by louis nelson 10/31/16 01:42 pm edt updated 10/31/16 02:32 pm edt instead of warming up the crowd at a donald trump rally monday in michigan with praise and platitudes, fiery ohio state university graduate and legendary indiana university basketball coach bobby knight took a different approach: taking shots at the state<u+2019>s beloved university of michigan wolverines. <u+201c>i know i didn<u+2019>t go to one of your favorite schools. i went to ohio state instead of one of your favorite schools,<u+201d> knight said in introducing trump, drawing an immediate wave of boos from the grand rapids crowd at the mention of the wolverines<u+2019> most heated rival. <u+201c>i knew you<u+2019>d give me that, but you know we beat your ass most every time we played you.<u+201d> story continued below but knight quickly got onto friendlier footing with the michigan spectators, telling them that <u+201c>we need a donald trump more than we<u+2019>ve ever needed anybody since george washington.<u+201d> <u+201c>and we need a donald trump, and i only know one, so that<u+2019>s the only son of a bitch we know is donald trump,<u+201d> knight said. <u+201c>we need him. you need him. your children need him. because we need to have somebody in there that<u+2019>s smart, that<u+2019>s tough and that loves the united states of america.<u+201d> by louis nelson knight was a three-time ncaa champion with the indiana hoosiers men<u+2019>s basketball team, and his 902 career victories are the second most all-time among division i men<u+2019>s coaches. but he is also famed as one of the most hot-tempered coaches in history, known for flinging a chair across the court to protest an official<u+2019>s call. knight left indiana in 2000 after a former player accused the coach of choking him. later, knight once again took the microphone, interrupting trump's speech to praise the manhattan billionaire for his dedication to the military. but after finishing that thought, knight added the applause line that his introductory remarks were lacking. <u+201c>now, you<u+2019>ve listened to him, you<u+2019>ve heard him talk, he<u+2019>s got a couple more things to say," knight said. "i<u+2019>m running out of things, but i<u+2019>m going to tell you one thing: in a donald trump administration, there will be no bullshit.<u+201d> once knight left the stage again, trump waded right back into the michigan-ohio state rivalry, heaping praise on another famous buckeye, the golfer jack nicklaus. the real estate mogul's remark that nicklaus is "such a winner" earned a tepid response from the michigan crowd. "and you know we also have the endorsement of a great, great guy: jack nicklaus. jack nicklaus. you talk about winners, jack is such a winner. bobby is such a winner. we have so many endorsements. we have so many endorsements from such great, great winners. we love jack.<u+201d> by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
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