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June-July 2013 - BGI

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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Upon Further Review todd D. burlage B Brady Hoke's "Chicken" Doesn't Fit The Menu efore we get too far into this story, Purdue. They don't want to play Michiit's important to note that any gan." promise, proclamation or predicAs background to Hoke's assertion tion made by a head coach at an alumni of cowardly scheduling, Swarbrick rufevent should be taken with a pound of fled some Wolverine fur last Septemsalt. ber when he slipped MichiSo when Michigan head gan athletics director David football coach Brady Hoke Brandon a note shortly berecently accused Notre Dame fore the kickoff with Notre of "chickening out" of its seDame. The infamous letter ries with the Wolverines at announced the cancellation a booster event in Grand of the three football games Rapids, Mich., the outrage between Michigan and Notre over those comments was Dame from 2015-17, and esseverely overblown by the sentially put this series on ice media. Notre Dame athletics Hoke caused a stir with after the 2014 game for an his comments about director Jack Swarbrick said the end of Michigan's indefinite time period, likely so himself. series with Notre Dame, until 2020 at least. "You know it's a slow news but the Irish don't have By providing written noday when you guys start many open slots left on tice before the game started, telling me stuff that's said the schedule. Swarbrick fulfilled all conphoto by lon horwedel tractual obligations in opting in booster clubs," Swarbrick said when asked to respond to Hoke's out of the series, but his methods and comments. "I take no umbrage." timing clearly ticked off some people Folks pay big bucks to attend these in Ann Arbor. alumni events, so they are not inter"It's unfortunate and a great rivalry ested in listening to coaching clichés or and all those things," Hoke told reportuninspiring messages from the guest ers last fall when the series interruption of honor. These events are essentially became official. "But [Notre Dame] has a high-dollar pep really for high-pow- to do what they think is best." ered alumni who want some juicy news Hoke's frustration and response to to share with their buddies on the golf Notre Dame's abrupt cancellation of course. And Hoke delivered. this series aren't completely without "Notre Dame, that rivalry, which merit. While the rivalries with Michithey're chickening out of," Hoke said gan State and Purdue have featured as part of his rant. "They're still going more games and faced fewer interrupto play Michigan State. They'll play tions over the decades, neither of those

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