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00:05this one didn't go over my head
00:09and this is well done on several levels
00:13this is loser by
00:15Beck
00:17as in comma Jason Beck
00:19good morning 97 one Jim Costa
00:21John Jansen does it all boil down to
00:23it's Jason Beck's fault is he
00:25the problem because you can't blame Bryce Underwood
00:27anymore you got two
00:29quarterbacks that haven't been able to move the ball
00:31in this offense you can't run the ball regardless
00:33is this all about
00:35Jason Beck well
00:37and let's also talk because I know people
00:39were you know down on
00:41Bryce Underwood rightfully so
00:43not great play but a part
00:45of that conversation was
00:47how much money Bryce Underwood
00:49is making and what it was to
00:51entice him to come to
00:53Ann Arbor instead of going down
00:55to LSU right so let's talk
00:57about offensive coordinator
00:59who were the top
01:01paid
01:02offensive coordinators
01:03or let's just say coordinators
01:05in general is he I didn't know
01:07this so defensive coordinator
01:09Matt Patricia makes
01:113.75 and rightfully
01:13so right he's got a track record of
01:15of being a defensive coordinator
01:17that won a national championship
01:19yeah okay defensive
01:21coordinator at Indiana
01:23Brian Haynes
01:24what has he done
01:27he's done a great job national title
01:28right national title
01:29yeah okay
01:30who is the highest paid
01:32offensive coordinator
01:33and so Matt Patricia I mentioned
01:343.75 million
01:35Brian Haynes
01:36both those guys
01:37national champs
01:38defensive coordinators
01:393 million for Brian Haynes
01:413 million for Jason Beck
01:43highest paid offensive coordinator
01:45in the country
01:47is he really
01:48wow
01:49so and like we said
01:51with Bryce
01:51okay
01:52to whom much is given
01:53much is expected
01:55all right
01:55then I want to say this
01:56and I didn't do it
01:58in the overreact gyms
01:59because I think you can
02:00just say it
02:03Michigan hired their
02:05version of Jonathan Smith
02:07that it's not the QB
02:08or QBs
02:10that it's not even
02:11the play caller
02:11at some point
02:13that's your decision
02:14you made him
02:15the highest paid
02:16offensive coordinator
02:17you brought him over
02:18you continue to employ him
02:21think about it
02:22Kyle Whittingham
02:23is the guy
02:23who's not from here
02:24who doesn't fully
02:26get it here
02:28who's bringing
02:29this big 12
02:31that was packed 12
02:32for Jonathan Smith
02:33philosophy
02:34to the Big 10
02:34and it's just not taking
02:36the demeanor on the sideline
02:37is like
02:38are you
02:38are you intense enough
02:39do you get it
02:41the little brown jug
02:42the rivalry stuff
02:43Kyle Whittingham
02:44is this version
02:46of Jonathan Smith
02:46the Michigan version
02:47of Jonathan Smith
02:52well let's compare
02:54some other things
02:54in year one
02:55of Jonathan Smith
02:56was there much
02:59understanding
02:59of rivalries
03:01no that's my point
03:02and what we've heard
03:04from
03:05you know
03:06when I asked
03:06Coach Whittingham
03:07about the brown jug
03:08he said
03:09well all games
03:10are you know
03:10trophy games
03:11we heard about
03:12his take
03:13on
03:14the
03:15Ohio State
03:16well there's no hate
03:18well play that game
03:20and let me know
03:20what you feel like
03:22after
03:22you get what I'm saying
03:23this is their
03:24Jonathan Smith
03:26he has a better
03:28track record
03:30of 21
03:31you know
03:32your history
03:32but
03:33I'm saying
03:33the application
03:34at our institution
03:36here in the state
03:37is eerily similar
03:38and I would also say
03:40in terms of
03:40the track record
03:41I believe it was
03:43a handful of years
03:45in the Mountain West
03:47Pac-12
03:48Big 12
03:49yes
03:49and in those
03:5121 years
03:52you've got
03:52three conference
03:53championships
03:54yeah
03:54sure
03:55I haven't
03:56double check
03:56your math on it
03:57but yeah
03:59that's not much
04:00yeah
04:00I mean
04:01it's
04:02I understand
04:04the
04:05character issue
04:06that Michigan
04:08had
04:08in the coaching
04:09staff
04:10a head coach
04:10last year
04:11and that is
04:13never going to be
04:14an issue
04:15with Kyle Whittingham
04:16yeah
04:17so yeah
04:17you got
04:18you got a guy
04:18that's going to
04:19straighten things out
04:19in that regard
04:20but you also have
04:21to win
04:22of course
04:23so we leave it
04:25to you guys
04:25I mean
04:26it's
04:27it's the QB
04:28it's the offensive
04:29coordinator
04:29at some point
04:30maybe we just go
04:31all the way
04:31to the tip top
04:33and say
04:33you brought
04:34the OC here
04:34you're sticking
04:35by the OC
04:36you don't
04:36understand
04:37the rivalries
04:37you are
04:38are not
04:38bringing
04:39the requisite
04:40energy
04:40and schemes
04:41to win
04:42in the Big 10
04:42and by the way
04:44you were set up
04:45to win right away
04:45they won nine games
04:46last year
04:47with Sharon Moore
04:49you brought in
04:49guys from Utah
04:50you can do that
04:51now
04:51it's not a
04:51three or four
04:52year progression
04:53you're also
04:54a hundred years
04:54old
04:55you don't get
04:5520 years
04:56to win here
04:56and this is
04:57the result
05:01let's go to
05:02the phones
05:02Derek you're
05:03on 97.1
05:05good morning
05:06guys
05:07good morning
05:07Heather
05:08first time
05:08caller
05:09caller from
05:09Las Vegas
05:10it's four in the
05:10morning here
05:11so bear with me
05:12hey Derek
05:13appreciate hearing
05:14from you
05:15yes Jim
05:16yes Jim
05:16I told you
05:17one day
05:17I was going
05:18to make
05:18this call
05:19so
05:20this is my
05:21issue guys
05:22Jim you just
05:23said why can't
05:24both things be
05:25true
05:25well that
05:26wasn't the
05:27narrative before
05:28Saturday
05:28it was all
05:29about Bryce
05:30when it was
05:31clear for four
05:32games
05:33that the issue
05:34was the play
05:35calling and the
05:36personnel didn't
05:37fit the scheme
05:37now we put
05:39Tommy Carr in
05:40and it's the
05:40same thing
05:41and now it's
05:42the offensive
05:43coordinators
05:44not Bryce
05:44and then John
05:46you mentioned
05:47last week that
05:49Tommy Carr came
05:50in and completed
05:51a pass
05:52and now the
05:53defense realized
05:54that he can
05:55make downfield
05:56throws and
05:57the running
05:57game would
05:58be opened
05:58up when
06:00Bryce made
06:00the same
06:01play in
06:01the same
06:02game and
06:03then fast
06:03forth to
06:04Indiana they
06:05still can't
06:05throw the
06:05ball down
06:06field so
06:07it was always
06:08the scheme
06:08and it was
06:09always Jason
06:10Beck it was
06:11never Bryce
06:12it was never
06:13Tommy Carr
06:14it's all about
06:15Jason Beck in
06:16that offense
06:16so you are
06:17let it you
06:18don't think
06:18Bryce has any
06:19blame in the
06:20poor performances
06:21when he was
06:21out there
06:22no I do
06:23believe he
06:24has work
06:25to do
06:26I believe
06:27he's very
06:28wrong
06:29but with
06:30that being
06:30said I
06:31don't think
06:31he was
06:32put in the
06:32position
06:33with this
06:34offense
06:35to succeed
06:36I don't think
06:37any quarterback
06:38would have
06:38been
06:40well I think
06:41they would have
06:41lost to Penn
06:42State if they
06:43stuck with
06:43Bryce Underwood
06:44do you agree
06:44with me
06:45I agree with
06:46that
06:46okay so
06:47Tommy Carr
06:48gave them the
06:48better chance
06:49and did beat
06:50Penn State
06:51that game
06:52but if you
06:53notice
06:53when he
06:54came in
06:55the game
06:55the scheme
06:56didn't change
06:57but formations
06:59within that
07:00scheme did
07:01they started
07:01using the
07:02tight end
07:03they started
07:03running the
07:04ball downhill
07:04you guys have
07:05talked about
07:05all of that
07:06yeah
07:07but then they
07:09come back to
07:09Indiana and
07:10they started
07:10doing some of
07:11the same stuff
07:12that they was
07:12doing with
07:13Bryce and it
07:13didn't work
07:14so for a
07:16half
07:16they decided
07:17yeah okay
07:18let's do a
07:19little bit
07:20different
07:20let's do
07:21something
07:21different
07:22and then
07:22see if it
07:23worked
07:23and it
07:24did
07:24and then
07:24they reverted
07:25right back
07:25to the same
07:26play cause
07:27and the same
07:28scheme
07:29I don't know
07:30what you want
07:30from me
07:31Derek
07:31I appreciate
07:32you know
07:33the back and
07:34forth
07:34you know
07:35Facebook
07:35and all this
07:36stuff
07:37I don't know
07:38what you want
07:38from me
07:38other than
07:39to say
07:39you see the
07:41same thing
07:41I see with
07:41Bryce
07:42he wasn't
07:42good enough
07:43if you
07:44want me to
07:44expand the
07:45criticism
07:45that's what
07:46I'm doing
07:47today
07:49understood
07:49understood
07:50I just
07:50want
07:50and it's
07:51not just
07:52you
07:52Jim
07:52I respect
07:53what you
07:53do
07:53and I respect
07:54the fact
07:54that you
07:54will come
07:55online
07:56and you
07:56will go
07:56back and
07:57forth
07:57it's all
07:57fun
07:58and banter
07:58but I
07:59just want
08:00people
08:00to
08:01I said
08:02it
08:02I do
08:02some of
08:03the same
08:03stuff
08:03you do
08:03online
08:04Jim
08:04I post
08:05videos
08:05and I
08:05said
08:06four weeks
08:06ago
08:07that no
08:08matter
08:08if Tommy
08:08Carr
08:08comes in
08:09or Bryce
08:10is playing
08:10the scheme
08:12has to
08:12change
08:12the scheme
08:13has to
08:13fit the
08:13personnel
08:14and it
08:15didn't
08:16it never
08:16did
08:16and they're
08:18not going
08:19to change
08:19the scheme
08:22so it's
08:22going to
08:22look this
08:23way all
08:23season
08:24unless they
08:24do something
08:25different
08:25right
08:25and that's
08:26kind of
08:26where we're
08:27bringing it
08:27full circle
08:28is I
08:28just don't
08:29know
08:29how much
08:30of this
08:30just goes
08:30up to
08:31the very
08:31top
08:31this is
08:31what
08:31Whittingham
08:32wants
08:32and Whittingham
08:33just
08:34was the
08:34wrong hire
08:35and I
08:36think we
08:36also said
08:37coming out
08:37of that
08:38Penn State
08:38game
08:38in that
08:39second
08:39half
08:40where they
08:40did find
08:41a little
08:41bit of
08:41ability
08:42to run
08:43the football
08:44it was
08:44a Penn
08:45State
08:45defense
08:46might have
08:47been a
08:47little bit
08:47of fool's
08:48gold
08:48because they
08:49allowed
08:49400 yards
08:50more than
08:51400 yards
08:51rushing
08:52against
08:52Northwestern
08:53they were
08:55the worst
08:55rushing
08:56defense
08:57in the
08:57Big Ten
08:58the only
08:59evidence
08:59that we
09:00have that
09:00Carr's
09:01any better
09:01than
09:02Underwood
09:02is that
09:03Carr
09:04had a
09:05successful
09:05moment
09:06in that
09:06Penn State
09:07game
09:07this season
09:08and I'm
09:09with you
09:09I don't
09:09think
09:09Bryce
09:10they win
09:10that game
09:11but we've
09:11seen Bryce
09:12in a
09:12competent
09:13offense
09:14that was
09:15last year
09:15right
09:16Bryce
09:17didn't look
09:17like he
09:17grew
09:17at all
09:18but I
09:18don't
09:19think
09:19there's
09:19any
09:19evidence
09:20I really
09:20don't
09:21that Carr
09:22is any
09:22better than
09:22Underwood
09:24at this
09:25point
09:25you're
09:25saying
09:25yes
09:25I think
09:26it's
09:26unfair
09:26to Bryce
09:27Underwood
09:27and I
09:27think
09:28that's
09:28what
09:28these
09:28people
09:28are
09:28saying
09:29is that
09:30you don't
09:30have the
09:31evidence
09:31that Carr
09:31is a
09:32better
09:32quarterback
09:32than
09:32Underwood
09:33because
09:33the
09:34offense
09:34is so
09:34inept
09:34in general
09:35that's
09:35fair
09:36but I
09:36will say
09:37this
09:37to those
09:37people
09:37that you
09:38you got
09:38to see
09:39Bryce
09:39play
09:40last year
09:40in a
09:41competent
09:41offense
09:41and he
09:41looked the
09:42same
09:42yeah
09:42Bryce
09:42has made
09:43almost 20
09:43starts
09:44right
09:44roughly
09:45bottom line
09:46here for the
09:46program
09:47we'll get to
09:47the next
09:47call
09:47yeah
09:48this program
09:49has lost
09:50to
09:51Minnesota
09:51Iowa
09:52and Indiana
09:53in the same
09:54season
09:54now Indiana
09:54is up
09:55okay
09:55I get that
09:56they're a good
09:56football program
09:57now
09:57but in
09:58general
09:59those are
09:59just
09:59mediocre
10:00programs
10:01the other
10:01two
10:01I can't
10:02find a
10:03season
10:03where Michigan
10:04football
10:04lost
10:05to all
10:05three
10:05right
10:06they lost
10:07to two
10:07of them
10:07at home
10:08now there
10:09are schedule
10:10anomalies
10:10throughout the
10:11years where
10:11you don't
10:11play everybody
10:12every year
10:13but the
10:13bottom line
10:14is you
10:14have lost
10:15to those
10:15three
10:15and I
10:15can't find
10:16that it's
10:16happened
10:17any other
10:17season
10:19Adam
10:19you're next
10:20you're on
10:2097.1
10:23good morning
10:25so
10:26first of all
10:27Jim
10:27good to have
10:28you back
10:29on the
10:30air
10:30we missed
10:31you since
10:31big Drew
10:31and Jim
10:31over here
10:32of course
10:32thanks Adam
10:34second
10:35so
10:35I mean
10:36to push
10:37back a little
10:37bit on
10:38the last
10:38caller
10:40take what
10:41I'm saying
10:41here with a
10:42grain of salt
10:42because this
10:43isn't peewee
10:44football
10:45this is a
10:45big boy
10:46business
10:46and this
10:47is Michigan
10:48we want
10:48to win
10:49this is what
10:50it's all
10:50about
10:52having said
10:53that
10:53what was just
10:54said
10:54we saw
10:54Bryce last
10:55year
10:55there's not
10:56really any
10:57improvement
10:58this year
10:58I understand
11:00it's a different
11:00offense
11:00different coach
11:01different all
11:01of that
11:03Tommy's had
11:03one start
11:04okay
11:04he's a
11:05freshman
11:05true freshman
11:07we
11:08differences
11:09between the
11:09two
11:10just that I
11:10was watching
11:11and I'm
11:12not the
11:12greatest
11:12football
11:12mind
11:13but I
11:13was able
11:13to pick
11:13up on
11:15I genuinely
11:16don't know
11:16if I ever
11:17saw Bryce
11:18moving on
11:19from his
11:20first read
11:21successfully
11:22and even
11:23when he
11:24did
11:24when he
11:25scrambles
11:26I feel like
11:27it was a lot
11:27of times
11:28was fruitless
11:30Tommy
11:31at least
11:32from you
11:32know the
11:33small sample
11:33size that we
11:34have I feel
11:34like has a
11:35little bit
11:35better of a
11:36head on his
11:36shoulders where
11:37I'm watching
11:38him at least
11:39go through
11:39two reads
11:40you know
11:41sometimes three
11:42I think maybe
11:42on one or
11:43two plays
11:44but also I
11:45feel like his
11:46scrambling
11:47was a little
11:48more well
11:49directed like
11:50he's not just
11:51running into
11:51the teeth of
11:52the defense
11:54but then also
11:55watching the two
11:56of them like
11:57we know Bryce
11:57has a cannon
11:58he has one
11:58speed that he
11:59throws at
12:01Tommy I feel
12:02like is on the
12:02other end of
12:03that spectrum
12:03where like that
12:04I mean the
12:04last play
12:05for example
12:06that they had
12:07he left it
12:07half a yard
12:08short
12:09and again I
12:11get that he's
12:11a true freshman
12:12but at this
12:13point I feel
12:14like Bryce
12:14is a known
12:15commodity
12:16Tommy
12:16I see it the
12:17same way
12:17with all the
12:18other variables
12:18with Witt
12:19with Beck
12:20excuse me
12:22Tommy I feel
12:23like maybe
12:24there is
12:24you know
12:27I see
12:28a similar
12:28way that
12:29you do
12:29where Bryce
12:30for better
12:31or worse
12:31you kind
12:32of think
12:32you know
12:32what you
12:32got there
12:33with Tommy
12:34there was
12:34the untapped
12:35potential
12:35which is I
12:36think part
12:36of the case
12:36we made
12:37to go to
12:37Tommy
12:38and then he
12:38did spark
12:38him against
12:39Penn State
12:39but the
12:40reading of
12:41defenses
12:41it felt
12:41like Tommy
12:42didn't want
12:42to make
12:42a mistake
12:43at times
12:44against Indiana
12:45so maybe
12:45it's an
12:46over
12:48processing
12:48yeah
12:52I'm sure
12:52there's some
12:53of that
12:53where you
12:54know
12:54he makes
12:55I mean
12:55it was a
12:56terrible
12:56decision
12:56not to
12:57just eat
12:57the football
12:58and the
12:59fumble
12:59she's trying
13:00to get it
13:00to save
13:00you on
13:01Hyder
13:01and then
13:01the
13:02interception
13:03I guarantee
13:03you Tommy's
13:04gonna look at
13:04that and be
13:05like well
13:05what was
13:06I doing
13:06there were
13:07four Indiana
13:08defenders
13:08around there
13:09and not
13:09one of
13:09them
13:10was the
13:10one that
13:10intercepted
13:11the ball
13:11right
13:13and so
13:13yeah
13:13you can
13:14look at
13:14those
13:14and say
13:15you can
13:15either
13:15say
13:15freshman
13:16mistakes
13:16or just
13:18dumb
13:18decisions
13:22I know
13:23we are
13:24running out
13:24of time
13:24here
13:24we got
13:25Heather
13:25coming up
13:25with the
13:26news
13:26we've got
13:26the two
13:26grand slam
13:27chance to
13:27win some
13:28money
13:28it's 97
13:28one