Radio recap (7/22): Early poll thoughts; why I'm not sold on Penn St, USC and more
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It’s the start of another week, so I’m kicking things off the way I will throughout the fall: Sharing audio from my radio appearance over at The Michigan Insider with Sam Webb and Ira Weintraub on Sports Talk 1050 WTKA The Ticket in Ann Arbor.
If you’re a premium subscriber, keep your eyes out later this week for a number of content offerings: My Big Ten LB preview, my Big Ten DB preview and my weekly premium subscriber chat. I’m also close on getting out my annual offseason fan survey in the coming days.
As a reminder, here’s the July schedule for all positional previews (along with links to parts of the preview that have already been published — all available for premium subscribers):
Tuesday, July 2: QBs (read here)
Friday, July 5: RBs (read here)
Tuesday, July 9: WR/TEs (read here)
Friday, July 12: OL (read here)
Friday, July 19: DL (read here)
Tuesday, July 23: LBs
Friday, July 26: DBs
Tuesday, July 30: Special teams/overall team wrap-ups
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And with that out of the way, here are the highlights from this morning’s radio appearance, including a timestamped guide of what was discussed when. And if you’re a premium subscriber, be sure to swing on by this Thursday to participate in our next subscriber Q&A, where I’ll answer any questions you may have.
Listen (July 22)
Topic guide
0:00-0:30: Intro
0:30-3:00: On early Big Ten polls that are rolling out and where I think Michigan fits in
3:00-6:30: My outlook on Penn State this season, and whether the opener vs. West Virginia could be a trap game
6:30-10:45: My outlook on USC and why I'm not expecting big things out of Lincoln Riley and Co. this fall
10:45-13:00: Whether I'm buying in on the early Nebraska hype and how successful I think the Cornhuskers can be with a true freshman QB
13:00-16:30: My outlook on Washington this fall, and if I think people are too low on the defending National runners-up heading into this fall
16:30-21:00: My thoughts on Michigan State in Year 1 of the Jonathan Smith era
21:00-end: Wrapping things up