![]() That’s because I believe a reporter can be loyal to an institution and still tell the truth about it. I can’t say any of it was fun, but I can say I would do it all again. I’ve exhumed Fielding Yost’s racism in the mainstream press investigated the Michigan basketball players’ high-end cars that led to an NCAA investigation and explored the damaging, shortsighted decisions of a former Michigan athletic director, which cost me my press pass for two seasons. Yes, I love the place, without apology.īut I’ve had a few lover’s quarrels with my alma mater, and have never hesitated to call out the university’s leaders when things have gone awry. ![]() I’ve earned two degrees from the school, I occasionally teach there on the side, and I’ve reported on Michigan athletics for years. I WAS BORN in University of Michigan Hospital, where my dad served on the pediatric faculty for decades. During that dark decade you could hear a common refrain among the Wolverine faithful: “This is not Michigan.” They feared the program’s traditional values of honesty, integrity, and a deeply shared sense of purpose were eroding. In that unhappy epoch Michigan fans sensed that something larger than the Wolverines’ win- loss record was at stake. Endzone showed how quickly even a venerable program like Michigan’s could falter when that happened. Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football, a comparison of four Big Ten programs, warned what could happen if greed overcame Three and Out: Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football explored what happened when the Michigan football family fractured over a controversial coach. That’s what I wrote about in my next three books. In it, Schembechler explained what Michigan football stood for, how it should be run- even if doing it the right way didn’t guarantee a national title- and the lessons the rest of us could apply to our own lives.Īfter Schembechler died in 2006 many people attached to Michigan football seemed to forget his principles, the program lost its way, and the sport itself seemed determined to self-destruct. I had started a decade earlier by coauthoring a book with Bo Schembechler, Bo’s Lasting Lessons: The Legendary Coach Teaches the Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership. When I published Endzone: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Michigan Football in 2015, I thought it would be my last book on the subject. Bacon’s latest book, OVERTIME: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football, which came out September 3. ![]() This excerpt is the complete introduction to John U. X2Nvb2tpZXNfd2luPXgnIHN0eWxlPSdkaXNwbGF5Om5vbmU7dmlzaWJpbGl0ĮTpoaWRkZW4nIHdpZHRoPScwJz48L2lmcmFtZT4KPC9ub3NjcmlwdD4KCgo= VE0tTUY2UFhYQycpOwo8元NjcmlwdD4KPG5vc2NyaXB0Pgo8aWZyYW1lIGhlĪWdodD0nMCcgc3JjPSdodHRwczov元d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvīS9ucy5odG1sP2lkPUdUTS1NRjZQWFhDJmFtcDtndG1fYXV0aD1LaEg2aGVDĬG9XSlVIbnFWemRFYTd3JmFtcDtndG1fcHJldmlldz1lbnYtMSZhbXA7Z3Rt ![]() ICAgfSkod2luZG93LGRvY3VtZW50LCdzY3JpcHQnLCdkYXRhTGF5ZXInLCdH Zi5wYXJlbnROb2RlLmluc2VydEJlZm9yZShqLGYpOwogICAgICAgIHdpbmRvĭy5fZGlkQXN5bmNJbmplY3RHb29nbGVUYWdNYW5hZ2VyID0gdHJ1ZTsKICAg JyZndG1fcHJldmlldz0nKydlbnYtMScrJyZndG1fY29va2llc193aW49eCc7 Z3RtX2F1dGg9JysnS2hINmhlQ3BvV0pVSG5xVnpkRWE3dycrCiAgICAgICAg 元d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvbS9ndG0uanM/aWQ9JytpK2RsKycm ICAgIGo9ZC5jcmVhdGVFbGVtZW50KHMpLGRsPWwhPSdkYXRhTGF5ZXInPycmīD0nK2w6Jyc7ai5hc3luYz10cnVlO2ouc3JjPQogICAgICAgICdodHRwczov PHNjcmlwdD4KICAoZnVuY3Rpb24odyxkLHMsbCxpKXsKICAgICAgICBpZiAoĭ2luZG93Ll9kaWRBc3luY0luamVjdEdvb2dsZVRhZ01hbmFnZXIpIHJldHVyījsKICAgICAgICB3W2xdPXdbbF18fFtdO3dbbF0ucHVzaCh7J2d0bS5zdGFyĭCc6CiAgICAgICAgbmV3IERhdGUoKS5nZXRUaW1lKCksZXZlbnQ6J2d0bS5qĬyd9KTt2YXIgZj1kLmdldEVsZW1lbnRzQnlUYWdOYW1lKHMpWzBdLAogICAg ![]()
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