by johnubacon | May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
This week basketball coach John Beilein announced he was leaving the University of Michigan for the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. It was shocking, but understandable, since Beilein always wanted to coach at the highest level. But it is also a commentary on college...
by johnubacon | May 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
HELLO AGAIN, LOYAL READERS! I should have told you before I went on hiatus that, well, I was going on hiatus. The reason was a good one: deep in the writer’s cave to finish my next book, OVERTIME: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads...
by johnubacon | Jan 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
This season, four Michigan college football teams qualified for bowl games, and a fifth, Ferris State, made it to the finals of the Division II playoffs. But when all five teams lost their last game, it left thousands of fans in despair. Today we consider the...
by johnubacon | Dec 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
When I was 15, I went to YMCA Camp Hayo-Went-Ha on Torch Lake. The camp director there, Pat Rode changed my life, and thousands of others. To listen to the audio, click play. I first met Pat Rode (pronounced Roadie) in the summer of 1980. I...
by johnubacon | Dec 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
This winter, 39 college football bowl games have invited 78 teams to play in their stadiums. Sounds great, right? But that’s way too many – especially when most bowls can’t fill the seats, and the teams lose money. So why do this? The people who run all...
by johnubacon | Dec 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
INTRO: On Sunday, all the bowls sent out their invitations to some 78 college football teams. Michigan received a bid for the Peach Bowl in Atlanta. Michigan fans aren’t too happy about that, and some other developments, but they might reconsider their good fortune....
