Editor's note: Free Press columnist Jeff Seidel and photographer Romain Blanquart are in Rome this week covering U-M football’s trip in words, videos and images on all Freep platforms, so check back all week for coverage.
ROME -- The Michigan football team played paintball this morning during its week-long visit to Italy.
The sightseeing is on hold, maybe to rest up for a big day in the Vatican on Wednesday. The first of three football practices start Thursday.
A team led by assistant coach Pep Hamilton claimed the Wolverines' first Classificato Toreno paintball championship today.