Locked On Wolverines - Daily Podcast On Michigan Wolverines Football & Basketball

Host Isaiah Hole analyzes Coach Kyle Whittingham's spring football press conference, focusing on how Michigan's freshmen will make immediate impacts, the simplified offensive scheme allowing quick integration, and unexpected strengths in the defensive line.

This episode segment discusses Michigan basketball's 90-77 victory over Alabama in the Sweet 16, highlighting key players and celebrating the team's recent successes.

Michigan beat Michigan State 90-80 to complete a regular-season sweep, and Isaiah Hull says Yaxel Lendeborg drove the result with 27 points and a 5-for-6 night from three.

Damon Payne’s Pro Day comments about Michigan having “a different philosophy” and “Mack drills at six” drive the football section of the episode.

Isaiah Hull hosts Locked On Wolverines episode discussing Rod Moore's injury recovery and imminent return to practice.

Expert panelists from Locked On Podcast Network debate Big Ten topics as the conference dominates March Madness with six Sweet 16 teams.

Isaiah Hull’s Jay Hill breakdown centers on Michigan’s new defensive coordinator sounding unusually direct, with Hull saying Hill felt like the "adults are back in the room." Hill compared his scheme to Jesse Minter’s 2023 Michigan defense, said he knows it from coaching and playing in it, and framed Michigan’s defense as built on decades of Kyle Whittingham family continuity.

Michigan ranks 20th in Bill Connolly's returning production model with 63 percent back, but Isaiah Hull argues that number matters less when Oklahoma, Oregon, Ohio State, and Minnesota are all among the more experienced teams on the schedule.

Michigan lost to Purdue by eight in the Big Ten tournament, but Isaiah Hull says the Wolverines still hold a No.

CBS Sports gave Kyle Whittingham’s Michigan hire an A grade, with the note that Jason Beck’s offense is “tailor-made for Bryce Underwood.” Stuart Mandel of The Athletic also gave Michigan an A-minus, but the host pushes back on Mandel’s line that the hire was needed to stabilize a program “mired in scandal.” The episode then shifts to Jay Hill’s BYU defenses, citing 2024 as first nationally in interceptions, 19th in opponent third-down conversions, and 35th in total defense last season.

Big Ten hosts debate Nebraska's challenge to the College Sports Commission after NIL deals were ruled illegitimate, with Trent Condon calling the no-contact transfer rule a "farce." Roman Tomashov points to Washington and DeMond Williams as an example of the conference backing a school when tampering was alleged, while Jay Stevens compares Tony Petitti's public moves to earlier Big Ten criticism over playoff politics.

Michigan beat Howard 101-80 in the NCAA tournament, shot 67% from the floor, and got 21 points and 10 rebounds from Morez Johnson Jr.

The show opens in mailbag mode.

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Isaiah Hull argues that CBS’s Michigan returning-starters list is distorted by a six-start cutoff that counts overlapping players like Channing Goodwin and Andrew Marsh, plus Evan Link and Blake Frazier, as if they were clean replacements.

The Big Ten Squad opens by asking whether $40 million rosters can keep the SEC from losing ground to the Big Ten.

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Michigan is 14th in Bill Connolly's SP Plus preseason rankings, with a 20th-ranked offense, 13th-ranked defense, and 113th-ranked special teams.

The episode centers on The Athletic’s anonymous-coach claim that Kyle Whittingham is the offseason’s most underrated hire after leaving Utah for Michigan.

Locked On Big Ten Squad opens with USC, Washington, and Indiana spring football updates before turning into a bracket conversation about the Big Ten's NCAA tournament hopes.

Isaiah Hull argues that Jason Beck was overlooked among college football’s most consequential coordinator hires, even though Beck turned Utah and New Mexico into offenses that finished fourth nationally and second in rushing.

70% of the offense installed already - and Zack Marshall says changing on the fly is unreal.

Isaiah Hull spends the episode unpacking Michigan's first chance to hear from new offensive coordinator Jason Beck.

Isaiah Lowe uses a Michigan mailbag to contrast last season’s dysfunction with what he now calls a staff of people who are focused on “fielding a football team.” He says Bryce Underwood should get “a bit more of a menu to work with,” and that Michigan did not trust the freshman enough last season.

Isaiah Hull focuses on Jim Harding’s description of Jason Beck’s offense, where “everything’s on the table on day one of practice” and any of roughly 60 plays can be called immediately.

The Big Ten Squad spends the episode ranking quarterbacks for 2026.

Isaiah Hole rejects ESPN’s pick of Indiana as Michigan’s 2026 hinge game and argues that Ohio State sits at the top of the schedule.

Isaiah Lowe says the Michigan basketball roster may be good enough to justify paying Dusty May "his own numbers," but only if the team reaches the Final Four or wins it all.

Mick Cronin’s UCLA meltdown drives the opening segment, with multiple Big Ten hosts reacting to him ejecting his own player and snapping at a reporter.

Locked On Wolverines focuses on which Michigan players could become the next standouts after Bryce Underwood and Andrew Marsh were named by Ray Sean Benny and Marlin Klein.

Isaiah Wohl spends this Locked On Wolverines mailbag episode on Michigan's post-Sherrone Moore coaching shakeup, saying some departures make sense but that he does not think every holdover needed to be removed.

Preview of Michigan's spring game with intel on format and player participation.

This episode analyzes Michigan Wolverines football recruiting rankings and compares them with Utah and BYU's rosters.

A roundtable discussion among Big Ten podcast hosts covering NCAA tampering allegations against Iowa and other conference news.

This episode covers Michigan's 2027 recruiting class commitment from quarterback Camden Lapati, Todd Blackledge's evaluation of the team, and CBS Sports' best and worst case scenarios for the Wolverines in 2026.

Daily podcast covering Michigan Wolverines football and basketball news, analysis, and insider information, hosted by Isaiah Hole.

This episode discusses Michigan basketball's transfer portal struggles and transitions to football recruiting and rivalry talk.

Daily podcast covering Michigan Wolverines football and basketball news, analysis, and insider information.

Daily podcast covering Michigan Wolverines football and basketball news, analysis, and insider information.

Daily podcast covering Michigan Wolverines football and basketball, with analysis of transfer portal additions and team updates.

This episode discusses the introductory press conference of new Michigan Wolverines head coach Kyle Whittingham.