Losing A Little More of College Football’s Soul

by | Sep 28, 2012 | Uncategorized

[To listen to the audio version, click here: Michigan-NotreDame Rivalry Ending 9-28-12] The only constant is change. Yeah, yeah.  We know that – and in case we didn’t, there’s always some office blowhard too eager to say it, as if he just came up with it, and it’s the...

In Appreciation of Denard Robinson

by | Sep 20, 2012 | Uncategorized

[To listen to the audio version, click here: Bacon_Final_for_air_9-21] Last week, the University of Michigan football team beat up University of Massachusetts, 63-13.  Okay, U-Mass was pretty bad.  Even the lowly Indiana Hoosiers crushed them the week before.  But the...

Is There Life After High School?

by | Aug 23, 2012 | Uncategorized

[To hear the audio version, click here: Reunion 2012] I know a lot of people who look forward to their high school reunions, others who dread them, and still others who avoid them like the plague.  My brother falls squarely in the third category.  “If I was that eager...

Olympic Sports — from the Sublime to the Silly

by | Aug 2, 2012 | Uncategorized

[To listen to the audio, click here: Bacon_final_Olympic_satire_8-3-2012] The London Olympics features 26 summer sports, with 39 disciplines, and 302 separate competitions, in a desperate attempt to get everyone to watch. As a result, the International Olympic...