Most times, players laughed and shifted uncomfortably. They also stammered and, depending on the player, his eyes grew wide with anticipation for telling a story.

Think about it. In what you do, what’s the oddest thing someone has ever said to you? About you? About someone else?

Unfortunately for the fun factor of this, most players said anything entertaining had explicitives attached, so they didn’t want to recount the stories. Others, though, were OK with it.

Here are some of the oddest things they’ve heard on the football field, culled from Big Ten and MAC media days a couple of weeks ago:

BRETT SWENSON, Michigan State kicker: “At Notre Dame, I went to high school with two of the guys out there (Eds. Note: offensive linemen Dan Wenger and Sam Young) so whenever we would do field goals, they’ll all be yelling my name, the whole field goal block team, because they know me because of them. So they are always yelling and chanting my name and saying some stuff.

“Just saying I’m going to shank everything. “

MIKE KAFKA, Northwestern quarterback: “I don’t know if I could say it because there’s a swear word, but, all right. In high school, we made a MAC call to the Mike, MAC, MAC, MAC. The middle linebacker came up and was like ‘It’s Mack Daddy, (bleep).’ It was pretty funny.

“I was a sophomore playing up and it was cool to see happen.

“I was like, I just heard it. It was a run play so it didn’t matter so it was a fake call anyways. It was funny to see that, but it was a good conversation for after.”

KEITH SMITH, Purdue wide receiver: “One of my teammates in high school, he got a concussion and he called me his mom. Like ‘Hi, Mom.’ On the field while he was laying down, he said ‘Hi, Mom,’ called me his mom.

“That was our senior year, our last game, and that happened. So it was pretty funny. We definitely joked about it and when we watched film we rewinded it over and over and over again. So it was pretty funny.”

ANDY SCHMITT, Eastern Michigan quarterback: “’Look out.’ I was dropping back, it was two years ago, people always say about a ‘look out block.’ I was dropping back, settled a little bit and I heard a ‘Look out’ and sure enough, ‘Bamn.’ The O-lineman, he kind of whiffed a little bit and so I got a ‘look out’ block. That was one of the more ridiculous things I’ve ever heard. You always hear about people giving you a look out block. But to hear it. “It was against Ohio.”

MiQUALE LEWIS, Ball State running back: “I’ve heard some crazy things before. I don’t know. I mean, I always get height jokes, but that’s about it. Just get different jokes that they are up there, mad and saying stuff, and I’m like ‘Just look at the scoreboard.’ That’s about it. “It’s explicit stuff.”

WILL PATTERSON, Indiana linebacker: There was a racial thing, that was the craziest thing. Something about race. Yeah. I was mad but, I mean, it was high school, but we were winning, so it didn’t really matter.

JAMMIE KIRLEW, Indiana defensive end: “They are usually receivers talking to the corners or safeties. Usually. One guy from Purdue, he was saying something. I forgot what he was saying but he was like ‘Uh, uh, uh.’ I was like ‘Relax, man.’ “I don’t know what he was saying but usually no one says anything crazy to me.”

Got a funny question you want to hear asked to various athletes around Michigan and their opponents, send suggestions to michaelrothstein@annarbor.com.

Michael Rothstein covers University of Michigan basketball for annarbor.com. He can be reached at (734) 623-2558, by e-mail at michaelrothstein@annarbor.com or on Twitter @mikerothstein.