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He does every single Wednesday to go inside the huddle is our good friend, Mike Spath,

who used to do one of the best features of the

uh big 10 media day coverage period it used to be a day yeah yeah i mean it was it was an

outstanding feature it was must read every single year mike spath i know i've told you that

before but i got to echo that cinnamon again. How are you this morning? I'm doing well, guys. Yeah, you know, I used to have a lot of fun with that. I don't know what the setup is like nowadays because, you know, to paint the picture for your audience, you know, back in the day when it was mostly in Chicago, you'd be in a big

banquet room.

I think it was the second day.

You'd be in a big banquet room, and you would, you know, every table would have its own

individual football player.

And so, you know, it wasn't that hard if you waited around, especially at tables like Northwestern or Indiana or Illinois or Iowa, for guys to be left alone by other members of the media.

And once they would be left alone, I would just say, and this is back in the day, too, pre like the absolute explosion of social media and worried about getting burned where I would just say, and this is back in the day, too, pre, you know, pre, like the absolute explosion

of social media and worried about getting burned where I would just say, hey, I'm a writer,

and I'd like to ask you some questions about Michigan.

Yes, I'm going to record you, but I'm not going to use your name at all.

I'm just going to ask you to kind of, you know, with anonymity, to give me your thoughts on Michigan.

And I would get incredibly honest feedback.

And even from some of the coaches, you know, you could get a Pat Fitzgerald.

You could get a Kirk Ferrence to offer some thoughts.

They were a little bit more guarded than the players were.

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