Things Discussed:

• Seth comes on early to talk about Jim Harbaugh's comments: If NCAA starts revenue-sharing now they'll get a better deal than when they're forced to do it.
• He's real about it—he knows the guys who played in the NFL before revenue-sharing—he's also political, and also sticking it back to the NCAA, and also manipulating the media away from suspensions.
• Does he have allies on this? Players, obviously. Coaches will be told to be against it.
• Resume this w/ Brian & Craig: He's earnest about it. If Northwestern unionized maybe Fitz is still coaching.
• ECU Preview: Mason Garcia is a tank, came up through the program. Last year was The Year, got portal-picked. Bend-don't-break.
• Michigan careful with injuries: Think that Cornelius Johnson, Tyler Morris, Rod Moore, Will Johnson, Makari Paige could play but no need to get them hurt. Nobody's got an NHG issue.
• Seth: You can't tiptoe through a football season. Don't agree with taking it too easy because football will punish you cosmically. Sam: They have 2 more noncons to sleep through.
• Freshman receivers: Fred Moore ran a slow 40 in the snow and got underrated—gonna start—very good deep threat. Semaj is super fast, reminds Craig of Speedy Eaglet. Karmello is the most college-ready.
• Michigan needs to play-action more. The stats say JJ was the best play-action QB and Michigan ran it just a few times. Just six PA plays against TCU for 25 yards/per. Deep ball gets better when receivers get an opportunity to build trust. Receivers were used to Cade McNamara?
• Michigan's going to see zone because who can man up a LB against Loveland/Edwards?
• What did Weiss do here? He made great tweaks in the running game. Discussion on redzone offense growth over the season from slow-mesh reads to dives to Belly and QB lead power.
• JJ making more checks, changing routes, getting to sling more.
• Michigan needed to adjust faster to teams loading up the box.
• Run JJ! If you're worried about injury, it's less risk to run him six times in the first half than subject him to three hits in the second half.
• More RPOs? Let's do it!

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Seth was on ahead of time with an update on the boy and to talk about Harbaugh's presser on giving the players a piece. THANK YOU to MGoBlog readers, and the Michigan community at large, and to Mott for their caring and competence. Segment 2 is here. You can watch the video here:

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So Michigan's offensive brain trust last year was the Ravens' run game guy, an offensive line coach, and Jim Harbaugh.