Washington vs. Michigan: National Championship Game Rematch

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00:00We'll start with the national championship game rematch in Seattle between Washington

00:08and Michigan.

00:09Coach Bowden, the reigning national champs, the 10th ranked team in the country in the

00:13maize and blue, a slight road underdog in Husky Stadium.

00:18So much turnover for these two teams roster-wise and of course in their coaching status.

00:23How do you factor that into tonight's national title rematch in Seattle?

00:27Well, I mean, these are basically two different teams, different head coaches, different players.

00:32They're different teams than the two that faced each other.

00:36Michigan doesn't have much of an offensive quarterback.

00:39The situation was very much a strong last year with their quarterback situation.

00:43They've struggled.

00:44They've gone finally with orgy.

00:46At quarterback, he gives them a guy that can hand the ball off, run a little bit, but doesn't

00:51give them that downfield passing attack that you could get when you needed it last year

00:54in Michigan.

00:55Washington, to me, has got much better offense.

00:58They've got the offense.

00:59This game is going to go Michigan defense versus Washington offense.

01:02I'm not going with the line.

01:04I think Michigan will go out there and win the football game and beat the points.

01:10Coach, what can a coach in Serome Ward do?

01:13It's their first true road game of the season.

01:16They've played five games at home.

01:18In terms of special preparation, knowing that it's going to be a crazy environment in Seattle?

01:25Well, you know that the difficult thing is you don't do many games across the country.

01:30The jet lag, just the time frame.

01:32You go earlier, organize your routine.

01:36That's the biggest thing.

01:37I mean, they've played on the road before.

01:39I really like playing on the road.

01:40I get no distractions.

01:42I group my team together in a hotel.

01:44We're together, nobody bothering us, and we can stay focused from a preparation for the

01:49game.

01:50You've got to make sure they don't have a whole lot of experience and play West Coast,

01:53except in the days when they played in the Rose Bowl and things like that.

01:56It's one of the changes this year in the Big Ten Conference.

01:59You've got to get used to going East Coast to West Coast and getting that comfort, at

02:02least Midwest to West Coast.

02:05The Maize and Blue at home in Ann Arbor for the first five games of the season for the

02:09first time since the 2016 campaign.

02:12Their first game on the road in 2016, also against the Big Ten foe in New Jersey against

02:18Rutgers.

02:19I'll let you look up the score.

02:20Michigan won the game comfortably.

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