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[Writeup after the jump]

SEGMENT ONE: ILLINOIS POSTMORTEM

Well, that sucked. Illinois guard penetration, Kofi Cockburn, and the Illini aggressively defending to keep the ball on one side of the floor all had major impacts in the loss. Can other teams repeat this? Should we be concerned? How do we feel about a potential postseason rematch? This felt like an extreme low-end outcome, ultimately.

SEGMENT TWO: READYING FOR THE RIVALRY

Previewing the home-and-home against MSU. Are we worried about the teams’ respective momentum? A very different matchup than Illinois, which should play in Michigan’s favor, save perhaps for the part where MSU has a lot of fouls to throw at Hunter Dickinson. Alex renders Ace briefly speechless by asking which MSU players are good for their roles.

SEGMENT THREE: FOOTBALL STUFF IS GOING… WELL?

Dan talks us through the additions of top-flight corner Will Johnson, big receiver Tay’shawn Trent, and quarterback transfer Alan Bowman. He also catches us up on a couple other key in-state recruitments and his twitter beef with MSU 247 Mods. Alex notes the likely inspiration for Trent’s first name and it goes over the Philly guy’s head. Why Dan’s Philly roots have allowed him to easily embrace the MSU rivalry. We may have taken some tangents in this one.

Songs:

• “Unbroken, Unshaven”—The Budos Band
• “Work” — Gang Starr

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“I wonder if it’s like, okay, so we’re gonna get your uncle a lakehouse on Lake Leelanau, or we’re getting you a hunting lodge up closer to Charlevoix.”