The organizers and schedulers of Big Ten media days have a wonderful sense of humor. Let the media assemble Monday, let them go out for some social activities late into the Chicago night, let them rub their eyes early Tuesday morning and wake up ... to the sound and fury that is P.J. Fleck.
Big Ten media reacting to P.J. Fleck's first speech will crack you up
In Minnesota, we're getting used to (kinda) the sound and the fury that is P.J. Fleck. Those bleary eyed reporters in Chicago early Tuesday morning, however, weren't quite so ready ...
Safe to say all reporters in attendance are awake now.
Fleck did his thing early Tuesday, kicking off Day 2 with a barrage of words, energy, slogans, sayings, style, straight-talk and even a mention of the Kardashians. Heads are still spinning, we hear.
Our guy Chip Scoggins is there, covering both days (@ChipScoggins on Twitter) and he'll be filing reports all day from downtown Chicago (get the latest here). We can assume Chip is used to Fleck's motor by now. The other guys and gals in attendance, you'll get a kick of their reactions ...
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