Jereme Richmond speaks

"I had a great time at U of I. That's the thing that people don't understand. They think of it as, 'What happened between him and the staff?' The staff was great. I enjoyed every second of my teammates. Coach Weber still stays in contact with my mother and father. Coach [Jerrance] Howard as everyone knows has been one of my mentors and kind of like an older brother figure for a long time. I still talk to Crandall [Head] and D.J. [Richardson.] I still check on Meyers [Leonard] and the all guys to see how they're doing. There's no ill feeling toward U of I."...

"The situation with Brandon is it just was a situation where emotions were very high," Richmond said. "We went into the Michigan game expecting to win, and we didn't win. Obviously two competitors, we just got into it. At the same time, people don't understand Brandon and I have known each other for many years. After the situation happened, it was immediately squashed. There was no ill feelings toward me and him. People get it misconstrued, but at the same time it's a situation where two young man had it out. That's all."

Scott Powers