Just curious what your thoughts on the offense and how it's going, because it just doesn't feel like maybe they're playing to the level of talent that they have so far.

No, you're completely right.

And I think the biggest surprise so far is their inability to run the ball, whether that's against Western Michigan, who, you know, is a good group of six team that is playing Boise this weekend in Kalamazoo.

And I mean, heck, that could be a game that, you know, helps decide that last bid.

But still, like you should be able to run the football better.

OK, maybe that's game one.

Oklahoma, they ran it better for as many yards as anyone's had on Oklahoma since their bowl game in 2024.

Can you just speak to what the style of defense they're playing?

Who are some of the guys going into Saturday's game on defense?

Yeah, you mentioned Don Nichols, number eight, had a couple sacks in the last game.

He had breakout candidate written all over him coming into the season, and he showed up in the first game, and it was one of the few bright spots.

John Henry Daly is the other edge rusher, number 90, who was a first-team All-American last year at Utah, had 11.5 sacks in 11 games, and in that 11th game in the first quarter, he already had two sacks, tears his Achilles, comes back in eight months and was already out there on the field on Saturday.

Maybe didn't look as explosive today, as you've seen in the highlights from Utah, but he's getting there, and they feel like he is 100%.

The secondary is a strength of this team.

They have three corners, including the nickel, who are in their third year starting in college football.

What is just the feeling with the fan base right now with Kyle Whittingham and the expectations around him?

How good does Pat Fitzgerald feel about a situation like that? So what are your thoughts on coaches who have been hired by a guy who has just shown the door?

Yeah, I think it's a good point to bring up backage as well.

Again, another unique situation, leaving for Clemson in baseball is kind of similar to leaving for the pros in football or basketball just because the South, the money that they put into it, all that.

But still, I mean, people wanted him to stay, and he didn't get it done with backage either, like you mentioned.

The coaches here, this is a really unique situation because Michigan needs to hire a university president, a new athletic director.

You have the Board of Regents.

Some of them being up for election in November and a new football coach and a new basketball coach.

What was Michigan's culture under Ward Manuel, and what needs to change about it?