Michigan comes down here to the RaleiQuest Bowl and comes away with a big win over Alabama twice in one calendar year.

We'll break it down in just a moment on In the Trenches.

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In the Trenches with John Jansen, presented by Meyer, presenting sponsor of the 2024 Michigan football season and proud supporter of

hundreds of local sports teams across the Midwest. The former two-time captain and national

champion covers the Wolverines better than anyone. Senior class, just so many great guys, just a bunch

of guys just play hard for each other. They play hard for Michigan. It's just a deep love for this universe and everything

it has. So we just play for it every day, and that's what makes it so special. This is in the

trenches, presented by Meyer. Once again, here's John Jansen. At this time, I want to bring in my

partner. That's Mr. Brian Bush. Initial takeaways, John, from one heck of a performance here, especially from the defense.

It was, and you come away with five sacks, but it's not just the sacks.

It's the amount of times that they pressure Jalen Milrow.

In that last drive, he was uncomfortable to say the least.

And when you're under duress, whether it's guys coming, we couldn't Clinton Johnson a couple of times.

We saw Amir Hall, we saw Wesley Walker,

and then you throw in there the front seven, the way they were able to dominate.

It just, he could never get comfortable to be able to get the ball downfield.

There were times where receivers were open, but it didn't matter.

And that's the give and take that Wink is playing with of there were times in the first quarter

or the first half where we talked about, you know, you've got T.J. Guy on a tight end. Not a great

matchup, but if you're creating opportunities on the other side to be able to get home, those are

some of the risks that you're willing to take. There's no better representation of a system that's

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