What an embarrassment

bearcats
Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:01:07 +0000

The only thing more embarrassing than losing to a mediocre Nebraska team at home is Coleman making a speech intoxicated.

[Nebraska Half time with Mary Sue - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yZh004_MHY)

Lol. The following is the lame excuse from the university… I wonder how long it took them to come out with this one…

"The awkward audio of University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman’s remarks during the halftime of the Saturday’s football game resulted when she attempted to slow her speech to deal with significant feedback from the stadium public address system.

She, absolutely, had not been drinking alcohol. I want to underscore that point in the strongest possible way.

All day long Saturday, President Coleman was attending events related to the launch of the Victors for Michigan fundraising campaign. No alcohol was served at those events.

At the stadium President Coleman hosted a non-alcoholic reception for alumni and donors in the president’s box in the stadium.

Her recognition at halftime was unexpected and the wireless microphone she was using is not one with which she had any prior experience. There was significant wind, feedback and, even under the best conditions, the sound is distorted in the stadium when a wireless mic is used.

She struggled with the feedback and tried to adjust to the sound delay and the reverberation by slowing down her words.

She had hoped to communicate her gratitude for the recognition and her enthusiasm for Michigan.

It was an unfortunate set of circumstances that led to the audio distortion.


University Spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald"