by admin | Feb 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
February 11, 2011Press play to listen 45 years ago, the Super Bowl… wasn’t even the Super Bowl. They called it the NFL-AFL Championship Game, until one of the founders renamed it after watching his grandson play with a “High Bouncing Ball” – a super ball. ...
by admin | Jan 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
January 14, 2010As you know from the Bacon Blog last week, I’m working on a book about Michigan football. Titled Third and Long: Three Years with Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines, it will be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and will be on...
by admin | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
January 7, 2011Press play to listenFor the past three years I have been granted unfettered access to the Michigan football program, from the film room to the locker room, to write a book about what I’ve seen. Titled Third and Long: Three Years with Rich...
by admin | Dec 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
December 3, 2010Press play to listenBy beating Penn State on Saturday, Michigan State secured a share of its first Big Ten title in 20 years. It was a big game, but it was far from Michigan State’s biggest. The biggest game in the Spartans’ long...
by admin | Nov 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
Friday, November 26, 2010 If it seems like the Detroit Lions have played on Thanksgiving since it became a national holiday, it’s because they actually started seven years earlier. True, the Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving in October of 1621,...
by admin | Nov 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
November 19, 2010Press play to listen Since the Michigan and Wisconsin football teams first played each other in 1892, Michigan has won a decisive 80-percent of those games. The difference was one man: Bo Schembechler, who beat the Badgers 18 of 19...
