Champions Of The West

In this episode, we discuss everything Notre Dame, including their experience in South Bend (2:00), Josh Metellus' questionable targeting call (5:45), Michigan's overall defensive effort (8:45), Michigan's woeful offensive line (13:00), Harbaugh's awful playcalling and disregard for tempo (17:00), our under-researched Western Michigan preview and predictions (24:45), which Big Ten team impressed us the most (31:00), and who is on upset alert for Week 2 (34:15).

In this episode we discuss Michigan's final two basketball games in Spain (2:45), Tarik Black's horrible injury news (5:00), and preview the Michigan-Notre Dame showdown in South Bend (13:15).

In this episode we discuss Michigan Basketball's trip to Spain (2:00), Michigan's basketball schedule (5:00), Urban Meyer and DJ Durkin scandals (6:45), Shea Patterson officially named the starter (17:00), Michigan's first half of the schedule (20:00), why we fear Wisconsin but not Hornibrook (24:30), the challenges of Michigan State and Penn State (27:00), the end of the schedule finishing with Ohio State (29:30), and our record predictions (32:30).

In this episode we discuss Kareem Walker's transfer from Michigan (2:15), Shea Patterson's venture into baseball (7:15), Harbaugh's disdain for nervous birds (11:15), Michigan basketball offseason updates (14:00), Quinn Hughes' return to Michigan hockey (20:00), LeBron's charitable offseason (24:00), and why we love sports (31:30).

In this episode we discuss the British Open featuring Tiger Woods and Francisco Molinari (2:15), The Basketball Tournament and Elam's Ending (9:30), the future of the three-pointer (12:15), thoughts on expanding the College Football Playoff (14:45), Harbaugh's record against Michigan State and Ohio State (18:15), Michigan's QB situation (22:15), biggest fear on Michigan's schedule (26:00) and Nick and I pretend to realign the Big Ten football conference (29:00).

In this episode we discuss the World Cup final (1:15), our surprise teams of the tournament (6:15), a Kylian Mbappe lovefest (11:30), did Luka Modric deserve the Golden Ball (15:45), far-fetched predictions for World Cup 2022 (21:00), U.S. Soccer's outlook moving forward (24:00), our Wimbledon recap and the state of tennis (27:30), no tiebreak at Wimbledon (34:00), D.J. Carton commits to Ohio State (42:00), the state of Michigan basketball (45:45) and who impressed us at Summer League (51:30).

In this episode we discuss France's knockout over Belgium (2:45), Croatia denies England bringing it home (7:00), Duncan Robinson getting paid (13:00), Sean's recruiting talk (18:30), Jaron Faulds transfer and basketball talk (23:45), plus Wimbledon update and Serena's dominance (28:45).

In this episode we discuss the France and Argentina epic (1:15), Uruguay's staunch defense (4:00), Putin's takedown of Spain (8:00), Croatia's PK heroics against Denmark (12:30), Neymar and co. over Mexico (15:45), Belgium's escape over Japan (20:15), predictions for England and Switzerland to the quarters (25:30), quarterfinal predictions (29:00), and a wild start to the NBA offseason (31:00).

In this episode, Sean breaks down Michigan football's recruiting update (1:30), Moe gets drafted to the Lakers (6:00), top NBA draft picks (11:00), under the radar picks (17:00), Uruguay's demolition and Spain's great escape (20:30), France's crucial clash with Denmark and Croatia's shock start and Argentina's latch ditch effort (26:15), Brazil's back on track, Mexico keeps rolling and Germany saves the day (32:30) and Belgium- England collusion and Colombia's brilliant attack (39:00).

In this episode, Nick explains what happened at the U.S. Open (1:30), Putin's victorious Russia (10:00), a Spain-Portugal epic (13:00), France's lackluster start (16:45), Messi's mishaps against Iceland (21:00), Belgium's opening game rout (24:00), Mexico's historic victory over Germany (28:00), Yellow Card accumulation explanation (32:30), the top picks in the NBA Draft (34:45), Michigan's opponents in the draft (44:45), what will happen to our beloved Moritz (49:15) and Sean's Michigan update (54:19).

We go through every group in the World Cup, starting with Mo Salah, Russia and Uruguay in Group A (3:00), why we think Cristiano Ronaldo and Spain should advance in Group B (8:00), why we believe everyone is chasing France for second place in Group C (14:15), can Argentina and Messi breakthrough in the "Group of (D)eath" (21:30), how will Brazil fare against three above-average Group E opponents (28:45), can anyone stop the German machine in Group F (34:00), can England or Belgium break through from Group G (39:45), whether Colombia can win a wildly open Group H (47:45), Sean's burning World Cup questions (54:30), and Michigan sports update (59:30).

This week we discuss the returners from the NBA Draft in the Big Ten (2:30), Charles Matthews' return (7:30), Jalen Wilson commits (11:30), Michigan basketball scheduling notes (14:00), Beilein maybe to the Pistons (18:00), football transfer rumors (24:00), NBA finals through two games (30:30), Josh's French Open update (37:00), and our World Cup teaser (41:30).

This week we look at the defense, starting with the defensive line and compare it to previous years (2:30), talk about the linebackers and Devin Bush's new haircut (8:15), the improvement of the defensive backs (12:00), the special teams and how Quinn Nordin fares in year two (16:30), overall defensive takeaways (21:30), NBA playoff and finals predictions (26:00) and Sean's baseball and softball check-in (33:15).

This week we break down the offense, analyzing the quarterback situation (3:30), the solid play of the running backs (9:15), the potential of the wide receivers (14:30), the NFL tight ends (20:00), questionable play of the offensive line (25:15), and Sean's take on the JT Rogan story (29:00).

In this episode, we discuss Michigan in the NFL Draft (2:00), our opinion of the top drafted QBs (4:30), Big Ten drafted players (8:00), Shea Patterson! (11:00), who it impacts (15:15), Charles Matthews (18:15), Michigan basketball recruiting (20:15), Michigan Football's trip to France (24:45), Harbaugh's QB notes (27:45), Zavier Simpson's jumpshot (29:45), hype on basketball recruits (32:15), Sean's experience in New York (34:30), and what we watch in the summer (36:15).

In this episode we discuss the offensive coordinators and playcallers (2:45), our impression of the quarterbacks (6:45), our honest takes on Jim Harbaugh (11:30), the outstanding defense and the legend Don Brown (16:00), the offense vs. defense mentality (21:15), Sean's Chris Evans hot take (26:00), the baseball team's winning streak (33:00), favorite other sports to see in person (35:30), and Charles Matthews declaring for the NBA draft (41:40).

We talk about the departure of Moritz Wagner, say goodbye to Ibi Watson, Duncan Robinson, MAAR, Brent Hibbits and Jaaron Simmons. Plus, our experiences going to the games and Sean's hot takes in April. Also, yeah we know the audio isn't great- we'll have that fixed for next week.