by johnubacon | Jan 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
[Click here to hear the audio from Michigan Radio: Getting Bowled Over] The college football bowl season has always been a little crazy – but most of that used to be fun crazy. But lately, it’s been turning bad crazy – and fast. Here’s why. Michigan played in the...
by johnubacon | Jan 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
(Listen to the audio version, just by clicking! Sugar Bowl 2012) The Big Ten is still considered one of the nation’s top leagues, despite its frequent belly flops in bowl games. This year, the Big Ten placed a record ten teams in bowl games – then watched them drop,...
by johnubacon | Dec 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Here’s the second batch of the Q&A that appeared in MGoBlog this week. -JUB 8) FIRING PROCESS. What did Dave Brandon say in his 2 hour meeting with Rich Rod the day before he was fired? Everyone including Rodriguez thought he’d be fired so why string...
by johnubacon | Dec 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dear Loyal Readers, First, thanks to so many of you for coming out to see the book tour this fall, and the many folks who helped make it so successful. We finished a 12-state, 33 stop tour, meeting over 2000 people and signing some 2,200 books. THANK YOU! As you...
by johnubacon | Dec 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren said, “I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.” But this year, the sports page had plenty of both. Sad to say, bad news tends to...
by johnubacon | Dec 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Hello, Loyal Readers, from Austin, Texas! Alas, zipping through 33 events coast-to-coast in some 50 days finally caught up to me this week, and my voice became so rough at the end of my speeches this week that Michigan Radio and I agreed that no one wanted to hear it...