Podcast: Michigan ends Sherrone Moore's first season on high note, basketball vs. USC/UCLA preview
On this episode of The Wolverine Podcast, Clayton Sayfie, Anthony Broome and Chris Balas discuss Michigan Wolverines football beating Alabama, 19-13, in the ReliaQuest Bowl, what it means for the 2024 season, how head coach Sherrone Moore‘s first year went and more, before checking in on basketball ahead of its two games in Los Angeles against USC and UCLA.
Watch this episode in the video embed below or on our YouTube channel. Listen in the embed below or search ‘The Wolverine’ wherever you get your podcasts.
The Wolverine Podcast is available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and more!
RELATED
• Michigan football: A portal defensive player to watch closely
• MMQB: Sherrone Moore found winning formula with Michigan team that will be less limited in the future
The hosts put Michigan’s win over Alabama and the 2024 season into context.
“It was [former Michigan writer for The Wolverine] Austin Fox who said, ‘It could’ve been an 8-5 season like 2017.’ And who did they lose to in 2017? Michigan State, Ohio State, South Carolina in the bowl game,” Balas said. “So it’s a completely different feel. That’s a thing I wrote after the game: Not all 8-5 seasons are created equal. If you told me before the year that they were gonna beat Alabama, Ohio State and Michigan State — well, Michigan State, for sure — and finish like they did, that’s the 8-5 I would’ve taken, for sure.”
Top 10
- 1Hot
Rick Pitino
Calling out young people, quitting coaches
- 2
ESPN called out over CFP
Employee of ESPN calls out greed
- 3
Calipari calls out team
'We had 3 or 4 guys no show' vs. Vols
- 4
Isaiah Neyor withdraws
Huskers WR withdraws after Louisville signing
- 5
Cam Newton
Doubling down on Notre Dame doubt
Get the On3 Top 10 to your inbox every morning
By clicking "Subscribe to Newsletter", I agree to On3's Privacy Notice, Terms, and use of my personal information described therein.
“If you would’ve told me they were going to beat Ohio State and Alabama in the same year, I would’ve probably thought they’d still be playing at this point,” Sayfie said. “But no, you’re right. It’s kind of a weird season, where you lose to Indiana and Illinois. You hardly ever lose to those teams historically, and then you’re able to beat Alabama … according to Brian Boesch on the Michigan radio broadcast, the only team ever to beat Alabama twice in one calendar year. You beat Ohio State again. A lot of good, even though there was a lot of not so good at different points. But you end on a high note.
“The whole ‘meaningless’ thing. A Thursday or Friday walkthrough isn’t meaningless. A scrimmage … the whole ‘spring game’ crowd. That was not anything close. I’ve been to a bunch of spring games. There’s no correlation at all to a spring game. That was a Michigan football game. Every single Michigan football game is historic, it matters immensely and is extremely important. And Michigan goes out there and gets the win. If they would’ve lost, I would’ve said the exact same thing, how important it was, even though they had an uphill battle that they were fighting there without 10 of their starters, a bunch of guys going to the NFL.”
Watch or listen to the entire Michigan podcast above.
