(DETROIT FREE PRESS) By now, you might have heard University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman’s somewhat odd, eeelooonggaaaated speech during halftime of the Michigan vs. Nebraska game Saturday. It’s approaching 80,000 views on YouTube.
Well, Coleman was not inebriated at the time, according to university spokesman Rick Fitzgerald. Instead, she was struggling with the audio feedback at Michigan Stadium.
“She, absolutely, had not been drinking alcohol,” university spokesman Rick Fitzgerald wrote in a statement. “I want to underscore that point in the strongest possible way.