 contentious situation once word got out both on the team and in the Michigan community and then really nationally. And it became a firestorm on the Michigan campus. College football back then didn't start in late August or early September like it does now. The games didn't start until early October. That was when the first game of the season was. The Georgia Tech game was going to be the third game of the season and it wasn't until October 20th that the game was played.