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And welcome folks to the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 to KA online, big 1050.com.

And of course, live on the stream on the Michigan Insider

on YouTube on Facebook and on Twitter and we always like to sit down with the man who makes

the go at the Michigan Athletic Department Michigan Athletic Director Ward Manuel who is back

with us ward how you doing?

I'm doing great, Sam. Really, really doing great. So good to be with you again.

Yeah, I mean, you got a couple of programs in the top 10 on the basketball side of things,

a program in the top 25 on the football side of things, a hockey program nationally ranked,

pretty good to be heading to Michigan athletic.

I guess it's always good to be heading up to Michigan Athletic. It actually is.

Even, you know,

it's a job that I love,

obviously,

and have a lot of passion for.

But, you know, to what you just said about our teams and, you know, what they're doing on the

court, on the ice, on the football field right now, it is just an amazing to watch our

student athletes and see the preparation, our coaches and staff put into

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