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Newsstand: Wink Martindale teases Jesse Minter, Mike Macdonald on Ohio State

Anthony Broomeby:Anthony Broome•about 21 hours•

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Michigan Wolverines football defensive coordinator Wink Martindale has become a bit of a folk hero around these parts for the way that the 2024 season ended, but still gets questions about his blitz rate and if it might bite the team in the rear end.

Michigan used sterling gameplans against Ohio State in Alabama in the last two wins of the year. And that’s something that Martindale is proud of.

“You throw something out there and it catches on social media, and I know that you guys all have a job to do, and everybody has an opinion,” Martindale told the media on Monday. “It was just like when we played Ohio State compared to Alabama, it was two different game plans. That’s what I was proud of. Not that it was two different game plans was I proud of it, but the execution of the two different game plans. Ohio State, the guys, like I told you, they executed the game plan and they played physical with it.

“The scheme is the scheme. It’s the same scheme for the last three years. Do I take pride in it? Did I let both Jesse and Mike know that we held Ohio State to 10 points and they didn’t? Yes, of course I did. But we’ll see what we can do with what we have. It’s new people. It’s a new year. It’s the same thing I said before last year. It’s going to be different. Don’t know how it’s going to be different, but it’s going to be different. And we’ll see how we adjust during the season and starting with spring ball here. But I’m really excited about, just like I said, seeing the guys compete.”

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