordinator um and so I I think that you know you're seeing guys that maybe normally wouldn't have gotten to a really great point in you know in their fall Camp because they weren't as developed they don't have experience they're ready to go and so um you know we're saying this the Friday before the first game we could be singing a different tune after we see what happens tomorrow but um I do just like the fact that all of a sudden you know you've got six seven options eight options on the offensive line where you know there's guys battling and that just you know the iron sharpens iron so I love that no absolutely and you know the interior of the line I mean with with potentially jice winning but you know outside of him on the guards you have Josh pre who has played a ton of games for Northwestern Michigan guy uh you know from the state of Michigan and then you have Gio elh Hadi another guy from the state of Michigan who and we know we saw him in 2022 when when when Trevor Keegan was banged up a little bit but he's a guy that you know he mentioned it he turned down bags like he turned down offers to stay at Michigan because he's a local kid he wants to play at Michigan and we saw what he could do two years ago and you're like that's a guy that's gonna play um then there's gonna be a good good player for Michigan miles Hinton I think we've talked about this a little bit it just from what I've heard in some of the pressers like you coming from Sanford Michigan it's like I'm actually at a place that like legitimately cares about football you know not to say that Stanford doesn't but it's a different level and the strength and conditioning he's re he's reworked his body like he looks the same but he's added 20 pounds like that's always a good sign when like that guy doesn't look that much bigger but he's put on 20 pounds that's a good weight gain uh for for the left tackle I mean again I think there's a world where he can be a day two pick because he's a former five star he's got all the tools his dad was an all pro pro bowler for 10 years in the NFL um and then at right tackle man yeah like you said Evan link you know sounds like he's he's kind of you know separating himself at that position battle between Andrew Gentry and Jeff Percy now Percy's a guy that we saw against ruggers in 22 right you know was fine right so it's like that's the Baseline like obviously you know ruggers is ruggers but you know they've got some good players Aaron Lewis was a defensive end who's on this year's team but uh for Ruckers but was you know pretty solid a couple years ago and he held his own um when when Ryan Hayes was out so basically what and I bring that name up but what I'm looking for out of out of Evan is just like Ryan hes like I like if he could be that we're you know we're looking at and Bryce mentioned the same thing when we had him on 2021 Vibes like this old Line's 2021 that's perfect I'm good we're good you know with the offensive line with the tight ends with Max bres um in the Run game are you kidding me that that's a big 10 Championship winning offensive line so um yeah and then I mean obviously we know Donovan and kle will be uh you know the the duo at running back but I expect to see Jordan Marshall gets some snaps as well Ben hall for sure get some snaps um and then at wide receiver you know you've got Tyler Morris you've got samage Morgan you you we've heard about Fred Moore Maran Walker my guy pton o p dog P dog bro he is going to get some snaps on on Saturday um so I I think you know listen I know that these guys all live together Davis Warren Max bredis pton oy Joe Taylor Joe Taylor's our guy he's injured right now but he's he's a special team's God uh that house is going to be balling out on Saturday and I'm excited for him um so I I think that uh you know pton I I expect you know there's gonna I think this receiving core is gonna surprise some people that's all I'm gonna say um so with that um I I let's wrap it up here with some predictions um okay I mean I know everyone wants to what's your prediction what's your prediction I hate doing this because it's like it's a total crap shoot um but what do you what do you got for Michigan versus Fresno State for the home man I feel the last few years of the non-conference have been pretty easy um to predict and last year's non-conference Michigan didn't really blow anybody out but I'm gonna go 41-1 I think they're G get a touchdown maybe late I think the defense is going to ball out I think going to set up some short Fields um you know excited to see some o return punts I mean he's he's a broken tackle away every single play so I I just feel like they're going to get some shorter Fields um they're gonna be able to run the ball and yeah I'm going to go 4110 and I'd be you know extremely happy with that I'd be if we score 40 points I will be very happy because that means the offense is huming um you know I actually think not that the offense is going to struggle but I think it's just gonna it's a lot of new faces it's going to take them a little bit to get into a rhythm you know half this offense more more than half the offense hasn't taken a you know a snap in the big house like a meaningful starting snap for you know ever um so I think it'll take him a couple drives to get going um but I still think to your point the defense is going to be dominant um I like actually I'm gonna go 3110 uh there as well um so that's what I've got for a prediction um but either way Michigan football's back I cannot wait man um we are ready to rock I can feel it I can't wait to be uh in the blue again shout out to our sponsors North Peak Brewing Sun Cruiser hard vodka te truly Woodson Whiskey Joe's Pizza um we appreciate all of you guys uh so um we'll see you hopefully at pretzel Bell tonight um for a little pregame live pod uh trivia just hanging out having some beers with the boys Talking Football we'll watch the MSU game tonight as well because Michigan State plays so we'll have that on outside and then tomorrow we'll be in the CR Center Lot uh so uh come find us we'll have a big flag you if you can't either see us or hear us then we're doing something wrong um so come see us we appreciate you uh for us you can follow us at Blue by9 on Twitter Instagram Facebook at Blue by9 podcast on YouTube and Blue by 90.com We Appreciate You Go Blue go Blue