ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Inside Michigan Football, the University of Michigan Athletic Department-owned football show, begins its first season with head coach Rich Rodriguez, host Jim Brandstatter and reporter Doug Karsch on Aug. 28.
 
Inside Michigan Football will be broadcast 15 times throughout the season, debuting on Thursday, Aug. 28 at 6:30 p.m. on FSN Detroit with a replay Friday night at midnight on WXYZ-TV7 (ABC). The same weekly schedule will remain in place for the entire season with additional airings to be announced on the Big Ten Network.
 
“The title of the show is exactly what it will be,” said producer and director Patrick McLaughlin. “We will have a level of access that few programs in the country allow. We’ll be at every practice, in the locker room and behind the scenes every football Saturday. This will truly be an inside look at Michigan football.”
 
The show will include game highlights, player features, postgame locker room reactions, commentary from Rodriguez and a preview of the next opponent. Additional features such as sideline spotlights with former players, sounds of the game segments and more will be seen for the first time on Inside Michigan Football.
 
Due to Big Ten Network regulations, Inside Michigan Football will not be available on MGoBlue.com, but the U-M athletic department plans to offer a postgame internet wrap-up of each game called Michigan Rewind.
 
Michigan Rewind will be available on MGoBlue.com after each Michigan football game and will include eight to 10 minutes of highlights, analysis and interviews with coaches and players. In addition to Michigan Rewind, MGoBlue.com will offer interviews, features and special presentations throughout the week for Michigan football fans.
 
With over 25 years of experience in television, McLaughlin has won numerous Emmy awards as executive producer at WXYZ. He has also produced features with a number networks, including ABC News and ESPN. He has worked with the University of Michigan athletic department for 11 years and is the producer of Wolverine Sports Magazine.
 
Jim Brandstatter has been a Michigan sportscaster since his graduation from the University of Michigan in 1972. Jim has brought University of Michigan football games to life for more than 20 years on radio in Detroit and the statewide Wolverine network, while being a part of every Michigan football coach's show since 1980, working with Bo Schembechler, Gary Moeller and Lloyd Carr. Brandstatter has also been calling Detroit Lions games for Infinity Radio's statewide Lions network since 1987.
 
Karsch has a number of years of television and radio experience, hosting the Michigan Football Pre-Game Show on WOMC while also serving as the in-game sideline reporter. He also hosts The Karsch and Anderson Show middays on 97.1 The Ticket and serves as the television host of Wolverine Sports Magazine.

Contact: Dave Ablauf (734) 763-4423