Brian is Like a Terrorist, According to David A. Brandon

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From Brandon's Lasting Lessons:

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BornInA2

August 21st, 2015 at 7:46 PM ^

If ever there was an example of beating an entirely dead and decayed and fossilized horse, this book would be it. I cannot imagine spending money for it, or even reading it if was given to me. I'd rather pull off a fingernail with a pliers.

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EGD

August 21st, 2015 at 7:51 PM ^

The book covers events that occurred less than one year ago.  The subject matter concerns probably the most intriguing story in college football, if not all of college sports, over the past year--and certainly the one most relevant to the Michigan sports fan community.  The book presumably contains new information about those events that is not yet in the public domain, and gives persepctives and opinions from people close to the situtation.  if you sincerely believe this matter constitutes dead horse beating, then it can only be because you're a close-minded person who has already made up his or her mind about what happened and is resistant to new information.

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EGD

August 22nd, 2015 at 6:27 AM ^

I am not sure what point you are trying to make. This is a blog for people who follow Michigan sports. Bacon's book is obviously going to be very interesting to people who follow Michigan sports. If you don't follow Michigan sports, why are you here? Are you lonely? Are you a troll? Seriously, WTF? I will grant you that the people who read this blog care the most about the story. But lots of people read this blog. I personally happen to think the story has significantly broader appeal, but even if it doesn't, so what? I don't personally have much interest in, say, knitting. But if somebody wrote a compelling new book about knitting, I wouldn't go onto a knitting website and tell people their book was stupid and that nobody else cares.

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Sam1863

August 22nd, 2015 at 11:24 AM ^

"...I wouldn't go onto a knitting website and tell people their book was stupid and that nobody else cares." Sure, you wouldn't - but unfortunately, there are plenty of other people who haven't figured out that there's a difference between wanting to say something, and having something worthwhile to say. To these people, there's really only one response: Quit knitting and go to bed.

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