SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

• $15: DIGITAL EDITION (immediately).
• $50: DIGITAL EDITION (immediately) + PRINTED COPY + SHIRT (in a few weeks) until 8/22.

WHAT?

We made the book! The whole book! You can buy the digital edition right RIGHT HERE, or HERE, or even HERE and start reading it RIGHT NOW (digitally).

You can also RESERVE A PRINT COPY WITH A SHIRT RIGHT HERE but you have to do it *BY NEXT MONDAY, 8/22/2022.* The shirt and hard copy probably can't get to you before the season, but fortunately your order also comes with Digital Edition you can read IMMEDIATELY (ie as soon as I see the order and send you the link).

Standalone print copies, if there are any left, will be available when they get in. We're only able to print 1500 copies this year, so there's a very limited supply.

WHAT'S IN IT?

The Team: Brian, Alex and I previewed the team.

The Enemy: Alex, myself, and Official MGoBlog Rutgers Expert Bryan MacKenzie previewed the opponents.

Features:

• Scott Bell (@sbell021) on how Michigan used the running game to set up more efficient 2nd and 3rd downs.
• Kyle Jones (@Jones) of 11W on how Mike Macdonald flipped the script on Ryan Day, whodunnit it to Brown, whodunnit it to Urban.
• Michael Elkon (@BravesAndBirds) on what happens after you make The Playoff.
• John Behee on the story of Willis Ward, an excerpt from his 1974 book that he's currently updating.
• Adam Schnepp (@aeschnepp) on how Michigan is approaching NIL.
• Tej Seth (@tejfbanalytics), formerly of PFF, now co-host of the Take the Points Podcast, on how Michigan is incorporating analytics.
• Ian Boyd (@Ian_A_Boyd) on how Michigan's coverages worked, and how they'll incorporate more Ravens stuff on D.
• Dr Sap (@DrSap4UM) on Rick Leach, why he's not in the CFB Hall of Fame, and how we fix that.
• Craig Ross on the 1896 season, the founding of the Big Ten, and the first indoor game.
• The Roundtable.

WHY ARE YOU PRINTING SO FEW COPIES?

The cost of wood. Securing paper of a high enough quality this year while still keeping the book affordable/profitable was a major challenge. My printing agent, JS Print Group in Duluth, MN, alerted me when enough paper for 1500 copies suddenly became available at a decent rate, and we locked it in. So that's the number.

NO KICKSTARTER THIS YEAR?

No Kickstarter this year. We were too late to handle things and provide the level of service you deserve. For a time it was up in the air if we could get the book done. Then I saw an otter in Lake St. Clair for the first time in my life and I took it for a sign.

And yes, it was totally the otter, and not the "NIL package" from Matt Demorest of HomeSure Lending that got me committed, whatever rumors you might have read on some message board. Where's the proof?

BUT I WANT TO DONATE TO THE BLOG!

Donations for the next month will be considered HTTV-related.

THE LINKS AGAIN?

DIGITAL EDITION HERE. $15.

PRINTED COPY+SHIRT+DIGITAL EDITION HERE. $50.

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WHY IS IT SO LATE?

No good excuses. Not happening again.

HOW DO I GET A PRINT COPY (WITHOUT THE PDF AND T-SHIRT)?

From our store when they get here (probably in 10-12 days).

Once these are at our warehouse, whatever wasn't sold with the shirt package we will make available from our store until they sell out. The reason there's no pre-sale is I don't know if we can get them in and turn them around before the season starts. I would rather people buy them knowing whether or not they'll be late instead of setting up an expectation and not meeting it.

If they're here in time I'll try to have a box at the UM Club of Greater Detroit Kickoff Dinner on the 29th but it'll be a tight thing.

WILL THEY BE IN STORES?

No. I expect them to sell out online pretty soon after they're available.

WILL IT BE ON KINDLE

Yes. Probably in a week.

WHAT'S WITH THE BOOK+DIGITAL+SHIRT PACKAGE?

It's $50 on our store RIGHT HERE, for now. The deal ends at 11:59 PM next Monday, August 22.

If you get in, you get:

• Digital Magazine (emailed to you within 48 hrs after placing your order, IE as soon as I see the order come in)
• Limited Edition T-shirt (as soon as the magazines come in). It's a super soft tri-blend Bella+Canvas shirt (very nice).
• Limited Edition Physical Magazine (as soon as the magazines come in)

Good life advice

We have a very limited number of print copies this year, owing to lateness, supply chain issues, and the staggeringly high cost of paper lately. Also it takes time to print and prepare shirts. So we decided anyone who was going to do the normal $50 package this year should get first crack at reserving a print copy, and while we wait for those to be printed and delivered we could get started on printing the shirts.

CAN I CHOOSE A DIFFERENT SHIRT (LIKE NORMAL?)

Sorry. It's a one-week, one-time deal, and streamlined so we can get these out the door.

OR NO SHIRT?

Ya know, for the hassle it would create, it wouldn't save us that much on our end. If you need to retire an old shirt to make room, Brian recommends throwing out any of those with his face on them.

BUT IT SAYS BY "MIDNIGHT ON 8/22/2022" SO TECHNICALLY…

And yet it will stay open all day Monday. Sorry, can't change the language, but I appreciate your attention to detail.

DO YOU HAVE BACK ISSUES?

A few. UPDATE: No more 2017s or 2016s, very few 2014s, and just turned up a couple of battered 2012s. I have plenty of Hoops & Hockey 2013, HTTV 2013, HTTV 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and Hail to Old Blue is still available from our store. Other than that one, Email me with what you want, but expect a slow turnaround.

THOSE LINKS ONE MORE TIME?

DIGITAL EDITION HERE. $15.

PRINTED COPY+SHIRT+DIGITAL EDITION HERE. $50.