Mike kicks off the finale to Season 6, where he discusses one of his favorite end-of-the-year holiday songs. A herculean task to get things down to just 20, Mike and the podcast staff are confident the 20 tracks Mike goes over will set your end-of-the-year holiday mood just right.

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Key moments from the pod:

0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to Episode 6 of Season 6.

2:10: Mike talks a bit more about the format for this holiday music-themed episode

5:20: Mike breaks down his favorite 20 holiday songs of all time (spoiler alert: they are objectively the 20 best to many people)

In 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.

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Key moments from the pod:

0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S6E5

1:40: Mike updates the listeners on the plan for the rest of Season 6 of the podcast

2:25: What’s been going on with Mike? Namely trips to Philadelphia and morning horror movies

4:30: 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 updates

15:15: 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 mantra

29:20: The guys give their thoughts on the big offseason recruiting news about incoming freshman QB Bryce Underwood

37:50: The fellas then talk about which true freshmen they’re most excited about outside of Bryce Underwood

43:45: Next up is discussing their favorite pickups in the transfer portal for the Wolverines

46:40: The Big 10 has some annoying head coaches and the guys discuss them in non-annoying detail

54:15: 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 season

1:01:00: Reasons for concern for the 2025 Michigan football season

1:04:00: Key position groups for the 2025 Michigan football season

1:07:00: Key individual players for the 2025 Michigan football season

1:11:00: The guys break down every game on Michigan’s 2025 schedule, starting with game 1 with the game against New Mexico Lobos

1:12:30: Oklahoma

1:17:00: Central Michigan

1:18:00: Nebraska

1:20:00: Bye Week (First ever Big House concert)

1:21:40: Wisconsin

1:24:50: USC

1:28:00: Washington

1:31:00: Michigan State

1:34:45: Purdue

1:36:15: Bye week

1:36:30: Northwestern (at Wrigley Field)

1:39:00: Maryland

1:41:00: Ohio State

1:46:00: The guys finish up by picking the Big 10 champions, the teams who will make the College Football Playoff and the National Champion.

In Episode 4 of Season 6 Mike welcomes his observational-in-a-comedic-way dear friends Todd Pretty, Tim Rechtien, John Baker and Chris Allan to talk about two things: Life + Seinfeld and how much it’s meant to them over the years (this is Part 2 of an epic two part pod).

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Key moments from the pod:

0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S6E4 featuring four dear friends (Todd Pretty, Tim Rechtien, John Baker and Chris Allan) for part 2 of a love letter to their favorite show from the 90s about nothing aka Seinfeld!

2:30: Mike lays out the plan for the rest of Season 6

3:10: Mike corrects an English river-based mistake from S5E2

4:10: What’s been going on with Mike D? Mike breaks things down and they involve Mike getting a new Tottenham-related customized tattoo somewhere on his body, trips to Cleveland and Philadelphia, some great TV (The Bear on Hulu and The Eternaut on Netflix).

11:30: Mike kicks off Part 2 of the conversation about Seinfeld by catching up with the guests and learning how their lives have changed (for the better) since Part 1 dropped.

15:30: Mike lays out the plan for the rest of the episode of talking about the guys’ favorite 10 individual episodes of the show

16:00: The Contest

33:10: The Bizarro Jerry

48:50: The Merv Griffin Show

1:03:30: The Pitch/Ticket

1:18:35: The Opposite

1:32:20: The Strike

1:45:50: The Pony Remark

2:00:00: The Understudy

2:16:50: The Wizard

2:28:20: The Marine Biologist