Associated Press
The college football notebook …
BAY CITY, Mich. ó A Notre Dame fan who survived a heart attack during last month’s game at Michigan can list Wolverines’ coach Brady Hoke among his well-wishers.
Leo Staudacher told The Bay City Times (http://bit.ly/nsSFhi ) for a story published Tuesday that he got a hand-written note from Hoke on a greeting card bearing an image of Michigan’s football helmet. The note says the University of Michigan “family” was proud to care for Staudacher.
“He said ‘You were in the right place,'” said Staudacher, a 69-year-old Bay City retiree.
Staudacher, who said he is feeling remarkably well in the wake of his ordeal, kept the bulk of the message from Hoke to himself.
“This is from a guy who cares enough about a human being to sit down with a felt pen and write a note,” Staudacher said. “It’s someone he doesn’t know, has never met and is a Notre Dame fan, but he took the time to do it. If that isn’t class, I don’t know what is.”
OHIO STATE
COLUMBUS, Ohio ó The head of Ohio State University says the school’s new trouble with the NCAA is not a sign of bigger problems but instead shows that the school is the “poster child for compliance.”
The Columbus Dispatch reports university President E. Gordon Gee said Tuesday night that football player suspensions announced this week demonstrate that when Ohio State discovers a possible infraction, it’s resolved and reported to the NCAA, no matter how minor.
ARKANSAS
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) ó Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino says senior defensive end Jake Bequette “looks like” he’ll return from a hamstring injury when the No. 10 Razorbacks host No. 15 Auburn on Saturday.
Bequette has missed the past three games for Arkansas (4-1, 0-1 Southeastern Conference).
TEXAS QB
AUSTIN, Texas ó Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert, who lost his starting job after two games and then had season-ending shoulder surgery, plans to transfer.
WHEREíS THE FANS?
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ó West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen says he’s disappointed there were thousands of empty seats for the Mountaineers’ most recent home football game.
About 46,000 fans attended West Virginia’s game with Bowling Green in a cold, steady rain Saturday in Morgantown.
Holgorsen went on at length during his weekly news conference Tuesday, questioning why the attendance was so low compared to a sellout crowd of more than 62,000 the week before during a night game with LSU.