In Episode 7.5 of Season 3 Mike leads another Point Fiver with the College Football Crew (Tim Horvath and Chad Massey aka the Insurance King of the Midwest), this time on the topic of college football, his beloved University of Michigan Wolverines, and, of course, friendship.

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Key moments from the pod:

0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S3E7.5 featuring Mike’s good friends Tim Horvath (S1E11 Guest) and Chad Massey.

3:05: Mike welcomes Tim Horvath and Chad Massey into the Virtual Podcast Studio, welcoming back Tim and Chad.  Tim gives an update about his lovely wife Kim and her health.  Chad then gives the listeners what they truly want: insurance updates.

8:15: Mike then lays out the plan for the rest of the episode

8:50: The guys then announced some HUGE tailgating news for the 2022 season.  Seriously, it's massive news.

11:05: Before you can look forward you need to look back and the guys reflect on the joy that was the 2021 college football season, including going back over their predictions from the 2021 pod episode.

17:05: The guys then talk about some of their favorite specific memories from the 2021 season, including (with what is the least surprising spoiler of all time) the Ohio State game and Mike closing down the Blissfield McDonald’s on the drive down to Indianapolis for the Big 10 Championship Game.

34:30: Next up is an honest discussion of how the guys were feeling when Coach Harbaugh was interviewing with NFL teams in the offseason.

38:50: The fellas then discuss their feelings about Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) payments within college football.

45:50: The guys then talk about the additions of USC and UCLA to the Big 10.  California dreamin' indeed.

55:00: The guys then talk about where the 2021 OSU game ranks in their all time U-M sports rankings.

58:30: Are the fellas optimistic for the 2022 season? They are and they talk about why (including the Pride of Northville TOWNSHIP, MI).

1:05:00: Are there still reasons for concern with the 2022 season? Of course there are and the guys discuss them head on.

1:09:00: Next up: the guys list their top 3 key U-M players for the 2022 season.

1:15:00: Like Season 2 Episode 9.5 the fellas then go game by game through Michigan’s schedule and make predictions.

1:16:00: Colorado State (including a discussion of the Week 0 tailgate)

1:18:00: Hawaii

1:19:00: UConn

1:21:00: Maryland

1:23:20: Iowa

1:27:25: Indiana

1:30:00: Penn State

1:32:00: Michigan State

1:36:00: Rutgers

1:38:00: Nebraska

1:40:40: Illinois

1:42:00: Ohio State

1:45:45: The fellas give their CFB postseason predictions

1:48:48: The guys give their keys as fans to a great season (spoiler: it involves having a great tailgate)