Pod of Gold: Michigan beat writer Angelique Chengelis on the struggling Wolverines

The off week has passed and we’re inching closer to the showdown at "The Big House" with No. 19 Michigan (5-2) on Saturday. No. 8 Notre Dame (5-1) will try to become the first road winner of a Notre Dame-Michigan night game in nine opportunities.

Angelique Chengelis, long-time Michigan beat writer for The Detroit News, joined the podcast this week to help prepare us for the big game.

On the show, Chengelis discussed Michigan's loss to Penn State, the offensive struggles this season, the most dangerous weapon on Michigan's offense, quarterback Shea Patterson's up-and-down season, the challenges of covering head coach Jim Harbaugh, how he's handled offensive coordinator Josh Gattis taking over the play calling, the strengths and weaknesses of Michigan's defense and more (1:35).

Then Tyler James and Eric Hansen made predictions in the Place Your Bets segment (27:21) and answered questions from Twitter (35:54).

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