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Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
November 2011
On Sale: October 25, 2011
448 pages
ISBN: 0809094665
EAN: 9780809094660
Hardcover
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The national spotlight never strays from the University of
Michigan football team. More people have seen the Wolverines
play football--in person and on TV--than any other team in
the nation. Michigan boasts the most wins, the best winning
percentage, the biggest stadium, the most alumni, the most
heated rivalries, and the richest tradition in the game. As
their famed fight song proclaims, the Wolverines are
"Victors valiant. conqu'ring heroes. Or they were, until 2008. The brilliant but star-crossed
Rich Rodriguez led the young Wolverines through three of the
program's toughest seasons. With the entire sports world
watching, they enjoyed thrilling victories and suffered
heartbreaking losses, often falling short in the
winner-take-all struggle of big-time college football. Day
after day for three years, John U. Bacon watched the drama
unfold, from the sidelines to the locker room to the meeting
rooms and even the homes of the players and coaches. No
sportswriter has ever been granted more intimate access to a
top-flight college football program. Now Bacon--an
award-winning journalist and coauthor of Bo's Lasting
Lessons--has written a narrative saga in the vein of Friday
Night Lights and Season on the Brink. His story is one of
hopes raised and dashed; of reputations pumped up, then
punctured; and of coaches and youngsters striving to satisfy
the demands of a culture that values winning above all else
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