• Interview: Former M Captain Jarrod Bunch (Part II)

    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 of times for the running back role. I thought for sure I had it.  But then they told me they 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…