Season 5 - Episode 14 - Mike talks the 2023 Big 10 Championship Game (Michigan v Iowa) with Ryan Lewin

In Episode 14 of Season 5 Mike and his longtime Michigan football buddy Ryan Lewin talk the 2023 Big 10 Championship game, including what the experience is like attending this college football fiesta in person in Indianapolis and how the Wolverines clinched their third straight undisputed Big 10 Championship against the hapless Iowa Hawkeyes.  

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Key moments from the pod: 

0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S5E14 featuring Ryan Lewin (S1E2 + S3E2.5)

2:00: Mike corrects…..nothing....again!

3:00: Mike then updates the listeners on what’s been going on with him, including a trip to North Carolina and watching the TV show Shoresy.

7:00: Mike sets the table for the rest of the episode, including identifying a song that comes from a band both this episode’s guest Ryan Lewin and he love and how the track encapsulates the feeling of the Michigan football team and its fans like Mike and Ryan heading into the 2023 Big 10 Championship Game (and featured in S3E2.5).

13:00: Mike welcomes Ryan Lewin back to the Podcast, they talk about the new Bleachers album and Ryan gives an update on his amazing life (including the addition of Roscoe the dog) and how it's going.

18:30: The guys then talk about the pure objectivity of the Michigan football team fandom of Ryan’s sons as well as the last time they saw each other in person.

24:00: Next up the guys look back about how they were feeling as Michigan’s season played out up to this point.

28:00: American Hero Conor Stalions is discussed and the mental state of the team around this “scandal”

31:00: The guys talk about the entire experience of heading to Indianapolis for the Big 10 Championship Game in person and how it’s a sports experience not to be missed, including the fan fest and how Mike set a pitching speed record as well as the rest of the day leading up to the game.  The guys talk about how Ryan’s son Oliver is a very level headed, objective Michigan fan.

36:30: Next up the guys set the table for this old fashioned Big 10 slugfest (largely due to Iowa’s anemic offense).

42:00: Mike and Ryan go deep on the key plays from the Big 10 Championship Game.

53:00: Mike talks about the satisfaction of being able to hang another Michigan banner in Lucas Oil Stadium once the game was won by Michigan.

55:40: The guys talk about what was next for Michigan in the College Football Playoff and who they thought the four teams should’ve been.

1:01:40: Ryan talks about what it is about Michigan football that keeps his passion.