Joe Bolden and James Ross, Michigan’s two senior starting linebackers, watched the final minutes of the first half of their most recent game alone in a 10-foot-by-5-foot room that felt an awful lot like a prison cell at the time.
The roar of the 111,000 spectators sitting a few stories above their heads slightly outpaced the game against rival Michigan State as it unfolded on the television with a brief delay. Both had landed there due to controversial targeting calls. Bolden was ejected midway through the second quarter after landing on top of Spartans quarterback Connor Cook.