Looks like at least a few folks at the athletic department agreed with my analysis on the score of the 1909 game against Syracuse. Back in March, I discovered that it appeared as though the official score of the October 30, 1909 game should have gave Michigan forty-four points in the contest. The Michigan Daily noted that the scorekeeper inadvertently failed to tally one of the Wolverines’ extra points.
I just checked the Bentley Library record for the season and it’s been changed with a footnote:
So,
As silly as this seems, I love it. It looks like the great archivist at the Bentley, Greg Kinney, took the research a bit further digging into the “Dope Books” and Michigan Alumnus. Thanks for Kinney for following up on this. As silly as something like this seems it means much to yours truly.
Here’s the entire original post, reprinted, explaining my take on the matter:
I’ve made a couple trips over to the Bentley Library researching a story on the 1909 season. I’ll probably have more on that later. But in between digging through the Michigan Daily archives, letters and contracts from the athletic department, and of course the online records, I uncovered a little oddity concerning the ‘09 season.
According to the Bentley web page for the 1909 season, and this link from mgoblue.com which lists Michigan’s all-time record against opponents, the official final score of the Syracuse game played October 30, 1909 at Ferry Field was Michigan 43, Syracuse 0:
So that’s the published word on the game from the top two sources from the University. But a little digging revealed some sources that differ.
Check this out. An article in the of the New York Times from 1914 lists Michigan’s results against eastern opponents, and shows the result of the 1909 game as 44-0:
Further, John Kyrk’s wonderful book Natural Enemies, the history of the Notre Dame-Michigan rivalry, makes a short reference to the game with the same final result:
The Orangemen were supposed to have presented a stiff challenge, but Michigan surprised the Eastern folk by crushing Syracuse 44-0.
Finally, back to a University-published source, the U-M yearbook (Michiganensian) for 1910 recapped the season and made two references to the 44 point final tally, including this summary of the 1909 gridiron campaign on page 222:
If you handed me the above references, I guess I’d lean toward the forty-four score. The official Michigan sites clearly have a lot of weight, but one error could have rippled through to all the U-M affiliated sites. When you have the Michiganensian from 1910 having the higher score and backed up by the Kryk’s work (the book is meticulously researched) and top it off with the NY Times, if nothing else you’ve got to question the 43-0 score.
Thankfully the Bentley has an extensive archive collection of the Michigan Daily, which was first published back in 1890. Here’s the headline on October 31, 1909, the day after the game:
So…case closed, right? But this doesn’t explain why the other sources have the score listed as 44-0.
That is, until I looked a couple days later in the Michigan Daily and found this headline:
The article explains a scoring error that occurred at the end of the game:
Michigan defeated Syracuse by a score of 44 to 0 instead of the 43 that was originally reported. The mistake resulted from a failure of the scorer to credit Michigan with an extra point after Referee Fultz and Field Judge Booth had both declared that Allerdice had kicked goal after Wells’ touchdown, the last one of the game. This credits Allerdice with kicking six out of seven goals instead of five.
I took the matter up with Greg Kinney at the Bentley Library. He said the Bentley scores are fed from the athletic department and suggested the matter would need to be taken up with the folks in media relations. Usually in a case like this, Kinney advised, they’ll add an asterisk by the score with an explanation (see the result of the Stevens Institute game back in 1883).
Here’s my suggestion:
- Change the score to 44-0
- Add an asterisk noting that, at the end of the game, the scoreboard showed 43-0.
- Issue me a varsity ‘M’ for scoring a point.*
* Or a Varsity ‘N’ for being a complete nerd
Continuing the string of wonderful items offered for sale on eBay, check out these authentic jersey and pants from 1952:
The seller claims the jersey belonged to center Wayne Melchiori came to Ann Arbor from Stambaugh, Michigan, a town just east of the Wisconsin border in the Upper Peninsula. He went on to be a legendary high school football coach in nearby Ironwood and won quite a few honors:
He also was Tri-State football coach of the year, Michigan-Wisconsin Conference Coach of the year three times, U.P. Football coach of the year twice, U.P. Athletic Director of the year, State of Michigan Area Athletic Director of the year, and a charter member induction to the Michigan High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame and the U.P. Sports Hall of Fame.
Here’s Melchiori donning the #54 jersey in the team photo from 1952:
Other than the classic 1910s era jersey that sold recently, there have been a couple other vintage jerseys showing up for auction. You might recall this beauty dating to 1931 (left – #32) belonging to Norm Daniels and earlier, another from 1930 (#28):
The 1952 slate was an up and down one for coach Bennie Oosterbaan and crew, opening with a 27-13 loss to former M assistant Biggie Munn and his #1 ranked Michigan State Spartans. The team then dropped a game at Stanford before winning five of their final seven games.
I actually had a chance to catch up with Melchiori, who lives today up in Ironwood where he became a high school coaching legend.
Melchiori told me that longtime equipment manager Henry ‘Hank’ Hatch used to make the jerseys himself. “He would pick the numbers out and sew them on, right there in the locker room,” Melchiori recalled.
I asked him about any memories that stuck out from the ‘52 season. “The trip to Stanford, I think we left on Tuesday. Oosterbaan really wanted to win that game because they beat us in Ann Arbor the year before.”
“We stayed at a resort up in the mountains of San Francisco and practiced on a golf course, and on Friday we moved to a fancy hotel in town downtown. I can’t remember the name of it but I can tell you it cost $16 for breakfast [laughs]. It was a beautiful hotel.”
As far as the game itself, Stanford dropped the Wolverines 14-7 but Melchiori recalled the strange circumstances of one of the Cardinal’s scores.
“They had the Olympic decathlete Bob Mathias on the team. He had the ball trying to make a first down and he was stopped, but he fumbled the football on about the 30 yard line.” But it wasn’t a traditional fumble.
“It was just like a guy trying a field goal. He fumbled it then gave it a kick. It went end-over-end and they recovered it. It was a crazy play and I think that’s illegal today [laughs].”
A quick scan of the Chicago Tribune archives backs up the account, check it out:
Bidding starts at $800 for the 1952 jersey and pants and the auction ends July 3.
Gordie Howe takes in old Yost. Photo credit: me
Sweet.
One clarification, the application offers the opportunity to buy additional tickets to The ‘17th Annual College Hockey Showcase’ games at Yost against Minnesota (11/27) and Wisconsin (11/28) for $30/each.
According to the U-M ticket office, these games are included in the regular season ticket packages, they are just offering extra seats (at a steep price) for those interested. I don’t know where the extra seats came from, but since these games are right after Thanksgiving, perhaps they didn’t offer these as part of the student ticket package?
Another gem, this time published in the October 20, 1920 Michigan Daily. Apparently a team of South American soccer players had to have some action on this American football-crazed campus. Tellez somehow convinced the Daily staff to post this notice smack dab at the top of the Sports page:
Early wagering line: South American soccer team completely jonesing for a game: -7.
WTKA 1050AM morning show host Sam Webb phoned in for a rare afternoon segment today to talk about the commitment of hoopster Tim Hardaway, Jr., and the state of basketball recruiting vis a’ vis Coach Izzo.
Here’s the audio (give it a few seconds to start):
Sam explains that Hardaway is not a chip off the old killer crossover; this version of Tim Hardaway is a shooter and a great fit for Beilein’s offense. While he’s at it, Webb provides some other updates across the recruiting map.
Great to see this story by Jeff Arnold in the Ann Arbor News. Student basketball season ticket sales jumped through the roof, from less than five hundred last season to over 2,000 for the 2009-10 schedule. Marty Bodnar and company came up with a great idea; they allowed student to buy the tickets “in conjunction with their season football tickets”.
One beef I have with the story is this paragraph:
In addition to bigger numbers, the university will, for the first time, release Maize Rage seating on a first-come, first-served basis, which Bodnar said was the most fair way to allow students into the sections right behind the benches.
It’s a great concept but it’s definitely not the first time they’ve done this, in fact, I guess I assumed the student section of GA all the time. While we didn’t call ourselves the ‘Maize Rage’, as a student ticket holder during the Fab Five era the entire side of the court was completely general admission for the entire season. We didn’t even have a section or designation. Show up early and wait, and you were in the Blue. Show up late and you were up top. That was the deal.
You didn’t have the quite the feel of the Krzyzewski-ville or whatever they call it, but you did have folks hanging out hours before the game, eating the occasional pizza. For the big games they handed out wrist bands to keep students honest.
Bottom line – it’s nice to see this back.
One of the side effects of trolling through old newspapers is that you occasionally see something like this. In October 1934 the Ann Arbor Daily News shared that the parents of young Spartans could take advantage of this service before their game against Marquette:
A lot of sports radio hosts are trying to deal with how to present Michael Jackson’s death, and it’s interesting listening to them struggle with the topic. A common, tired theme is the whole “Do you remember where you were when X person died.” Here’s my little MJ moment: I slept out one night on the sidewalk outside Wherehouse Records in East Lansing for tickets to his concert at The Palace (I believe it was the first show ever at the facility). Still scratching my head on how I cleared that one with my parents.
Anyway, a call today into WTKA evoked one incredibly sad memory from my younger days, much sadder than even this.
Distinguished professor, author and radio host John U. Bacon dialed into WTKA this morning and challenged readers ($1) to read his latest blog post without shedding a tear. Bacs talked about his experience at a YMCA camp up at Torch Lake and the influence of the camp patriarch Pat Rode. It’s a wonderful post, not much to do with sports, but give it a read.
As far as Bacon’s challenge, there’s no bet coming from me. That’s because of this passage in the post:
At camp I learned how important it is to be needed. When a young camper lost his mother in a car accident, I could only tell him what it felt like when my best friend died. I was surprised this helped him — and even more surprised how much this helped me.
I spent some time up at camp Hayo-Went-Ha over a couple summers within the younger groups at the camp. A cabin mate of mine lost his mother while I was there, and after an email with JUB, I’m pretty sure this is the same incident Bacon mentions in his post. A wild and sad coincidence.
The day his mother died our group was actually off the camp site property, I believe spending the night at nearby Sleeping Bear Dunes, the park containing the massive sand hills that roll right up to Lake Michigan.
I recall a few things about that trip (girls were there from another camp-sweet) but I knew that we were told that our cabin mate’s mother was in tough shape and we they weren’t sure how it was going to work out. When Pat Rode arrived, like the school principal showing up in your classroom, we knew it wasn’t good.
I watched from afar as the boy collapsed in Rode’s arms after hearing the horrific news. It’s one of those memories that is burned in your head. I remember crying most of the night, sad for my buddy, probably a bit scared at the prospect that any of us could lose our mothers.
So to John, there’ll be no wager from me on this one.
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Another incredible JDRF fundraiser concluded Monday evening at Franklin Hills CC. I’m still waiting on the final numbers, but they raised a bunch of money for Type 1 diabetes research.
Some of the notables on hand:
- Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz, who kicked off the outing with a passionate speech about JDRF along with a few positive words about his Lions. Word of advice: don’t cross this guy. He looks like an MMA fighter and he’s all business.
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- Channel 7 sports director Don Shane, served for the second year in a row as master of ceremonies of the dinner afterwards and can really swing the golf club, FWIW. Here’s Shane mastering the dinner ceremony:
You can learn more about JDRF and Type 1 diabetes here. Thanks for all the readers who support this site and its sponsors.
For curious minds. The auctions highlighted last week on this site drew quite a few serious bids. The 1910s era helmet closed with a winning bid of $1,225.00 while the uniform including a jersey, belt, boots and pants fetched a whopping $3,716.00.
Let’s hope they found a good home, maybe back within the Michigan athletic department?
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Scheduled to appear, Channel 7 Sports Director Don Shane and Detroit Lions Head Coach Jim Schwartz (left)!
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Here’s the schedule for tomorrow:
Here’s more about JDRF:
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes, JDRF has awarded more than $1.3 billion to diabetes research, including more than $156 million in FY2008. More than 85 percent of JDRF’s expenditures directly support research and research-related education. In FY2008, the Foundation funded more than 1,000 centers, grants, and fellowships in 22 countries, including nearly 40 human clinical trials.
For more on the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, click here. For information about the Detroit chapter of JDRF, click here.
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Former WDFN mainstay Mike Stone joined Mitch Albom on WJR to promote his new book, ‘The Great Book of Detroit Sports Lists’.
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Stoney talked about the Red Wings, Lions, Tigers and of course a little about the new book. He also mentioned he has no plans or offers to return to the air be is clearly still interested. In the meantime, he’s hanging out, doing his show on Channel 7 and following Bruce around. (That’s good livin’). |
Mitch didn’t disappoint, delivering another demonstration of how he’s completely out of touch, saying of the Lions first round draft selection, “since they picked Stafford, there has been universal approval of that pick.”
This wasn’t said in jest. Of course he’s right if by “universal approval” he means complete outrage by the overwhelming majority of the fanbase.
Here’s the full audio of the interview.
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Usually I use the auctions profiled in eBay Watch as simply the launching point into the player, season or game to which the piece is tied. This is one of those instances where the piece of memorabilia is the story.
Assuming this is authentic, and it appears so, this is probably the most valuable piece of Michigan football memorabilia that I’ve seen since starting the eBay Watch series a few years ago. Try this on for size–Pieces of a Michigan football uniform the seller claims date to 1912 and 1913:
And why not round it out with a helmet from the period, in a separate auction by the same seller:
There have been a couple instances of vintage jerseys showing up for auction, you might recall this beauty dating to 1931 (left – #32) and earlier, another from 1930 (right – #28):
I’ve never seen anything like this. My birthday is this week and yes, it’s also Father’s Day [which combined make for a dad version of the ol’ kid-born-on-Christmas nightmare scenario]. Some people are amazed that I don’t actually collect this stuff although occasionally I grab some unique, lower priced items. This is an exception—I want it but I’m not sure how to explain to “the boss” why I spent thousands on this “costume”. Then there’s the question of what I would do with it [other than trying to squeeze into it and crush dropkicks in my backyard].
Here’s more details on the jersey from the auction:
The jersey is a heavy knit wool (similar to sweater material). It is round neck, long sleeved and has a 3-button crotch strap (buttons appear to be original and made of a wood-type material). It is labeled with the 1910s era A.G.Spalding & Bros. tag along with the name identifier “Barton” chain stitched onto felt. All tagging is attached to the inside flap of the crotch strap. The jersey is a dark color, similar to a blueish/brown. Although faded with age, it displays a nice vintage colored patina.
The jersey measures out to be a size 40 (approximately 20 inches across the chest). It is very long (tall) in length measuring over 36 inches from the collar to the bottom of the strap…
The pants are gold colored canvas with high waisted, sewn in hip protection and lace up fly with leather reinforcement. The pants also have a brown leather belt with square style rounded edge buckle. The pants are stamped on the inside lace flap with manufacturer numbers and the word “MICHIGAN”, no other labels. The pants do not have size tagging but they match the belt size which is stamped size 32. The pants are the style from the 1913 year as they match those in the last team photo.(Ebay photo 12, showing 19 players, is the 1913 Michigan team. Barton is not pictured in this photo, yet the high waisted pants and belt are a nice match to some that are shown.)
The name “Barton” refers to Charles Barton, a right end on the 1912 team. As noted in the description, the sellers believes the style of the pants more likely dates to the 1913 season (although Barton is not on extended team roster for that season.)
Charles Barton from the 1912 team photo, the “Barton” label on the jersey
Back then, uniforms weren’t quite the precise science that you see today. Even in the team photos of the era, players often have different pants, belts, shoe-styles and even jerseys. But the seller is correct that the pants lend themselves more to the 1913 style. Judge for yourself, here’s the auction pants next to a photo of 1913 fullback Miller Pontius:
Here’s a couple more comparisons for you, again, using snaps of the team photos from the period, first the vintage cleats and then the belt:
As for the helmet, here’s a little more from the auction description:
Extremely rare 1910-1915 era leather football helmet from the University of Michigan. The helmet is a soft sided, multi-piece construction, dog eared style. The helmet is stamped on the front brow pad “MICHIGAN”. This is an extremely rare marking, only major universities with serious football programs ever received these factory stamps on their helmets.
The helmet is in super fine condition with only minor scarring and minimal chipping. Outside features a strong, dark blackish color with nice tight stitching. Helmet interior is heavy wool felt showing light use with minor stains. The helmet is complete with an adjustable working chin strap.
The helmet is manufactured by Goldsmith Athletic Goods and is stamped on the back neck pad with their 1910s period logo. No size on the helmet but it measures out to be an adult large, approximately 7 1/4 inch size.
Here’s the front brow pad with the Michigan stamp, decades before the introduction of the winged helmet:
Incredible stuff.
How much will they fetch? The uniform already has one bid for $1,500 and the helmet $500. We’ll see. The auctions end June 21.
Related: This memorabilia seller is really coming strong. He didn’t stop with the full uniform described above, he’s offering a few other excellent items, check these out:
1910s Letterman Sweater 1920s Letterman Sweater
1930s Varsity Jacket 1960s Staff Jacket
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No women allowed? Offensive. Choice of hat? Very Offensive.
[photos: Jay Cassidy, Daily]
Thanks to Greg K. for passing this along. Check out this brief essay from former Michigan Daily Photographer Sara Krulwich published recently on a New York Times photographer blog. The intro:
Fall meant football at the University of Michigan, but the photo department at The Michigan Daily, where I worked as its first woman photographer, was given only four press passes. As a freshman, I was not entitled to one. Seniority was not the only problem. In 1968, the passes all said, “No women, children or dogs allowed on the field.” This was no joke. There were no women in the marching band; no women cheerleaders; no women security guards. A year later, I earned one of the coveted passes. The rules had loosened a bit. The new passes said, “No women or children allowed on the field.”
Dogs were now allowed.
It’s definitely worth a read. Included is a letter of apology from then SID Will Perry which starts out, “I guess the generation gap and 12 years of sportswriting with only men around have begun to set in…”
Next up for eBay Watch, I’ll look at the auction of a pin apparently dating back to the inaugural Rose Bowl held in Pasadena. If truly dated to this period and this game, the souvenir will likely attract a few bidders:
The face of the badge certainly looks dated, with an older style block M and the rounder pigskin. The ‘rah-rah-rah’ sentiment is a found on other items from the period but unfortunately there’s no mention of Rose Bowl, Tournament of Roses, or Pasadena so all we’ve got is the seller’s claim:
It was worn that day by a young Michigan student from Ann Arbor, Wilfred B. Shaw. Not only did he experience one of the greatest days in Wolverine Sports History but he went on to serve his alma mater as General Secretary of the Michigan Alumni Association! The pin was acquired from hobby legend Frank Nagy nearly 40 years ago.
Shaw also wrote a few books in the day, including a few collections of Michigan history. His book, ‘The University of Michigan’ even contains a brief mention of the Rose Bowl game:
This game was special for many reasons. For starters, as it was the inaugural ‘Tournament of Roses’ football game, this was the start of the bowl tradition we know today. Maybe most important to Michigan fans, it was this day during Fielding Yost’s first season at the helm of the Wolverines that he capped a truly perfect season by defeating Stanford 49-0. The definition of truly perfect? How about undefeated, untied, unscored upon. Captain Hugh White, Willie Heston and company rolled up the eleven teams they faced by a combined score of 550-0.
There are several nice photos out there of the trip out West and not just from the game. Here’s a favorite of mine of Yost and his confident bunch on a trolley, republished in the book Tradition: Bo Schembechler’s Michigan Memories:
The pounding took by Stanford almost was too severe for both the Cardinal and the Tournament of Roses brass. The game ended with eight minutes left when Stanford’s captain conceded defeat. And in the aftermath, the onesidedness of the the contest left the event organizers looking for a better competition. From the Bentley Library’s game summary:
The tournament association, though realizing a profit of $3,161.86, thought the wide difference in the score would make an annual game unappealing to spectators. The following year they replaced the football game with a chariot race, and it would be 16 years before the Rose Bowl would again feature a post-parade football game.
Football wouldn’t return to the Pasadena until 1916, and the Wolverines wouldn’t be back for nearly a half century when in 1948 they laid down another 49-0 beating, this time on Southern Cal. But that’s another story.
Thankfully not all the memorabilia from the ‘02 Rose Bowl is on the open market. The permanent exhibit in Schembechler Hall has a nice display case with a few artifacts, including a ribbon and a watch apparently presented to Michigan captain White:
The auction ends Monday June 15 and current top bid is around $20.
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1901 Season Football Pass
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Continuing the interview with former NFL first round draft pick, Michigan captain and now, accomplished actor and production company owner Jarrod Bunch. In Part I, we talked about his acting career, on his beef with Samuel L. Jackson and about surviving in Hollywood.
In part II, we talk a little more about acting, his desire to return to the MMA Octagon, whether he can handle Hugh Jackman and get a little into last season (hint: furniture was moving after the Toledo game) and his thoughts on coach Rodriguez.
Are there any roles that you were very close to getting that we might recognize?
Bunch: Yeah, and this hurt, too. For Any Given Sunday I went in to meet Oliver Stone a couple times for the running back role. I thought for sure I had it. But then they told me gave it to LL Cool J. That one hurt.
Then it happened again. There was a show called Playmakers on ESPN, it was about life in the NFL but they had a different name for the league. I was up for the running back role in that one and I thought for sure that I would at least get a serious look at that. The role was for a running back, the character’s wife’s name was Robin, my wife’s name is Robin [laughs] the character wore the same jersey number I wore in the pros, the character hurt his knee just as I had in the pros. I didn’t get that and I was like, ‘Oh my god…come on man’.
Do they give you reasons when you don’t get a role, or is it just ‘No’?
Bunch: They often just tell you, ‘No.’ When you audition, the casting director might say, ‘I want you bring you in so the director and the producers can see you.’ With Any Given Sunday, I went with the casting directors, I went in the producers and I went in and met with Oliver.
With the ESPN show, the casting director didn’t even bring me in to see the producers. That’s what really made me mad. I’m like, ‘This character is me and you’re not even going to bring me in to see the director? You’re not going to at least have the director take a look at me?’
You have to have a relationship with the casting directors. Sometimes casting directors have people that they want to move on, and with others…if they don’t know you, they don’t know you.
You’ve been involved in a MMA fight [He lost to Michael Westbrook in his only bought in 2005], have you considered stepping back into the Octagon?
Bunch: I have. The one MMA fight that I did I had no training in anything except Tai Chi, which I did for therapy on my knee. It worked so I continued to do it. But that’s not a cobatitive martial art [laughs] and I didn’t know what I was doing.
Since then, I have been training in jiu-jitsu for almost four years now and I’m a brown belt. I’ve won world championships [in other belt classes]:
Photo: graciemag.com
So, now that I’m doing jiu-jitsu I would love to get back in there just to put that 0-1 record away.
I see that Hugh Jackman got pretty yoked for the latest X-Men movie. Are there any mainstream actors that you wouldn’t want to mess with?
Bunch: No. [laughs]. But I would not want to have a confrontation with any of them.
You were recently back in town for the “130 Years of Michigan Football” reunion weekend. How did it go?
Bunch: Yes, it was an excellent event. A great time. I saw guys there that I had not seen in about 20 years, some guys I had not seen since my freshman year at Michigan. We took a lot of pictures. A lot of guys put them up on Facebook.
The reunion happens every five years, and this time it was the same weekend as the Griese-Hutchinson golf outing. It worked out, because we were able help out and do some things to benefit the [C.S. Mott] Children’s Hospital.
What’s your impression of Rodriguez so far? Did you had a chance to meet him?
Bunch: All the former coaches were there [at the reunion event] except Bump Elliott, and he sent in a video.
Listen, I think Rich helped himself this weekend. Up to this point, I didn’t think Rodriguez that was trying to keep the tradition of Michigan. It seemed to everyone that he brought in whatever West Virginia was doing to Michigan. A lot of people were not happy. But he was there [at the reunion], and he spoke saying that he understands the tradition and this thing is going to get fixed. He helped himself.
I’m very curious to see how this year goes. I did not like what I saw last year but after what I heard him say, I think he’s on the right track.
Does that echo the sentiment of your peers, the other former players?
Bunch: I think it’s split. I think a lot of people don’t like him and don’t like what he’s doing. And a lot of people are like me and say, ‘Give him a chance. He gets it.’ I think he gets it and I think this year is going to be different.
Do you follow the team pretty closely, do you watch them when you can?
Bunch: Unfortunately they don’t have all the games on out here but I do watch them when I can. But when I did follow them last year it was all bad news. I mean, you did not want to be around me that day we lost to Toledo, ok? [laughs] That day I was watching TV and it came across that Michigan had lost to Toledo…..you didn’t want to be around that day [laughs]. You did not want to be around me that day.
Thanks to the tax breaks offered by the state of Michigan, there are many films being shot in the area including Ann Arbor. Would you like to come back if the opportunity to come back to Ann Arbor for a film or a shoot?
Bunch: Definitely, that would be very cool. I know that Michigan has a lot of incentives to do projects there. If I read correctly there are a lot of projects on schedule to be shot in Michigan and Detroit area this year. So I would love have that, I would look forward to that.
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You can keep up with Bunch’s goings on at jarrodbunch.com is up. To check out his production company’s latest projects, head over to generatorcontent.com. Finally, keep your eyes peeled this summer for new projects on TV and on the big screen.
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