Derek Jeter gave Michigan football team an inexperienced locker-room speech before blowout loss to Texas
Urban Meyer and the "Big Noon Kickoff" crew debated whether there should be concern surrounding the struggling offense behind Davis Warren.
The defending national champion Michigan Wolverines looked for inspiration from an unlikely source this week but walked away with an unfortunate outcome.
Ahead of their biggest of the game of the early season against No. 3 Texas, Michigan brought in New York Yankees Hall of Famer Derek Jeter to give a locker-room speech the night before Saturday's game. Jeter, who led the Yankees as captain for 12 years, was part of five World Series championships, including a stretch of four titles in five years from 1996-2000. Michigan is looking for a similar run after winning its first national championship since 1997 last season.
Jeter served as the Wolverines' honorary captain on Saturday against Texas native Matthew McConaughey on the other side.
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But Jeter, who grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, as a lifelong Wolverines fan, admits that he may not quite have had it when it comes to giving a football speech.
"Having absolutely zero experience playing football in my life, I don't know if anything registered with them," Jeter said of his speech to the players during an interview on the Big Noon Kickoff Show on Fox.
Jeter said he aimed to give the team advice on what it's like handling business as a defending champion and looking to stay on top. Despite the fact that Jeter enjoyed plenty of that repeat winning as a member of the Yankees, he acknowledges that it's a very difficult thing to maintain.
"I think it's just basically sharing a message, a message of when you're on top, when you're winning and trying to repeat, do it again. I mean,