Michigan Wolverines College Football Pregame Quote, 12/29/2022

So what is your game style and your game plan? What strategies do you think you all are going to use?

MIKE SAINRISTIL: I would say my play style is aggressive. I like making plays. I like being physical. I like being savvy as well. Making finesse plays or finessing around blocks.

What’s going to help me win this game is playing with speed, playing fast, being dominant on the perimeter, and not being focused on ‚Äì if bad plays happen, just let it go and worry about the next play.

This Michigan team is maybe arguably one of the most balanced in the country. What do you think is the biggest strength of this team, if you had to pick just one?

MIKE SAINRISTIL: I would just say finishing. Being able to finish games out, whether we’re ahead, whether we’re behind. We’ve seen both sides. Just being able to finish.

The second half, eight games in a row, it was like 100-0 or something like that. What was the key to that? Especially with a new defense coordinator, Coach [Jesse] Minter. Can you even explain that run of dominance that you guys had for a while there?

MIKE SAINRISTIL: Being able to execute adjustments, taking coaching and just going out there and playing football. Doing little things.

You’ve been here since 2019 at Michigan. What do you think is the single biggest thing that’s changed in the team culture? Because there’s been a big change, obviously, in the on-field performance.

MIKE SAINRISTIL: I would just say in my freshman year to now, as the years went on, the feeling of being together has changed. I would say we’re a lot more on the same page now that we’ve been in the past. I think that’s helped us get to where we are right now.