The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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michigan football Sitting Down With Football Equipment Manager Jon Falk Jon Falk has been as much a part of the Michigan football game day over the past four decades as the marching band, "The Victors," and running out of the tunnel to touch the M-Club banner. The equipment manager Bo Schembechler brought from Miami (Ohio) now says it's time to put away the last pair of cleats. He's retiring at the end of this season. There will be all sorts of retrospectives on Falk, but here's an update, just past the midway Falk, who came to Michigan four decades ago and will point of his final year at be retiring at the end of this season, said U-M's wins over Ohio State are some of his most vivid memories. Michigan. photo by lon horwedel The Wolverine: Are you finding yourself getting a little emotional with a handful of regular-season games remaining? Falk: "At times. I try to focus on the season itself. I don't look ahead, but there have been times when you think about things. I'm emotional anyway during football games, getting prepared for football teams. "I'm always emotional. You want to win. There's nothing any better than to see Michigan play a great football game, work hard, and then, at the end of the game, you want to cry. You saw a nice win, and you saw things come together. "At the same time, I haven't focused yet on the end of the year. I've focused more on the next game. I've focused more on what we can do to try to win this championship." The Wolverine: What are your most vivid on-field memories in all those years? Falk: "Beating Ohio State two years ago was great, because we had lost to them for seven straight years. Beating Michigan State last year here, after we'd lost to them four years in a row.