Michigan without Jim Harbaugh vs Ohio State, concerns for Lincoln Riley and USC? | CFB | THE HERD

With the last game of Jim Harbaugh’s suspension being a massive rivalry game against Ohio State, the pressure is on Michigan. Colin Cowherd and special guest Joel Klatt discuss the high stakes game and what winning could mean for both teams, Texas’ odds to make the playoffs, and potential future concerns for Lincoln Riley and the USC Trojans.
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[@TheHerdOnFS1]

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[@thomaselmer911]

Michigan Beats Ohio..... Loses to Iowa in the Big Ten Championship.... Are they left out?

[@ionlybringthistoyoubecause1783]

​@@thomaselmer911shut up. You can't even get the teams names right. No more dumb questions from the peanut gallery.

[@tomas3695]

Need more Joel Klatt! These are the best segments on the herd.

[@devin541]

Klatt is responsible for 90% of my CFB knowledge

[@willl7780]

klatt is great

[@BigA_13]

Same, I didn’t pay much attention to college ball until I started listening to these 2 guys talk about it

[@thundererodinson1668]

Josh Pate is another guy that's a good voice about CFP.

[@TheKalebWard]

I hope you guys start learning stuff on your own that’s never a good thing lol

[@rockig5529]

Pate and Klatt are the best on KZbin

[@cfields1331]

Can we please get a weekly 4 hour podcast with Klatt and Cowherd? This improv between them as the best content I’ve seen in years

[@rzawistowski33]

1 hour tops

[@user-wm9fj2wo1h]

Yep love both of them.

[@bb-lq6dm]

4 hours😢

[@oscar_duh_grouch]

Colin - Bruce Feldman - Joel Klatt -Josh Pate throw in Herbstriet too

[@John-ls2gp]

The less Coward says the better.

[@kubby206]

The slight passive hostility from both makes this fun

[@conner7349]

Love how these 2 can disagree/correct each other constantly while at the same time being cordial respectful and professional. Great content. Coming from a lifelong Ohio State fan.

[@thearbiter3369]

Klatt snapping into a huddle and hard count situation instantly is the thing I love about professional entertainers like drummers or ball players. They perfect their craft to the point it either sounds out of this world or symphony

[@briankrosky3567]

I was mentally getting in a three point stance listening to that lmao

[@Derpk-rt9by]

The point was how ridiculous the sign stealing is

[@killnick88]

100% Joel knows how Football players feel.

[@taxisquad11]

@@Derpk-rt9by Broke at least 2 NCAA bylaws

[@thearbiter3369]

@@Derpk-rt9by the point also was big programs change signs for this reason. Rules were broken, punishment should be handed out, but negligence was also very obvious on the side of Ohio state

[@leetraviusmckay314]

"the quickest way to be defeated is to be distracted" 💯

[@limitlessmaestro6461]

Joel breaking down on field cadence that college qbs should be given, was awesome. I believe that would make college so much more fun to watch

[@KonaTheDragon]

It seems so emasculating and weak that they need to constantly look for their coach to tell them what to do, AFTER lining up!

[@chicolovato4263]

Ohio State will win God don't Like What happened 2 years in a row they new are plays that how bit us now us get the world God bless the Ohio State buckeye on the field and off the field Mr Chico ♥️

[@KonaTheDragon]

@@chicolovato4263 Were the players all looking over at Ohio’s sideline every play? Seems like it’d be obvious

[@gianfrancoilliano]

When Joel Klatt said what he said between 14:30 - 14:53, I got chills. Fired me up too! Best segment on sports talk radio is having these two gentleman discussing football.

[@davidjorge3387]

Love this show, especially when Klatt jumps on

[@MrBezl]

Sark is a great coach. Train wreck at USC. I was a bartender near UW he was still a fish during those years. He obviously cleaned himself up and I’m super proud and happy for him.

[@soota6083]

4th best line "Your shirt is louder than your mouth today. " 😂

[@carltonharvey]

"you are a disco ball away from Studio 54" hahaha...i needed this segment in my life

[@GreenHornet1962]

This is always my favorite segment each week.

[@mustbemeech]

Defeated when distracted and dangerous when focused, great words of wisdom from Klatt

[@charlesconway1049]

First time seeing you guys together. This is some of the new most accurate relevant football commentary I have ever seen. If you had Joel Klatt on your show every day, I would pay good old United States dollars to subscribe to that show. Great stuff.

[@LOLINC2010]

Klatt is such a great guy! Seems like a really decent human being, besides being really smart, really articulate, and with a nice sense of humor.

[@brettthomas6327]

Good dude

[@richh650]

Klatt is "the man" in College Football!

[@DFrazzo]

Joe Klatt is a national treasure.... I look forward to Wednesday knowing him and Colin gonna give us college gold man ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@schillschill]

These two just never fail to deliver. Week after week it's constantly tremendous. And the hard truth is that every week is better than the last one. Brilliant dialogue. No one and I mean no one is smarter when it comes to college football than Joel Klatt.

[@chrisclements4676]

Kudos to Joel Klatt, not only for his sobriety but, his transparency. I never knew and never would’ve thought, clean-cut Joel Klatt dealt with alcoholism. I hope anyone going through any addiction at this moment sees this and uses it as inspiration….YES, you can overcome your addiction and there are people you don’t even know that want you to succeed. I’ll never know Joel Klatt but, I’m proud of the dude. Overcoming addiction of ANY sort, has to be challenging.

[@chrisoconnor9042]

Colin is a classic wait to talk instead of listen type person

[@julianwilliams396]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@gianfrancoilliano]

That’s how interviews are done in media. That style is highly encouraged in journalism school.

[@williamdillard5060]

Agreed. He's good but also thinks he's smarter than everyone else. Not Klatt though.

[@KonaTheDragon]

@@gianfrancoilliano Exactly. He’s responsible for directing the conversation to get more from particular topics in a limited timeframe. He has focus on delivering the next topic while the guest is still talking about the previous. But in your day to day life, someone switching topics immediately after each time you speak would be insane 😂 And OP actually thinks that’s happening here 😭

[@gianfrancoilliano]

@@KonaTheDragon yeah exactly! OP must not know that.

[@t_ylr]

Idk why but "he got on the plane" is cracking me all the way up lol 😂

[@Frederick0220]

What does that expression even mean?

[@t_ylr]

@@Frederick0220 did you watch the video all the way to the end?

[@kylephillips7629]

Always good stuff when Klatt is on 👏🏻

[@donackerson5194]

Of course Alex Grinch got on the plane. Where else was he going? He wouldn't of been kept at OU and who wants a DC that allows 40ppg?

[@Devon6024]

Exactly. Of fn course he got on the plane! To Los Angeles from Norman, Oklahoma.

[@boxingbasics7015]

Lincoln Riley's nothing but a glorified offensive coordinator

[@slyde734]

If you are OSU, and you keep blaming the sign stealing for the loses, you've already lost the game.

[@drewdozerthaprophet9568]

*losses

[@raymondwallace5353]

What the fans and social media are doing has zero to do with the players and coaches. As he said, the more focused team wins.

[@lawrencedockery9032]

Fun fact: Lincoln Riley is 7-7 in his last 14 games and only two of those seven wins were against teams that currently have winning records

[@The.ARCHIT3CT]

Reminds me of 2014 when Zeke hit his stride going into THE game. We all saw what he did afterwards.

[@bywb2777]

Best segment every week

[@frankbyrne6069]

Everyone should have someone in their life that loves them like Colin loves Harbaugh.

[@georgeuthmann7273]

That two brothers coached against each other in the Super Bowl is one of the most remarkable things ever. It's hard to calculate the odds against that happening.

[@neilshortell410]

Unpopular Opinion: Lincoln Riley is a great OC and an average Head Coach. He wont last long at USC

[@treff9226]

They both talked about Lincoln Riley being a great coach at Oklahoma, but didn't mention ALL that he inherited from Stoops when he took over. Oklahoma fans point this out constantly, that Riley teams got worse and worse, and they had to win shootouts due to Riley's lack of focus on their defense.

[@davidstephens9594]

100% agree!

[@davidstephens9594]

Also I would say that LR 1st year success at USC was using stolen capital from Oklahoma.

[@neilshortell410]

exactly @@davidstephens9594

[@zw3565]

@@treff9226 and Riley ran as soon as he heard Oklahoma was going to the SEC. He maybe a great OC but he is proving he is not a great HC average at best. Maybe even below average just because of the talent Oklahoma and USC get just for being around.

[@patrickmcguire7929]

Another really strong segment. These two go well. Colin is amazing. He's studied but makes it so fun & love the other things they bring up.

[@tjayd1225]

Joel Klatt is the realest dude talking sports, man he’s awesome

[@MoeDavinci]

I never knew this about Klatt. Makes me even root for him even more. We can beat this!

[@ksdaman]

Amazing the contrast between Cowherd and Dan Patrick. Partrick’s can ask a great question using Five words. Cowherd uses his questions just to validate his point. Which usually takes minutes of air time to set up

[@eddievangundy4510]

Okay but Dan Patrick never has a good point on his own. Colin often is interesting on his own. But if you are saying Patrick is the better interviewer, you may be right. However, this segment is excellent.

[@JoshuaDuncan-um7lo]

​@@eddievangundy4510 facts. Love him or hate him, Colin always has you tuning in

[@broadcasttttable]

Patrick knows its about the guest. Cowherd spends too much time trying to get guests to say, "yes, Colin, you're right." Love DP for the reason you mentioned.

[@leetraviusmckay314]

"JMac your shirt's louder than your mouth today" 😂

[@onTimeAlways404]

I love these segments. So much fun

[@Alexshzrd]

Best segment of the week!!!

[@keithgriffin6322]

If sign stealing gives you little to no advantage, then why do it?

[@johnburesh4221]

Everyone does.....

[@jaredgarrison333]

@@johnburesh4221but not everyone gets caught and then attempt to play victim

[@seanmeier7953]

He says they will be beat convincingly, but pack peddles when he talks about the betting line. "Vegas is right more times than me." Klatt brought him back to reality a bit.

[@SerLevi]

Joel usually does. Colin don’t be knowing wtf he talks about

[@KonaTheDragon]

I often vocalize my thought process, too. I’m trash.

[@ShaneMichealCupp]

Colin’s sounds like he hasn’t watched a single college football game this season and is making a prediction based on preseason hype

[@007ndc]

Cowherd is an idiot with a big mouth. He cannot decide if he wants to marry Caleb Williams, Lincoln Riley or Jim Harbaugh lol

[@aaronmontgomery4000]

Kyle McCord has better overall stats than JJ McCarthy this season. JJ has a higher completion percentage 73% and QBR that’s 178. Both have 4 interceptions. McCord has thrown for 500 more yards 4 more touchdowns has 80 more attempts and his completion percentage is still 66% with a QBR of 163. Which I imagine JJs completion percentage would be similar if he had 80 more attempts I think they would have the exact same stats. But I think they are virtually the same player

[@datwolverine]

JJ is way more dynamic and has a worse receiving core. I notice you failed to mention that JJ has 162 rushing yards on the season and McCord has -64. Not to mention JJ could’ve padded his stats against lesser opponents but he barely played in the second half almost every game. Actually watch the games and you’ll see that JJ’s ceiling is SIGNIFICANTLY higher. That being said coach Moore can’t get him in rhythm to save his life so the two will probably have very similar stat lines Saturday considering the defenses they’re up against.

[@CuddleBuddee]

Amazing what not knowing what the defense is going to do does to a phony Heisman candidate quarterback. JJ has been the clear inferior QB the last 4 weeks. Also it's very telling how weak JJ is once you know, he has to play against an actual D1 defense. Look what he's done prior to the last 4 games against weak competition and what hes done against actual defenses in the recent 4 games. Exposed x2. Cheaters.

[@ianwhite1101]

​@CuddleBuddee They ran the ball 30 times in 1 game...they not padding stats they just trying to win

[@jmoneysniper17]

Klatt yelling all the plays gives me goosebumps NGL

[@soldierforChrist1418]

Can't wait to watch this game Ohio vs Michigan 😊. I hope it goes down as one of the greatest games of all time and is the best game of the year so far!

[@jdawg9137]

Ohio? That's another team.

[@williamdillard5060]

Gus and Joel are a great team. Gus tells it like it really is, no doubt those Motown roots, and Joel is just a college football savant. As a Michigan fan I am hoping that The Wolverines win this game against The Ohio State Buckeyes regardless of the whole Harbaugh suspension mess. We will learn this Saturday if the actual presence of HC Harbaugh on the sidelines with his team necessary to win a monster game. I believe OC Moore has been phenomenal. But. I'm afraid of Ohio States offense and it's ability to make big plays. It's going to be a nail biter.

[@taxisquad11]

Harbaugh not on the field will not eliminate turnovers by Ohio State or prevent turnovers by Michigan. Will not prevent a big play by special teams. Will not stop a long run by Henderson or help Corum make a long run.

[@williamdillard5060]

@@taxisquad11 agreed

[@somehotnerd]

I love klatt but also love Colin throwing shade at espn

[@bulldawgslays3724]

Nice of Joel to spend some quality time with his son

[@user-wm9fj2wo1h]

I look forward to these 2 so much.

[@garinsparks7041]

My Favorite segment of the week. And that's saying alot as they are ALL INCREDIBLE

[@jordan12118]

This is a perfect segment every week

[@boltsandstarsballreviews1538]

This was the most polite argument of all time. These two are magic

[@pharmwyze]

Would have loved to hear Klatt finish his perspective on elevating the game of young quarterbacks

[@nnamdi602]

I’m sorry but the signals had nothing to do with the Michigan victories. If the game was close maybe they’d have a case but OSU got blown out. And in ‘21 Michigan won that game by dominating the Line of Scrimmage on both sides of the ball. All their tds came from runs. OSU have been spoiled so much over the past years they can’t fathom the fact that maybe Michigan just had the better team. Feels like arrogance to me.

[@scruffd0g193]

Klatt is that dude when it comes to college football, him and Colin have great chemistry

[@xkptwistblazex]

I mean… I’d get on the plane too if I had a guaranteed job at USC and at best it was 50/50 whether Oklahoma’s next HC would keep me… near zero if they coached my side of the ball. He didn’t get on the plane because he was loyal; he got on the plane because he had a family to support.

[@bryanpadilla8826]

Colin minimizing what Jim did is hilarious lol

[@zacharymarkham5232]

As a Michigan fan, im never 100% confident in them winning. Lol too many years of heartbreak.

[@raymondwallace5353]

As an Ohio State fan. I FEEL THE SAME WAY..😢😂

[@lachargersfan559]

Love these two

[@TheOnlySgtRock]

What's amazing on that 3rd down play they are talking about where they "would know it was a pass by the alignment of the RB", all the eyes of the coordinators for Michigan were on the OSU sideline and NOT the alignment of the players. They started signaling pass before looking at the alignment. That's why I call BS on this.

[@jacobfoster2909]

I love that the back to back undefeated champs never get any press…. About to 3 peat

[@1099FinancialAdvise]

Thanks, Colin🎉🎉!

[@TRYHARDVOLSFAN]

That ending with J Mac is GOLD 😂😂😂

[@Jonny-qn7lv]

Great job Joel, you know your stuff

[@BehindtheMuscle]

Always good!🙏🏻

[@jxypierre]

Uncut gems 💎

[@TeezyHadaBaby]

All I know is, when it was OSU having scandals the media and TTUN were QUICK to say our coaches should be fired. Funny how now it’s them and its not that serious.

[@MGoBlue6969]

Michigan can't just run it on osu? Where have I heard that before... Everybody said Michigan wouldn't be able to run on psu either, psu came into that game with the #1 run defense in the country.

[@christiansmith2104]

@@TyJSternincluding OSU, way to play yourself

[@exclusiveman5]

@@christiansmith2104I guess Norte dame sitting on OSU schedule is just there 🤦🏽‍♂️. Go watch ball

[@exclusiveman5]

@@AndrewFloeter12 what’s Michigan’s?

[@jamiecrawford8133]

​@@exclusiveman5UNLV

[@christiansmith2104]

@@exclusiveman5 we’re talking about PSU’s schedule, learn to follow a conversation

[@damianjennings1065]

they need to do this more than once a week

[@kinch613]

You can EASILY see by recapping the footage from last year for example, that the defense of TTUN immediately changed to an obvious offensive formation by the Buckeyes. And with last years OSU offense those changes made absolutely NO sense IF Shitigan didnt know the plays! FACT!

[@CuddleBuddee]

Apologists/Victims at UM and their fans don't want to see this or admit that knowing plays beforehand can help you in a game that comes down to inches. Lowlifes.

[@maureengallagher6113]

That was Olympia Dukakis that said that line in Steel Magnolias.

[@treydezellem27]

Sarks biggest problem was ever going to UW, and Lincoln’s biggest problem is that his offense will not be able to compete at the top of the BIG10. Grinch’s biggest issue was ever leaving Wazzu, those were his most overperforming Defenses.

[@ethanweeter2732]

His offense will, defense will not survive.

[@mopthermopther]

Should be a good game

[@scottkellogg2180]

Koell is goated af.

[@jrodbeastly]

Who’s here after McCord throws the game sealing pick??

[@__IG]

This was the greatest clip/segment I’ve seen in my life, thank you guys

[@Frederick0220]

Seriously or sarcasm?

[@jromb0Productions]

I’m glad father and son were able to come together on Thanksgiving

[@bowmanbrent419]

11:51 here and there is all it takes to gain momentum and that's what's more important in football. Especially in a Rivalry game and especially in THE GAME! 5 plays last year made the difference.🎉

[@randalburdo8177]

How’d that workout? GO BLUE!!!

[@Guided11]

Klatt 🔥🔥

[@garfieldGG]

Anybody know where there’s video of klatt talking about him being an alcoholic? I don’t see anything when I look it up.

[@ChadGrindstaff]

Klatt is great, but he’s been simping for Texas too hard haha. They should def be ahead of Bama and Texas is still a great team. Yadayada. Don’t tell me you’re putting money down on Texas to win again. If Bama makes it in I would love to see that rematch. 09 nostalgia

[@MsBaseball19]

You can say whatever you want about Riley but he’s not good.

[@treff9226]

Riley inherited Stoops program, he gets way too much credit for Sooner success. While there, his teams has awful defenses and team got worse, year after year. Us Trojan fans see a ton of defecincies in his coaching - it looks like "the emperor has no clothes!"

[@goblueandrew1]

Where can I buy a Joel Klatt jersey? My favorite personality in college football by a mile.

[@blaketindle4703]

Best segment of the week. So wholesome to see a father sit down with his son and teach him about college football.

[@michaellewis1574]

Olympia Dukakis said that line in Steel Magnolias BTW

[@willgraham3567]

Goat segment

[@daelkolwitz3509]

If at week 5 the Pac12 was heralded as the best conference in college football, how is Troy Franklin at Oregon not getting love like Marvin Harrison Jr? Their stats are nearly identical, and the Pac12 had a better head to head non conference record.

[@arie103]

Because fox and ESPN are SEC and Big 10 Biased. If Washington was In the SEC this year and was undefeated, they would be the number 1 team in the country. Funny how SEC teams were always being justified in rankings by being in a tougher conference but when another conference is stronger than those talking points aren't even bought up.

[@CuddleBuddee]

I would ask what defenses has Troy shown brilliance against? We have many instances of highlight reel plays and stats in big games for Marvin against big time teams in big time games against heralded defenses such as Georgia, Michigan, Penn State, Notre Dame etc. I think they may be a big reason why. Who has Troy done work against?

[@jqsmooth77]

Why isn't Klatt coaching? Baffling. Anyway, I hope the Michigan players are listening to what Klatt said about being focused.

[@louofm1]

If harbaugh decided to move on, I would love to have Klatt on the sideline. Brilliant guy

[@reallnow]

@joelklatt is missing the point that they had our signals as well!!

[@jamessanders2785]

If you have seen a team play a bunch of times you may get a bunch of their signs or all of them if you are advance scouting and filming signs and plays and then matching them. I hear, not sure if it is true that they had practice film from some teams too.

[@cdaway2024]

🤡 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@madisonjames4784]

24 MINUTES?? Where's my blunt? 😮😮

[@matthewfilardi6638]

I hate how they only talk Big10 football since Fox televises Big10. Every week they only talk Michigan and Ohio State

[@jeremyharbin9450]

Not sure what Joel is saying about QBs in college not calling plays at the line but I’m pretty sure that Carson Beck calls plays at the line and changes routes and puts guys in the best spots for those plays!! Seen him do it this year so I know he’s changing some things at the line maybe not every time but he’s definitely doing it.

[@YowzaBowzaWowza]

What’s the point spread on Dolly this week?

[@whoisjohngalt11]

"the less you know about football, the more you overblow this situation" - EXACTLY!

[@mafortu9032]

If Ohio state loses without harbaugh day will get fired.

[@seanmeier7953]

Nope. He is loved by the AD and President. Respected by the players, Highest winning %, etc... He will be fine.

[@mateoyork9182]

Fired for who? Matt Campbell🤡

[@seanmeier7953]

@@mateoyork9182 you win best comment of the day

[@jamiecrawford8133]

​@@mateoyork9182Jimbo Fisher

[@grantgardner8111]

Grinch got on the plane because there wasn’t a job if he didn’t

[@cornelllax05]

“You can’t go winless as a power 5, you play a directional school in your state” 😂