Podcast: Bryce Underwood's start, where Michigan needs to improve, two new basketball commits, more

On this episode of The Wolverine Podcast, Clayton Sayfie, Anthony Broome and Chris Balas discuss Michigan freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood’s first four games, where the Wolverines need to improve post bye week, and two new basketball commits Quinn Costello and Malachi Brown, before picking week five college football games with lines provided by BetMGM.

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Here are the estimated time stamps for each topic we discussed:

(00:00) – Intro
(3:27) – Breaking down Bryce Underwood’s first four games
(19:11) – Gametime ad
(21:07) – Other freshman impacts
(26:46) – Where Michigan needs to improve
(34:44) – Michigan basketball lands two commits
(44:51) – BetMGM ad
(47:31) – No Man Knows The Future

We begin by discussing where Underwood is at through four games:

“He has the ability to make a lot of throws that other guys around the country can’t,” Sayfie said. “So, I think it’s been a really good start for him, and a lot to build on — and you can see where the potential is going to do with him.”

“And the accuracy has been ridiculous,” Balas said of the Michigan quarterback. “And, let’s be honest: He’s 104th in the country in passing efficiency, I think it is, and it would be much higher than that if his receivers could catch the damn ball. I think he’s had at least 10, 15 drops, if I’m not mistaken. I know of 10, at least, and I think there were some other ones that could have been caught.

“To me, he’s even better than the numbers have shown, and you can see the talent out there. It is hard to win at Nebraska with any quarterback, let alone a freshman quarterback. And I understand that Nebraska’s defense isn’t all that. I think they’re probably a little overrated and were underrated going in. But the poise that he showed there, the speed on the draw play, which we knew was there, was fantastic. He knows where to go with the ball. I really like this kid. This kid is going to be the best quarterback in Michigan history by the time it’s all said and done, and he’s on the way.

“I think they’re going to continue to find ways to employ him in the running game…”