SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Mike Sanford was not able to row the boat in a literal sense during a friendly visit to P.J. Fleck's Kalamazoo-area home in February.
The conditions weren't right.
"It was a little too late and unfortunately the lake was a little frozen, but he did give me his 'Row the Boat' stir sticks," Sanford recalled. "I have a couple in my basement with the 'RTB' on it."
You can believe, however, that Notre Dame's 34-year-old, second-year offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach is on board with Fleck, the likewise young and vibrant head coach at Western Michigan University.