The Brandy Show

Growing up in Detroit and its challenges Jerome's decision to turn down Michigan and Michigan State and go to Notre Dame out of high school Those college days at ND and his record against Michigan Getting drafted by the Rams in the NFL Learning about the game in the NFL The move to St Louis and the disappointment in management that had him seriously considering retirement Getting a new start and new career in Pittsburgh He was talked out of retiring the year the Super Bowl was in Detroit by his team mates The magical run to the Super Bowl, and his fumble that nearly derailed it The impact of team mates like Ben Roethlisberger and Hynes Ward on his career and final year Going back to Notre Dame after football to complete his degree for his Mom How he continues to help others with his own foundation that grew from his experience as a youngster in Detroit

We talk abut the current change of environment in collegiate athletics with NIL, Transfer portal, etc Bruce talks about his impact on the Chris Weber post game story after Webers "time out" in the NCAA title game Bruce was in the middle of the Gary Moeller to Lloyd Carr transition in football which was a dicey moment for Michigan football The idea of a crisis manager doubling as a sports information director is appropriate in Bruce's situation The politics of an athletic department and it's beaurocracy Managing the always volatile Bo Schembechler in the early years with the media His well thought out advice and counsel to players, coach's and athletes over the years have helped many The innovations Bruce helped develop to pave the way for the technological explosion in covering cololege sport The incredible growth of the media and it's mutation since the internet explosion and it's influence over college athletics Radio and television impact over the years

Detroit Lions hopes in 2023 The kicking game and the NFL pressure cooker for kickers The failure in San Francisco in the playoff that had Monte Clark praying on the sidelines The current NFL and the improvement in the kicking game The difference when he went to Dallas from his time in Detroit The players he played with and their efforts to be great The coaches he played for and their styles..what worked and what didn't

Why even take the Michigan Athletic Directors job...Hackett was retired when he accepted the position. Comments on his predecessor, Dave Brandon The timing of leadership The importance of integrity Jim Harbaugh on his radar immediately The difficulties and requirement in hiring a Divison 1 head football coach The nature of loyalty

Topics explored include college athletics How playing football under Bo Schembechler aided in his progression to CEO positions The Ford Motor Company The automobile indistry The emergence and future of the electric vehicle revolution Steelcase and it's evolution when that business changed CEO strategies and planning The immense importance of computer chips and that industry and where it is primarily located Gazing into the future as a CEO guiding a company into a changing and uncertain business climate

A July 7th, 2023 event to raise awareness and funds for autism at Webers Inn in Ann Arbor. Jake Moody talks about his most pressure-packed kick in college. Jake Moody discusses the trust between a kicker and coach. Jake Moody talks about the practice and process a kicker must master to become one of the best in the country. Moody talks about the draft and his conversation with the 49ers when drafted and how he was surprised by it Xavier DeGroat talks about his reaching out to Jake to help his cause. DeGroat talks about the trials and tribulations of growing up on the autism spectrum. DeGroat talks about his motivation to help others on the spectrum with his foundation

The Jimmy Hoffa disappearance is still an open case Bo Schembechler was front and center in cleaning up steroid abuse, and crooked sports agents The messages Greg imparted on Michigan Football teams when asked to address the team by Coach Schembechler The GM executives family kidnapping Tracking down an armed killer near Escanaba The Ann Arbor Veterans hospital poisoning homicide cases The beginnings of investigating internet crimes Today's collegiate athletics is so different than the past...something the FBI might investigate then, is accepted today Is today's FBI as trustworthy as in the past? The agency has taken some hits, and Stejskal defends it.

Betts frankly talks about a young black man's options out of high school in the mid 1960's The University of Michigan's unique draw that appealed to Betts, and ultimately got him to Ann Arbor Trying to keep the dream alive of playing quarterback as a young black athlete in the mid 60's Relating to his head coach Bo Schembechler who challenged Betts, and who Betts challenged right back Finding compromise between protesters and the administration during contentious times After graduation, finding a job at Michigan football as an academic counselor Bets take on todays world of NIL and Transfer portals

We talk about the amateur boxing ranks The life of a young boxer without any amateur experience. The tough road of a young pro..how to schedule fights Hanging out with world champions like Hilmer Kenty, Milton McCrory, Thomas Hearns and others Being managed by James Toney and Jackie Kallen A statue for Thomas Hearns The renewal of the Kronk Gym and it's legacy

We discuss Title IX and its effects on womens athletics We talk about her favorite players and favorite teams. Her start at MSU and then becoming an icon at Michigan. We talk about transgenders competing against women. We discuss rule changes she advocated to make womens softball a better game.

jimbrandstatter.com facebook: jim brandstatter 76 twitter: @jimbrandstatter Controversial calls from big game referees and officials Replay officials with questionable rulings dwindling supply of sports officials

There has been so much written and said about the Name, Image, and Likeness legislation in collegiate athletics, it was high time we tried to understand it. Former Michigan player Jared Wangler, and the son of Wolverine legend John Wangler is right in the middle of the NIL explosion. As a matter of fact, he is implementing payments, and NIL deals for Michigan athletes. So what is it all about. It seems to most of us in my generation that the money is flowing freely to college athletics, and the idea of amateurism may be a thing of the past. To get to the bottom of it, and understand the nuts and bolts of the new world we live in, Jared Wangler is the perfect guest. He has landed in the NIL world on the ground floor. He's already seen it change and morph into something he's still trying to adapt and adjust to on the fly. It's a new and interesting trip into the NIL universe, enjoy the trip as we do our best to explain NIL in my Conversation with...Jared Wangler

The 2022 NFL Draft is upon us, so the last episode of season 4 of Conversations with features a chat with former Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand. Since the Lions have always been a story on draft day because of their success, or a=lack thereof, I thought Tom would be a perfect finish to this season. Lewand took over the Lions presidency after the Matt Millen era. He and GM Martin Mayhew tried to put the pieces together after that period. It wasn't as successful as Tom wanted, and while he was relieved of his duties, his story is still a remarkable rise from a student manager on the University of Michigan Football teams of Bo Schembechler, to a CEO and President of an NFL franchise and beyond that, a CEO for major corporations. A native Detroiter and lifetime Michiganian, Tom was the point man to get Ford Field built, and he is still at it in the business world as CEO of the Marygrove Conservancy. He is a fascinating guy, with a fascinating history and you can hear about all of his various triumphs and experiences in this Conversation with...Tom Lewand

Former Detroit Tiger Dave Rozema was one of my favorite Tigers of all time. He is a Grand Rapids Michigan native, who wound up playing for his home state team, and a world champion to boot. David was part of a group of players like Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker, Jack Morris, Dan Petry, and Lance Parrish who formed the nucleus of the 1984 wire to wire World Series champs of the Tigers and Sparky Anderson. He was also a free spirit. As fun loving as they come, Dave was a great interview as a player, and had a ring side seat at one of the most exciting and successful eras in Tiger history. He also was a running mate of the late and great Mark Fidrych when "The Bird" dominated Major League Baseball. Dave talks about it all, and where todays game stacks up with his era in my conversation with....Dave Rozema.

Elaine Crosby is one of the University of Michigan's finest student athletes. During her years at Michigan she began as a tennis player but, switched to golf in mid stream, and became an All American and moved on to the LPGA tour. It's an incredible testament to her determination and talent to pull that off but she did! She became one of the most popular regulars on the fledgling LPGA tour, and then was instrumental in the formation of the LPGA legends tour. She is still a tough competitor and excellent golfer to this very day. A Jackson Michigan native, she never lost touch with Jackson and her Michigan roots. When golf started winding down, she took on the roll of education administrator in her home town. As the president of famed Jackson Lumen Christi High School she guided the students and staff into the 21st century with steady, solid leadership that fit the values and mission of Lumen Christi perfectly. A member of Michigan's Hall of Honor, and the Michigan Irish American Hall of Fame, Elaine is also a good friend. She also is also a fascinating story, so sit back and enjoy my Conversation with...Elaine Crosby

The Brandy Show's wide ranging discussion about our beloved Detroit Lions continues with Part 2 of our Conversation with Bill Keenist, retired long time front office staff member with the Lions. In this second part of our chat, we delve a little more deeply into one of the more difficult era's in Lions history, the Matt Millen era. Why Matt's hiring didn't work is up to debate, but it is clearly a period of history for the Lions that is a lightning rod for fans and NFL pundits. Bill Keenist was in the middle of it all. So enjoy this chat about the Millen era and much more in part 2 of my Conversation with...Bill Keenist.

As we get ready for another Super Bowl that does not include our beloved Detroit Lions, I thought we ought to have a conversation about them. During the Super Bowl era, a good friend, and exceptional executive worked for the Lions in just about every capacity. His name is Bill Keenist. He was behind the scenes and in the war room for drafts, for coach's hirings and firings. He was in the know when the change came at the general managers position. When the players needed help, or advice, or a shoulder to cry on, Bill was there. He was so highly thought of around the NFL executive offices, that the League tabbed him to come and work Super Bowls in their media operation. So while the Lions haven't been to the Super Bowl, Bill has been to many. He has seen it all during the more than 30 years he spent in the Lions front office. We agreed that we could talk for hours about the Lions and their mistakes, their triumphs, their tragedies, and everything in between, so we did. We talked so long, we had enough material for two podcasts. It's a Brandy Show first! So sit back and settle in for a behind the scenes look at your Detroit Lions during the past 30 odd years in Part 1 of my Conversation with Bill Keenist.

In Football, officiating is so important to every game, and in big games it seems to be magnified. For that matter, in any game, the officials and their handling of events can be massive. It is the hope of everyone that the officiating goes un-noticed and doesn't impact the outcome. To discuss officiating, and the incredibly difficult job it is, and who in the world would want to put themselves in that position, I called on my friend Dick Honig for this episode of "Conversations With." Dick is now retired, but during his career he saw it all. Most of his time he spent in the Big Ten, and what a time it was! Enjoy the art of officiating, it's ups and downs and responsibilities with Dick Honig, in this episode of Conversations with...

In our last episode of the 2020 season, we spend some some time with Greg Kinney. Who is Greg Kinney you ask? Well, he's the keeper of the keys to the incredible vault of University of Michigan Football history at the Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor. With such a rich and legendary tradition at Michigan, Kinney has researched and archived some amazing documents from over a century ago. It brings to life the likes of Yost, Crisler, Kipke, Oosterbaan, Schembechler and more. These records weren't exactly easy to discover given the Athletic Departments ever decreasing capacity to store these treasures and the lack of personnel to organize them. Enter Greg Kinney and his staff, who even searched old coal bins to find some artifacts that were museum worthy. In addition, Greg has gone digital, and this past year added 20 years of the old "Michigan Replay" show with Bo Schembechler, Gary Moeller, Loyd Carr and yours truly to the list of items you can experience as part of the Bentley Library collection. Take a walk down memory lane with the archivist of all things Michigan Athletics in this Conversation with...Greg Kinney

Enjoy my Conversations with one of Michigan's most versatile and popular media personalities. Michael Patrick Shiels is currently the host of Michigan's Big Show, a morning drive radio standard that is syndicated across the State to tremendous ratings and success. But, Shiels current vehicle doesn't scratch the surface of his incredible journey. He started his career as a fresh faced young producer for the great JP McCarthy at WJR radio, and since then, he has grown into an author, a friend of Presidents and Award winning national broadcasters. He's a travel writer, a biographer, a golf historian, a cigar expert and, by the way, he has run with the bulls in Pamplona. His story is an amazing journey and you can come along for the trip in this episode of Conversations with...Michael Patrick Shiels.