Season 6 - Episode 5 - Mike talks 2025 College Football with Tim Horvath and Chad Massey

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 5 of Season 6 Mike welcomes noted college football fans and expert prognosticators Tim Horvath and Chad Massey for the guys’ annual college football preview of the 2025 season.Follow the podcast on BLUESKY: @friendsofmikedEmail the podcast at [email protected] moments from the pod: 0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S6E51:40: Mike updates the listeners on the plan for the rest of Season 6 of the podcast2:25: What’s been going on with Mike?  Namely trips to Philadelphia and morning horror movies4:30: Mike breaks down the rest of this episode and features a song that best encapsulates the attitude of the Michigan Wolverines heading into the 2025 season (spoiler alert: it’s not an old attitude)9:45: Mike welcomes Tim Horvath and Chad Massey onto the podcast.  There’s definitely some insurance humor involved as well as some life updates15:15: Mike sets the table for the rest of the episode, starting with a quick recap of the 2024 season as well as a tailgate tradition that involves the mantra29:20: The guys give their thoughts on the big offseason recruiting news about incoming freshman QB Bryce Underwood37:50: The fellas then talk about which true freshmen they’re most excited about outside of Bryce Underwood43:45: Next up is discussing their favorite pickups in the transfer portal for the Wolverines46:40: The Big 10 has some annoying head coaches and the guys discuss them in non-annoying detail54:15:  Should the College Football Playoff be expanded from 12 to 16 teams?  The guys debate this (in a respectful manner)57:10: Reasons for optimism for the 2025 Michigan football season1:01:00: Reasons for concern for the 2025 Michigan football season1:04:00: Key position groups for the 2025 Michigan football season1:07:00: Key individual players for the 2025 Michigan football season1:11:00: The guys break down every game on Michigan’s 2025 schedule, starting with game 1 with the game against New Mexico Lobos1:12:30: Oklahoma1:17:00: Central Michigan1:18:00: Nebraska1:20:00: Bye Week (First ever Big House concert)1:21:40: Wisconsin1:24:50: USC1:28:00: Washington1:31:00: Michigan State1:34:45: Purdue1:36:15: Bye week1:36:30: Northwestern (at Wrigley Field)1:39:00: Maryland1:41:00: Ohio State1:46:00: The guys finish up by picking the Big 10 champions, the teams who will make the College Football Playoff and the National Champion.