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Blogcast: Talking Hockey with YostBuilt

Paul — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:00:53 +0000

In this blogcast we talked to the excellent Tim Williams of The Blog That Yost Built, the place to go for Michigan hockey information. We discussed Michigan’s season and their draw in the NCAA Championship Tournament among other hockey topics.

Enjoy:

Blogcast: Special Big Dance Edition

Paul — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:00:56 +0000

In the wake of Michigan getting into the NCAA Tournament, I called up college basketball Jamie Mac from MGoBlog Diary Fame. We discussed the recent history of Michigan basketball and what exactly this bid means for the program.

Enjoy!

Return of the Blogcast

Paul — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:02:03 +0000

In this Blogcast, Tim gives you an overview of all the new Wolverines. If you have any ideas for future blogcasts, let us know in the comments.

Chatting with the Enemy: Rocket Man

Paul — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:12:00 +0000

This week we talked to talked to Jason Mack, the Sports Editor for the Independent Collegian at the University of Toledo, pictured to the right. I’m trying a new audio player, so let me know if you can see it. Enjoy:

UPDATE: I tried a new player and there’s an issue with it. To get the blogcast, just right click here and select Save Target As.

Podcast: Real Life Football Coach!

Paul — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:09:00 +0000

UPDATE: Issue fixed

Coach Simmons, purveyor of the best technical football blog this side of Smart Football, Three and Out, joined us today for the podcast. In addition to being an excellent blogger, he is defensive coordinator for a large high school in North Carolina. In whatever spare time he has, he acts as the resident coach of the Michigan blogosphere posting as gsimmons85.

In the podcast we talked about his coaching philosophies, his team, how he views Michigan and his love of his car. We barely scraped the surface so we hope to have him back. Without further adieu:

(If you can’t see the player, you can right click here and click save target as)

Visual Aid 1:

Visual Aid 2:

Chatting with the Enemeny: Wisconsin Badgers

Paul — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:30:00 +0000

For this week, we talked to Derek Zetlin, the football beat writer and sports content editor for the Badger Herald. If you want to know what Mr. Zetlin looks like, I’ve got you covered. Topics ranged from the fleetness of Evridge to the fatness of Hill. Many thanks to Mr. Zetlin for his time and insights. I hope you guys enjoy the preview:

Podcast: Recruiting Overview 9/18

Paul — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:15:00 +0000

With no opponent to preview, we went over all the happenings on the recruiting trail for the past month as well as looking into the future. Enjoy:

Chatting about the Enemy: Notre Dame

Paul — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Unfortunately, we were not able to secure a phone interview with a representative from Notre Dame. Instead of having a polite, respectful interview with a member of another school’s media, we took a different approach. Enjoy:

Special thanks to Comrade Dex from Wolverine Liberation Army. Keep fighting the good the fight.

Chatting with the Enemy: Miami University

Paul — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:07:00 +0000

This is Tim’s conversation with Dan Kukla of The Miami Student previewing the upcoming game. Enjoy:

Podcast: 8-24-2008

Tim — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000

This week, we welcomed Tony Pizza, the Sports Editor of the Daily Utah Chronicle, to give us some inside info on the Utes.

UPDATE: For some reason that is not immediately obvious, the flash player for this isn’t working (and only for this one). For the time being, you can download the podcast here (right click>save target as). I’ll try to figure out what the problem is. If that isn’t working (my computer decided it no longer could run any sort of sound hardware), I’ll remaster it at work tomorrow and re-post it.

UPDATE PART DUEX: It’s been remastered and double checked. It really should work for everyone now. I hope.

Podcast: 8/17/2008

Tim — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:46:00 +0000

Talking on the initial Blogpoll ballot. Audio only:

Mike Barwis for President

Tim — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:47:00 +0000

More of a “video piece” than a “podcast” per se. I don’t think people will complain. (Note: there’s a NSF word around the one minute mark)

Thanks goes out to GoBlueWolverine for one of the video snippets, our comrades at Wolverine Liberation Army for the paragraph in the opening shot, and this particular Barack Obama ad, and Ace of Sports (citing Adam Rittenberg) for the inspiration.

Also, there is a frighteningly robust community on YouTube of… wolf fans… …?

Podcast: 8/3/2008

Paul — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:07:00 +0000

Audio only this week. Enjoy!

Varsity Blue Podcast

Tim — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:04:00 +0000

West Virginia Offense. Next week we’ll get back to recruiting.

Programming Update and tidbits

Tim — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Coming this afternoon: Michigan State Preview.
Coming sometime this week: A classic Bo interview (“classic” in this case meaning “old,” not “something seen by people other than those who lived in the dorms circa 1994″).
Coming Sunday: The podcast (like usual, but this one that I’m particularly excited about).

For Newsome-worriers: Rest assured (for now). More in the Friday recruiting update.

Jim Stefani has a bit more on DeQuinta.

An interesting discussion that took place in the comments last week:
Why is Indiana having recruiting success in Michigan?
Paul theorized thusly:

I wonder if that means that MSU is getting better players outside of Michigan so they don’t have to pick up the crumbs or if MSU is just losing its grip on said crumbs.

I think it’s neither. Pretty much all of the guys from Michigan who have committed to the Hoosiers either would never have gotten a High-level BCS offer (sorry Indiana), such as Kenny Watkins and Jamonne Chester, or are sleepers who would have had to wait a while for even an MSU offer, like Charles Chapman and Jeremy Gainer.

The only difference between this year and past years is that Indiana’s recruiting class is filling up earlier, so they can grab these sleepers before better offers come, or snatch the other guys away from the jaws of MAC schools.

Podcast: 7/20/08

Paul — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Audio only again this week. Video will return for next week.

Enjoy: