DEXTER -- Embattled Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon did not shed much light Tuesday night on emails allegedly from his university email account made public by a popular U-M fan blog.

In a post on mgoblog.com, a series of contentious email conversations allegedly between Brandon and fans were reproduced with claims that none of the conversations have been doctored. The report contains emails identified as from Brandon that are critical of fans' opinions and dismissive of their critiques.

Asked Tuesday for a response to the reaction surrounding those alleged emails, the fifth-year athletic director called it "nonsense." He declined to expand on the validity of the emails, neither confirmed nor denied their authenticity and did not comment on the perception of the athletic department,

"I don't read blogs so I think it's nonsense," Brandon told MLive, while exiting the Ann Arbor Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Recognition Dinner at Zingerman's Cornman Farms on Tuesday night.

"I'm here to get an award tonight, so I appreciate you showing up, but that's not why I'm here," added Brandon, who alongside a handful of staff members represented the U-M athletic department as recipients of an award recognizing the department for its key roles in tourism and its impact on Ann Arbor's economy.

Upon the blog publishing the emails, Brandon and the Michigan athletic department were again the subject of criticism and critique by national media members and fans.

Asked earlier Tuesday to confirm or deny whether the emails in the report were indeed authentic, a Michigan spokesman told MLive, "There's nothing else to add."

Amid numerous public relations controversies to swirl around U-M in recent months, Brandon recently went on a daylong media blitz to address his management of the athletic department and what is perceived as a disconnect between he and the fan base.

"We need to figure out a way to reconnect," he said. "Everything's up on the table in terms of 'how do we work together?' General admission didn't work, we've learned from that and worked with student groups and organizations to work what we've done this season. And I don't define going from 20,000 (student season tickets) to 12,000 as working. So we've taken two strikes at this thing.

"In neither case have we gotten the outcome we're looking for. We have to come up with another plan."

Still facing heavy speculation surrounding his job status, Brandon was asked Tuesday about the current state of conversations between himself and Michigan president Mark Schlissel.

"I meet with President Schlissel regularly," Brandon said. "He's my boss."

Nick Baumgardner contributed to this report.

Brendan F. Quinn covers University of Michigan basketball and football. Follow him on Twitter for the latest on Wolverines hoops. He can be contacted at bquinn@mlive.com