In Episode 3 of Season 5 Mike welcomes back a listener favorite from Season 4 (S4E1 guest Rachael Lawrence-Lupton) and THREE other members of the Lawrence-Lupton family: David, Daniel and even Elle (all three are also good friends of Mike’s!) for a spirited discussion of the 2023 Michigan football vs UNLV game.

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Key moments from the pod:

0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S5E3 and breaks down the plan for the episode.

3:00: Mike then corrects a few embarrassing errors from S5E2, including Mike using the term “native city” for the City of Detroit, mixing up the shows Hey Dude! with Salute Your Shorts, and when the first Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special happens in the sequence of the show.

8:15: Next up Mike recounts his recent trip to New York City, from taking advantage of public transit to seeing the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (and not showing up his tour guide) to food and drink tours to the Tigers/Yankees game as well as checking out the One World Observatory and 9/11 Memorial Museum.

17:15: Mike then explains his special attachment to UNLV and honors that attachment with his favorite Vegas-themed song.

22:00: Mike welcomes on his three guests for this special episode (Rachael, David, and Daniel Lawrence-Lupton) along with a cat. David then gives some background on himself as having grown up in Ann Arbor along with Rachael. Daniel then introduces himself to the podcast community by talking about his personal friendships with several University of Michigan football players.

27:30: Daniel then vividly describes how excited he was to attend his first Michigan game in person.

28:30: The crew talks about the last time they all saw each other, including when Daniel took down Mike in chess as well as how they were feeling about Michigan football heading into the 2023 season.

30:00: Next up: passionate and well reasoned thoughts from the Lawrence-Luptons on how they thought Michigan was going to do coming into the 2023 football season.

32:30: Miike sets the stage for the UNLV game

34:00: The gang talks about their shared passion of tailgating and the tradition of David, Rachael and their families stopping by with Rachael’s signature shortbread, a KEY ingredient to Michigan home victories!

37:45: Next up is a detailed/vivid recap of the game itself.

46:30: The crew talk about what they were feeling coming out of this game about the Michigan team and the rest of the season, including Daniel NEEDING to get to more games (but NOT a night game).

51:00: The Lawrence-Luptons talk about what it is about Michigan football keeps them coming back year after year.