September 23rd, 2014 at 4:52 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 4:53 PM ^
JUB hated Dave Brandon before it was cool to do so...this should be interesting
September 23rd, 2014 at 8:18 PM ^
I like JUB, but his campaign against DB has lost me completely. He just seems to have an axe to grind here and has lost objectivity. I dunno, he doesn't pull off "critic" very well and should stick with the more documentary type of stuff.
September 23rd, 2014 at 4:57 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:01 PM ^
*fart noise*
September 23rd, 2014 at 6:39 PM ^
You know you're a tire fire. I wouldn't call them a sports show. It's a variety show at best. A variety of $&@!
September 23rd, 2014 at 4:58 PM ^
Oh boi. This is now a national spectacle. At the very least, all this humiliation, may force someones hand. Either the regents cleanign house, or DB canning Hoke to save his skin. Either way, probably a win win
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:08 PM ^
I don't want Brandon to fire Hoke. I want Hoke to fire Brandon.
/EGordonGee'd
September 23rd, 2014 at 6:16 PM ^
DB must be pleased since any national exposure is good for the brand. Right Dave? Dave ... dave ... dave are you listening ? Never mind - think I'll have a Coke.
Go Blue!
September 23rd, 2014 at 7:32 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 8:01 PM ^
will you have a Coke and a smile?????
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:00 PM ^
and you listen to this?
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:02 PM ^
It's not so bad while Bacon is on. Only reason I checked it out was because he tweeted about it and I saw. I've lived away from Michigan for many years and have never heard these idiots, won't be back.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:05 PM ^
Big Ron and The Noodle?
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:06 PM ^
Whoever they are they just talk *#&% all the time.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:18 PM ^
from WRIF-101.
He hosted "Drew and Mike" in the mornings on the Riff for years.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:56 PM ^
Drew and Marc, right? They epitomize the dark side of sports radio ("meathead" is how another poster described them.) Just this or that side of Huge. I am really thankful to be able to listen to Sam Webb every morning, it's a luxury.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:05 PM ^
Some premiere head coaches won't come to Michigan as long as Brandon is AD. No names mentioned --
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:12 PM ^
PSU, OSU, Northwestern coaches kept asking John U if Brandon really sat in on film study with Hoke. They were chuckling, incredulous. No way they would have let their ADs do it.
September 23rd, 2014 at 6:29 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 7:09 PM ^
Dave Brandon and Jerry Jones analogies are real and scary.
September 23rd, 2014 at 7:16 PM ^
Jerry Jones actually played football in college and was pretty good at it. And for all his lunacy since then, he played a big role in revitalizing the Cowboys and building their '90's dynasty.
Jones is more like Al Davis, a guy with too much power and confidence who saw the game pass him by. Dave Brandon is like if the guy running Burger King for the last 10 years got put in charge of a sports team.
September 23rd, 2014 at 9:29 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 9:47 PM ^
If you count being on the scout team "playing".
September 23rd, 2014 at 9:54 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 10:02 PM ^
September 25th, 2014 at 12:19 AM ^
Not that being slightly better than Jerry Jones in this regard is really anything positive, but I still would say that a Div. 1 Scout team player would have a better understanding of college football than a Div 1 starter would of NFL football.
September 23rd, 2014 at 8:29 PM ^
I'm curious if Brandon is somehow the root of the problem with our football program right now. Something just doesn't add up to me. We have a head coach who is a terrific recruiter and who is the only high-profile head coach in America humble enough to actually defer to his (incredibly qualified) offensive and defensive coordinators. We've had almost no attrition and no serious scandals, and I think the fans and media want to like Hoke and co. because they're such good guys.
It's probably a reach, because this is probably ultimately a story about player development or lingering roster issues or a Borges hangover or something, but I have this weird feeling that the program would be in much better shape right now - even with the same coaching staff - if Brandon had split awhile ago.
September 23rd, 2014 at 10:04 PM ^
He should just stay the hell away from it.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:06 PM ^
why is bacon coming on a radio station?
something smells fishy.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:18 PM ^
Because he's a knowledgeable commentator with a good understanding of the situation who regularly appears on radio and TV?
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:41 PM ^
Written three good books on Michigan and college football? Writes columns in WSJ? Has been a regular on TKA for 12 years?
No, it just doesn't make any damned sense at all that he'd be on...
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:37 PM ^
Darker Blue, that can't be good news. Who buys and fries the bacon in your household?
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
jim used to do it.
but he left me for the promise of an adventure.
so now i have to do it.
and i'm bad at doing things.
September 23rd, 2014 at 6:09 PM ^
Lessons In Bacon Frying . . . Enjoy
September 23rd, 2014 at 10:07 PM ^
If your bacon smells like fish, you certainly are.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:09 PM ^
/headdesk
this is an awful situation any way you look at it
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:10 PM ^
Im turned off by Bacon and his grandeur.... he comes across as sexually uptight... and he has paraded his Bo favoritism quite well... but if he tries to undermine Brandon publicly on the radio, then F him.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:13 PM ^
This is a weird comment.
September 24th, 2014 at 11:55 AM ^
That's just about all one can say about it.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:15 PM ^
Always has hot GSAs...
And Brandon has undermined himself, Bacon will just point this out. Nothing that has happened to Michigan football was by another's doing. Brandon is the CEO.
September 23rd, 2014 at 6:22 PM ^
"Always has hot GSAs" is rather damning for a professor/lecturer, actually. JUB is a great critic of the AD and historian of the University. It would be a shame if he were abusing his position to get his jimmies.
September 23rd, 2014 at 10:11 PM ^
So now you're reduced to trying to smear a journalist with completely unsubstantiated allegations that John U Bacon is having illicit relations with graduate assistants purely on the basis that some random asshole on the internet says they're hot.
He just got married, for fuck's sake.
September 24th, 2014 at 6:14 PM ^
I like Bacon. I hope what that guy said isn't true, or is easily explainable some other way. But if it were true and had no obvious explanation, it would be bad news, because Bacon seems to be so great from what we know.
Direct your ire elsewhere.
September 24th, 2014 at 1:50 PM ^
First of all, the allegation isn't even true. He's had the same GSI for the last two years who is a women, but she was clearly chosen because of her background in and knowledge of college athletics. To say otherwise is completely ridiculous.
Secondly, John is definitely one of the top two professors I've had in three and a half years at Michigan. His knowledge of the school's athletic history and his passion for this University are second to nobody I've ever met. He's also incredibly candid and has far expanded on the hints he gives on the radio and in writing during his lectures and office hours. He is a totally reliable and knowegable source.
September 24th, 2014 at 6:15 PM ^
Your second paragraph is why I think it would suck so hard if indeed the suggestion that I was reacting to were true.
September 24th, 2014 at 7:53 PM ^
Well you can rest easy cause it's not.