The Free Press published a Q&A-style follow-up on the Michigan practice-gate investigation.  Here’s a few of the items republished.  First, on who can take part in the interviews with the players: Who’s in the interview room? Michigan compliance director Judy Van Horn, U-M’s outside counsel (Alabama-based lawyer Gene Marsh, or a colleague), and an NCAA investigator. A university lawyer also might be in attendance. Players can have someone accompany them to the interviews, including a lawyer. On the anonymity of the players: The Free Press report was based in large part on interviews with former and current players who spoke on condition of anonymity because they said they feared repercussions if they criticized the program. Will the NCAA allow people to speak anonymously? Players are not granted anonymity in interviews. They are expected to cooperate and risk losing eligibility if they don’t, or are caught lying. It is routine for interviews to be recorded. But there are strict limitations on what information is eventually released to the public because of federal confidentiality laws protecting students. As for former players, if they are still playing college football they, too, can be compelled to testify. The NCAA can’t compel the testimony of former players no longer playing college ball, though. Former Michigan receiver Toney Clemons, who has transferred to Colorado, has said…

A repost, originally from January 2008: Check out Brian Cook’s AOL Fanhouse post [sorry, AOL removed the link?] on the new montage put together by the talented “expressfan”. It’s not just your same old Wangler to Carter. He’s got clips from the Bo and Brandstatter on Michigan Replay talking about the play and about broadcasting legend Bob Ufer. Plus, he thankfully includes a great clip of two plays prior to the famous pass when Michigan threw the ball right into Indiana coach Lee Corso’s hands to kill the clock. In one of the Ufer recordings (not provided here) you hear him talk about this but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it. It’s hilarious. Here’s the YouTube:

During the wonderful Notre Dame game a couple weeks ago, the PA announcer asked folks to recognize a group of men in the north endzone.  They were members of the 1964 Michigan football squad led by coach Bump Elliott.  The Big Ten and Rose Bowl champs trotted out, waved, and headed back under the goal post to watch the game. More on this great, underappreciated, championship team:

I joined host Ira Weintraub and Brian Cook of mgoblog in studio at WTKA this morning & we covered a variety of topics from Mudbowl, to a little analysis of the EMU game, linebackers, depth, the Mouton/Delany aftermath (the ‘One Year Idiocy’) and much more.  Audio: [display_podcast] . FYI – Dennis Quaid from the epic film shot in Bloomington, Breaking Away, thinking that he could play QB for the Hoosiers just like current starter and local boy (Cutter) Ben Chappell:

There’s a great line in the show Cheers where the older gent who works at the bar says he thought that called him “Coach” because he never flew first class.   Thanks to reader ‘Spartan Robert’, here’s Florida basketball coach Billy Donovan this morning leaving Detroit headed back to Florida, seated in coach(!):   @UFCoachBillyD : ‘some weird dude is taking my picture..can’t believe i’m in coach class’ Memo to Coach Donovan: this is Beilein and yes, Izzo country.  Beat it!

One of the homecoming traditions on Saturday morning is of course the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Mudbowl.  This year will be the 76th renewal of the annual battle held in the natural depression at the corner of South University and Washtenaw, but it won’t happen this weekend. Instead of the traditional homecoming schedule, the game will be held prior the Penn State game on October 24th.  SAE used to play the fraternity across the street (which used to be the Phi Deltas) but things changed in recent years.  As I understand it, now the True Gentlemen play the victor of the fraternity flag football league tournament and I’m guessing that’s one of reasons they need to play the game later on the schedule (since the school year just started).  I’m looking for verification on that. For you geology buffs (cricket, cricket), the hole in which the game is played is not the site of an old building or pool or whatever–it’s actually a bit of a natural oddity.  From this flickr page commentary by local historian “Wystan”, who was asked if something was originally built on the lot: No, the "Mud Bowl" actually is a kettle hole, which was left by the glacier when it retreated eons ago. To build there would be to invite problems — along with such amenities…