Season 5 - Episode 17 - Mike talks the 2024 College Football Season with Tim Horvath and Chad Massey (aka an objective season preview)

In Episode 17 of Season 5 Mike and the usual college football preview crew (Tim Horvath and Chad Massey) pick back up for their fourth annual college football preview podcast episode, this time focused on the 2024 season with a slight focus on the Michigan Wolverines (reigning national champions of the whole nation).

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Key moments from the pod: 

0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S5E17 featuring Tim Horvath and Chad Massey

3:00: Mike talks about the plans for the podcast offseason and Season 6 and then corrects some huge errors from prior episodes, including an inaccurate description of Great Britain and her component nations as well as a misallocated sack in the Rose Bowl (apologies to Josiah Stewart)

5:30: Mike then recaps his trip to CDMX aka Mexico City (and how much he loved it).

6:45: Finally, Mike features a small bit of a new Eddie Vedder cover track that speaks to the current state of the Michigan Wolverine football team.

13:30: Mike welcomes Tim Horvath and Chad Massey into the podcast studio and the guys give comprehensive life updates, including Tim’s son spurning Purdue to become a Wolverine.

20:30: The guys touch on their thoughts on college football conference realignment.

24:15: Next up is a discussion of the revamped Michigan coaching staff led by Sherrone Moore, including new Defensive Coordinator Wink Martindale.

31:00: The guys then talk about the evolution of Michigan’s approach to name, image and likeness (NIL) rights, including how critical using NIL to retain players has been for the Wolverines.

37:15:  The Big 10 has brought in several new head coaches and the guys discuss who they are most intrigued by coming into 2024.

41:15: The guys then go through their reasons for optimism for Michigan football in 2024.  The future is bright!

45:40: Next up are reasons for concern for the 2024 Michigan Wolverines.

49:20: The guys then talk about their key players for Michigan’s season.

56:00: Key Michigan football position groups for the season.

58:45: The guys then go game by game through Michigan’s season starting with Fresno St

1:00:15: Texas

1:03:15: Arkansas St

1:04:05: Southern California

1:06:00: The Battle for the Brown Jug (Minnesota)

1:07:40: Washington

1:11:30: Illinois

1:14:30: Michigan State

1:20:00: Oregon

1:23:15: Indiana

1:25:00: Northwestern

1:27:15: Ohio State

1:34:45: The guys predict the Big 10 Champion

1:36:30: The guys then predict the 12 Team playoff and national champions

1:41:45: The episode wraps up with an emotional sign off