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Endzone is a fascinating look into a maddening era at the University of Michigan, an era in which we Wolverines, as a people, lost our way—& almost lost our collective soul. Like all great powers, we were undone not by enemies from without but by treason from within, in this instance principally perpetrated by reviled former Michigan football player & Athletic Director Dave Brandon. This tale of betrayal, rebellion, & redemption might be interesting to those whose hearts do not thrill to the playing of "The Victors," but I wouldn't know; I do not pretend to be anything but an ardent Michigan partisan.

Part I: 1979-2007—The Rise
Part II: 2010—The Brandon Era Begins
Part III: 2011—Hoke's Honeymoon
Part IV: 2012—Welcome to 2012
Part V: 2013—Jumping Off the Bandwagon
Part VI: 2014—The Fall
Part VII: 2014—The Return

The missing years, 2007-2010, are covered in great detail in the John U. Bacon book I am currently reading, Three and Out.

The really curious thing about Endzone is the odd frequency of typographical errors: misspelled words, essential words—such as nouns & verbs—missing from some sentences, & other sentences repeated. My hope is that the manuscript will be proofread anew before the paperback publication. What the heck, St. Martin's Press?

Recently
Edward P. Hahnenberg, A Concise Guide to the Documents of Vatican II
Jon Baird, with Kevin Costner & Stephen Meyer, illustrated by Rick Ross, The Explorers Guild, Volume One: A Passage to Shambhala
John U. Bacon, Endzone: The Rise, Fall, & Return of Michigan Football

Currently
John U. Bacon, Three and Out: Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football
Pope Francis, Amoris Lætitia (The Joy of Love)

Presently
Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations ***paused***
Richard Price, Clockers
Sir Richard Francis Burton, translator, "Sinbad the Sailor" from The Arabian Nights
Sir Ernest Shackleton, South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage
Hilaire Belloc, How the Reformation Happened
William F. Buckley Jr., The Unmaking of a Mayor
Scott & Kimberly Hahn, Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism
Margaret MacMillan, Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World