by johnubacon | Mar 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Hello, Loyal Readers: As most of you probably know, I’m working hard to finish my latest book, “Endzone: The Rise, Fall and Return of Michigan Football,” which will be published by St. Martin’s Press on Sept. 1 — if I get it done soon...
by johnubacon | Mar 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
[Author’s Note: This piece is the longer version of my story that ran in the Wall Street Journal, on line Thursday, and in the paper Friday. http://www.wsj.com/articles/michigans-jim-harbaugh-a-wolverine-is-on-the-loose-1426174025] When Jim Harbaugh was...
by johnubacon | Feb 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
NOTE: This week, Brian Cook of MGoBlog asked me a bunch of questions about my upcoming book, “Endzone: The Rise, Fall and Return of Michigan Football,” which is due out September 1. The publisher posted it on Amazon and B&N on Monday, and it’s...
by johnubacon | Feb 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Under head coach Tom Izzo, the Spartans have been to 17 straight NCAA tournaments, made it to 6 final fours and won it all in 2000 – while graduating 81 percent of his players. Not too shabby. Thanks partly to the tough schedule Izzo puts together, his teams tend to...
by johnubacon | Feb 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Everyone has been calling Super Bowl Sunday a national holiday for so long, it’s almost true. It’s great because everyone can play, no matter your religion, or even if you don’t like football. So, it’s time to break it all down, Coach Bacon style, starting with the...
by johnubacon | Jan 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Big Ten entered the bowl season battered from a brutal decade. How bad was it? Michigan’s sworn enemies, Michigan State and Ohio State, had given up hating the Wolverines. What was the point? The Spartans and the Buckeyes could barely remember the last time the...
