dave brandon had-called to be fired. last week brandon promised to lower prices next year, but it wasn't enough to appease fans. students plan to district thousands of fire dave brandon t-shirts for this saturday's homecoming game. at a press conference brandon felt it would be in the school's best interest for him to leave his post, and it was agreed. >> he and i had been working closely, as you might imagine, through the controversial events of recent weeks. and we've discussed the best way to set the athletic program in a stronger and positive direction, we've been working closely together on that. it was dave that mentioned and raised the prospect of his decision to resign, and as i mentioned this was a couple of days ago, and i accepted that decision. >> brandon is being replaced by retired grand rapids businessman jim hackett on an interim basis. hackett graduated from the university of michigan in the 1970's and he played football. bisi onile-ere, al jazeera, detroit. >> and an unusual rescue south of st. louis. a