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Michigan ends Big Ten title drought and Indy shines as Final Four host! | Episode 281 - 4.7.26

April 7, 2026·1 hr 14 min·6 clips

Michigan just won the national title in Indianapolis, and a host who hates Michigan football explains why he was pulling for them.

Michigan lands on top. The opening has a local-radio grin, with Jay and Derek accidentally matching in navy while Michigan celebrates a national championship in town. They do not treat the title like a fluke. To them, it feels like the payoff for probably the most consistently great college basketball team of the year. Derek draws his line fast. Michigan football is still high on his personal hate list, up there with old childhood grudges like the Red Sox. Michigan basketball gets a softer ruling. He separates that football resentment from a program he calls underrated, while Jay puts it in the top 10 to 12 all-time. Then the memory bank opens. The Fab Five comes up as more than nostalgia, more like the reason Michigan basketball still feels bigger than this one title. The pace stays quick and familiar: agreement, correction, old sports reference, then a new turn before anything gets too neat. The food detour works because it sounds like the show. At Hoagies and Hops, the talk wanders into Philly steak-and-cheese competition lore, Christina's East Coast edge, and the funny suspicion of a tossed piece landing somewhere it should not. Even that joke softens into a small nod to her generosity, her community work, and the way local people become part of the show's sports universe. Then comes the Texas Tommy. A bacon-wrapped Nathan's all-beef dog with American cheese and raw onion sends Jay back East, right down to fried dogs in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It gets messy in the right way. Onion falls, the hosts keep talking, and the table makes room for basketball, hometown pride, and lunch as equally valid evidence. The ads close in the same local key, with Indiana dairy families, community service, and Bailey and Wood's family pitch keeping the episode close to home.

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A loose, local championship reaction with enough personality to feel like a room, not a recap.

Michigan's national championship win gives Jay Quarry and Derek Schultz a solid place to start, and they use it well. One host keeps the local angle front and center, while the other pulls at old Michigan grudges and the respect due to a team that had the full package over the…

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Michigan's title, local pride, and a hot-dog side quest.

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