During the very entertaining Michigan at Utah men's basketball game Wednesday night, our announcers Dave Ryan and Greg Anthony alluded to “history in the making here tonight.”  It got me excited...and I even knew what was coming up!

Have you ever wondered what your favorite coach is saying to your team after a bad half or period?  Of course you have.  You wouldn’t be a fan if you hadn’t.  "I hope he gets all over them and fires them up to come out and compete harder, win every ball or puck", are a few things that go through my mind when I am watching my favorite teams, but I am just guessing of course (or hoping).

Well, for those of you who took that needed trip to the rest room at the half, or grabbed that next cold beverage, here’s what you missed: A seat inside the locker room as the coaches addressed their teams.  LIVE.  Unedited.  Unfiltered.  NOT ON TAPE.  You heard it at the same time the players did.  What’s the saying? “I wish I could have been a fly on the wall...”

Coaches’ meetings at halftimes are a sacred place. They’re not very long, but they are very productive and enable the coaching staff to quickly dissect what has gone right and what has gone wrong in the 1st half and how they expect to convey to their team changes in the coming minutes that should be made for the 2nd half. Nowhere, I mean nowhere, have you seen this meeting, LIVE and uninterrupted  in your living room other than last night inside the Utah Coaches meeting room and locker room.

Last night's invite in to that sacred space, set up well in advance by veteran producer Steve Scheer and head coach Jim Boylen, showed everyone what a meeting like that is all about. This was set up between Steve Scheer and Coach Boylen in late October and from reports from inside the production team, a walk though was done on Tuesday night just to make sure everything would look and sound great. I was even told coach had a vending machine moved so our cameraman would not be obstructed getting from room to room. We thank the Utah staff for allowing us that access and I for one could not have been more engulfed in what went on from the coaches meeting to the meeting with the players.

In The Bonus for this week:

Simple as you just read it. Great work Michigan/Utah crew for a terrific idea, excellent execution and for trying something that viewers just don't get to see EVER! Hopefully we will bring you more of this throughout the winter. Also a nod to having Tom Izzo on the phone during the first half of this game as well. Good suff!