Tom Crawford
Mathematician
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Oct 15, 2026
Tom CrawfordGUEST
Uh- Um, or if Price jumps out to a good start, I mean, they'll just probably roll with him.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
But they got so many issues, um, on their offensive line that, that, uh, they haven't been able to d- you know, get downhill runs between the tackles.
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Tom CrawfordGUEST
That's what typical fans always gravitate towards the backup quarterback as a one-stop solution.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
I mean, this was obviously the bye week, which Harbaugh always called improvement week, as other coaches have too.
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Jack EblingHOST
And if they could beat Ohio State, Would that validate Indiana, in your mind, as a true power?
Jack EblingHOST
But all three of the teams 0-2 in the Big Ten, and they have never been 0-6 combined before.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
And I'm going back into what I've been doing the last couple of years, delving back historically as I probably do too much with Michigan, trying to find out similar situations.
Jack EblingHOST
But all three of the teams 0-2 in the Big Ten, and they have never been 0-6 combined before.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
And I'm going back into what I've been doing the last couple, you know, delving back historically as I probably do too much with Michigan, trying to find out similar situations.
Jack EblingHOST
Yeah, and with Bluffton in Ohio and Cody's first head coaching job, is this about the only good thing you can say about the state of Ohio?
Tom CrawfordGUEST
That's pretty much it, and I can talk to you about that on the air and off the air about Ohio, but yeah, that's about it.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
I respect and admire, as does my son, the quality and the level of emphasis on high school football in the state of Ohio.
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Jack EblingHOST
Yeah, and with Bluffton in Ohio and Cody's first head coaching job, is this about the only good thing you can say about the state of Ohio?
Tom CrawfordGUEST
I respect and admire, as does my son, the quality and the level of emphasis on high school football in the state of Ohio.
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Jack EblingHOST
I said, look, that day, and a few others, but that day in particular, He looked like a guy who could keep Tom Brady on the bench 40% of the time,
Jack EblingHOST
it, that's something that's gotta be very important in a game like this, Tom, where field position could be critical.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
They got, they, you know, they had gone 11 penalty, 10 penalty, 11 penalty, then they got down to four, and that's, that's a big breakthrough.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
And then Kyle Whittingham was just so adamant the team finally got to play some inspirational football the second half.
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Jack EblingHOST
it, that's something that's gotta be very important in a game like this, Tom, where field position could be critical.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
They got, they, you know, they had gone 11 penalty, 10 penalty, 11 penalty, and then they got down to four, and that's, that's a big breakthrough.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
And then Kyle Whittingham was just so adamant this team finally got to play some inspirational football the second half.
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Jim Keyton Jr.GUEST
And then next week, we have the Michigan State rivalry of high school with Fowler and PW.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
Well, you know, and I was going to take that one too because I didn't see all of it, so I bit some pieces.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
They couldn't protect their quarterback, and they couldn't get their running game going.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
Well, you know, and I was going to take that one too because I didn't see all of it, so I bit some pieces.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
They couldn't protect their quarterback, and they couldn't get their running game going.
Jack EblingHOST
but to make this a positive experience that's going to be looked at as an important building block for Pat Fitzgerald's program.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
Well, this is where the leadership, I know it's a team of a lot of new entries, but I think they're going to take a lot of leadership.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
Think of the Bulla tradition with Michigan, Michigan State, all the way back to the 60s and 50s.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
I mean, when I think of Michigan State, Notre Dame, I think of the 60s and all those games, and I think they should be playing every year.
Jack EblingHOST
What makes a night at Notre Dame Stadium unique? What makes a night at Notre Dame
Jack EblingHOST
Tom, who's going to be the starting quarterback for Michigan when Michigan State shows up in Ann Arbor on November
Tom CrawfordGUEST
Bryce Underwood is a marvelous talent, but I do know this, as we learned this week with my friend Clayton Safey's question to Bryce about his thoughts on his coach saying that his job is not infinite.
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Jack EblingHOST
Tom, who's going to be the starting quarterback for Michigan when Michigan State shows up in Ann Arbor on November
Tom CrawfordGUEST
I mean, Bryce Underwood is a marvelous talent, but I do know this, as we learned this week, uh... with my uh... friend clayton tapie's question uh... you know to bryce about uh... his thoughts on uh... his coach saying that is uh...
Tom CrawfordGUEST
but that there's a job is not infinite and that that kind of startle him uh...
Tom CrawfordGUEST
i think that that will get him to compete more i mean i he works hard he really does but uh...
Tom CrawfordGUEST
i you know this there's some body you know imagery of him that is really confusing and i i will say that Kyle Whittingham is not a coach who's going to get caught up, oh, you're paying this guy $12 million, you've got to pay him.
Jack EblingHOST
If that was Bryce Underwood 2.0 that we saw, is there a Bryce Underwood 3.0 out there somewhere? Well,
Tom CrawfordGUEST
You know, that 2.0 version so far that I've been asking for and waiting for certainly didn't look very good.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
And as Kyle Whittingham said today at the presser, he's the quarterback right now, but it's not indefinite.
Jack EblingHOST
Did you think that the pass protection was malpractice, or did you think that those were Bryce errors? Because I think there were a lot of times where he did have enough time to throw and you didn't see a Bryce Underwood throw.
Jack EblingHOST
Can you give the Wolverines a grade? Can you give Bryce Underwood a grade, 2.0? Oh,
Tom CrawfordGUEST
You know, that 2.0 version so far that I've been asking for and waiting for certainly didn't look very good.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
Kyle Whittingham said today at the presser, he's the quarterback right now, but it's not indefinite.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
So how he performs against Oklahoma, in my opinion, is going to be the defining point for him so far in his career.
Jack EblingHOST
Did you think that the pass protection was malpractice, or did you think that those were Bryce errors? Because I think there were a lot of times where he did have enough time to throw and you didn't see a Bryce Underwood throw.
Jack EblingHOST
And you can recite what the temperature was going back close to six decades, right? So what do you think about 80 degrees and cloudy? No rain expected tonight.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
But I was, when we were doing our podcast last night, because you always actually make fun of me, the fact I do know temperatures, but also I pretty much know every...
Tom CrawfordGUEST
The cloud cover situation for every Michigan State football game for a good 60 years, pretty much.
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Jack EblingHOST
And you can recite what the temperature was going back close to six decades, right? So what do you think about 80 degrees and cloudy? No rain expected tonight.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
But I was, when we were doing our podcast last night, because you always actually make fun of me for the fact that I do know temperatures.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
But also, I pretty much know every, the cloud cover or situation for every Michigan, Michigan State football game for...
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Jack EblingHOST
little bit about the green and blue preview and the podcast and how you see this thing going from 630 to 8 tonight.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
I mean, infotaining like we always do, right, Jack? And, you know, embrace the passion.
Jack EblingHOST
What game are you most looking forward to this weekend? I know you follow college football as closely as anyone.
Jack EblingHOST
little bit about the green and blue preview and the podcast and how you see this thing going from 630 to 8 tonight.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
I mean, infotaining like we always do, right, Jack? And, you know, embrace the passion.
Jack EblingHOST
What game are you most looking forward to this weekend? I know you follow college football as closely as anyone.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
I mean, this college football season has taken forever to sweat through this hot summer, and we're still sweating.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
But on Friday night, I think it's going to – and Saturday night, respectively, for Michigan State, Michigan is going to cool down at night, and everybody will be in a football fever.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
And we're going to talk about it face-to-face, get people's opinions, predictions, and Just any trivia questions they have of us, which we got filled with content that I don't know how I got there.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
But we're going to engage with our many followers that we've had over the last 24 years, and this is the first opportunity in a few years, and that's the best part I'm looking forward to.
Jack EblingHOST
But I think it's going to be easier with Kyle Whittingham and Pat Fitzgerald than it was with Jim Harbaugh and Mark D'Antonio.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
I mean, this college football season has taken forever to sweat through this hot summer, and we're still sweating.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
But on Friday night, I think it's going to—and Saturday night, respectively, for Michigan State, Michigan's going to cool down at night, and everybody will be in a football fever.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
And we're going to talk about it face-to-face, get people's opinions, predictions, and just any trivia questions they have of us, which we got filled with content that I don't know how it got there.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
But we're going to engage with our many followers that we've had over the last 24 years, and this is the first opportunity in a few years, and that's the best part I'm looking forward to.
Jack EblingHOST
But I think it's going to be easier with Kyle Whittingham and Pat Fitzgerald than it was with Jim Harbaugh and Mark D'Antonio.
Jack EblingHOST
Tom, how excited are you about what you're going to see Saturday night at Michigan Stadium and what we're going to be talking about Thursday night at One North?
Tom CrawfordGUEST
Well, obviously, when North comes first, you know, it's got that whole, you know, this whole venue is just spectacular.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
I think when people have walked in, who haven't walked in since they've been redone, they're just going to be wowed by that.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
But Saturday night, yeah, I'm going back to cautiously optimistic even for Michigan fans.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
... he's impressing his team, ensuring his workouts, coming into, you know, 4:30 workouts, he's dripping sweat.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
So I think he'll be out there a while, and I think both fan bases are gonna be happy.
Tom CrawfordGUEST
And, um, I think there's been a commitment, uh, just generally speaking, trying to re-up the interest in, uh, the three public school teams in, in Greater Lansing, Eastern, Sexton, and Everett, and try to get some enthusiasm going and bring some people together.
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