Picking Penn State-Michigan with special guest Ryan Zuke of MLive

Sounds like Penn State.

Yeah, I was going to say, Penn State fans, and I think Penn State beat writers can kind of understand run game struggles.

Penn State just has been – it's just been – ever since the second half of the Wisconsin game, it's just been – it's been really bad.

I mean, that was a game that started the – I think that triggered everything, but they were blown off the field by Northwestern.

Northwestern's a good team, but they should never have lost like that.

And then USC, you know, not really known – to win on the road, kind of handled them pretty easily in the second half.

When you talk about the quarterback, and I know that you guys covered that probably earlier in the week, he's so young, you can see the talent.

You can see, like, the physical gifts.

What is the waiting period, you think, for Michigan fans and the Michigan coaching staff to see how long it's going to take, maybe, for him to get to where he needs to be?

Yeah, I mean, well, I think after the Minnesota game, like Kyle Whittingham said, we're going to reevaluate everything to see if we have to make changes.

And he comes out this week and says, no, Jason Beck's still calling the plays.

Bryce Underwood's still our quarterback.

But I think the leash is going to get shorter here.

I mean, at two losses, the season's still in front of them.

So, like, I mean, it's unlikely as it is.

If you win out, you can still accomplish most of your goals and reach the playoff.

So I don't think they're ready to pull the plug just yet.

I mean, they're highly invested in Bryce.

And actually, my colleague, Andrew Kahn, asked a great question at his press conference on Monday.

Like, how much does a player making in NIL money factor into decisions in of, uh, of personnel decisions and what he has like less than zero, if that's possible.

So I don't, I don't think, I mean, he might say that publicly, but there is, I mean, that is, uh, uh, the white elephant in the room is, yeah, he's a multimillion dollar five-star quarterback, but I think you, they need to put him in a little bit better positions too.

So they had a bi-week to kind of regroup, reassess things.

Um, we'll see how things go against Penn state, but if you don't see much progress, uh, this week.

And if Penn State comes in here and wins, then anything's on the table.

And it's like, okay, all right, let's see what we have in Tommy Carr and start playing it for next year.

Sounds like Penn State.

Yeah, I was going to say, Penn State fans, and I think Penn State beat writers can kind of understand run game struggles.

Penn State just has been – it's just been – ever since the second half of the Wisconsin game, it's just been – it's been really bad.

I mean, that was a game that started the – I think that triggered everything, but they were blown off the field by Northwestern.

Northwestern's a good team, but they should never have lost like that.

And then USC, you know, not really known – to win on the road, kind of handled them pretty easily in the second half.

When you talk about the quarterback, and I know that you guys covered that probably earlier in the week, he's so young, you can see the talent.

You can see, like, the physical gifts.

What is the waiting period, you think, for Michigan fans and the Michigan coaching staff to see how long it's going to take, maybe, for him to get to where he needs to be?

Yeah, I mean, well, I think after the Minnesota game, like Kyle Whittingham said, we're going to reevaluate everything to see if we have to make changes.

And he comes out this week and says, no, Jason Beck's still calling the plays.

Bryce Underwood's still our quarterback.

But I think the leash is going to get shorter here.

I mean, at two losses, the season's still in front of them.

So, like, I mean, it's unlikely as it is.

If you win out, you can still accomplish most of your goals and reach the playoff.

So I don't think they're ready to pull the plug just yet.

I mean, they're highly invested in Bryce.

And actually, my colleague, Andrew Kahn, asked a great question at his press conference on Monday.

Like, how much does a player making in NIL money factor into decisions in of, uh, of personnel decisions and what he has like less than zero, if that's possible.

So I don't, I don't think, I mean, he might say that publicly, but there is, I mean, that is, uh, uh, the white elephant in the room is, yeah, he's a multimillion dollar five-star quarterback, but I think you, they need to put him in a little bit better positions too.

So they had a bi-week to kind of regroup, reassess things.

Um, we'll see how things go against Penn state, but if you don't see much progress, uh, this week.

And if Penn State comes in here and wins, then anything's on the table.

And it's like, okay, all right, let's see what we have in Tommy Carr and start playing it for next year.