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President Schlissel Announces Dave Brandon’s Resignation; Jim Hackett Named...
Interim AD Jim Hackett speaks as President Mark Schlissel looks on. [Anbender/MGoBlog] “This morning I accepted the resignation of athletic director David Brandon.” Adam will have the full—and...
View ArticleFans and students help force out Michigan AD Dave Brandon: Doug Lesmerises...
Three years ago, it was another group, the media, that Ohio State admitted helped force its hand on Jim Tressel's resignation. COLUMBUS, Ohio — You have to win. You can’t break the rules. In that...
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President Schlissel Presser 10-31-14
[Anbender/MGoBlog] President Schlissel: “Good afternoon everybody, and thank you for coming. This morning I accepted the resignation of Athletic Director David Brandon. Dave feels that it would be in...
View ArticleSights and Sounds | Michigan 34, Indiana 10
Last week I talked about finding the “bottom”, that is, the end of the spiral of crappy things happening to this football team. I don’t know if we’re there, but out there before the game Saturday you...
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Monday Presser 11-3-14: Brady Hoke
file News bullets and other items: Hoke found out from Brandon that he would be resigning on Friday Hoke will have a meeting with Hackett “sooner than later” Peppers is getting better but isn’t where...
View ArticleMichigan Wolverine Football: Good Call / Bad Call
Posted at 12:00pm — 11/5/2014 Michigan Wolverine Football: Good Call / Bad Call Good Call: Our reporting about Drake Johnson. Now you can see why we felt he was our best back. Bad Call: David Brandon....
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Bounces
A note. UFR tomorrow. Life things. Open practice. Basketball had one, and it was fun. The most interesting segment was an “overtime” period in which a mostly first-team unit took on a mostly...
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Unverified Voracity Explores Combovers
Tonight! Or rather this afternoon. Evening? What is 5PM anyway? Ace is stopping by Tisch Hall to talk about his experience as a history major who made his way in the world. He's “ventured into the real...
View ArticleMichigan Wolverine Football: Just a Few Things
Posted at 4:00pm — 11/18/2014 Michigan Wolverine Football: Just a Few Things Just a Few Things to Get Off My Chest 1) I just get tired of people who claim they are “insiders” and continue to use the...
View ArticleOhio State vs. Michigan: Why isn’t The Game called the Dr. Pepper Ohio...
“We would absolutely have an interest in finding a creative solution to corporately brand the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry and The Game,” said Ohio State' IMG rep, Ray DeWeese. COLUMBUS, Ohio — A bank?...
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Michigan seeks help from PR firm to correct image problem
The University of Michigan knows it has an image problem to address, and the school has hired Edelman, a PR firm, to help turn a corner. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Michigan is...
View ArticleMichigan Wolverine Football: A Thought on the “Michigan” Brand
Michigan Wolverine Football: A Thought on the “Michigan” Brand It is interesting to hear the comments from potential recruits when asked about “What do you know about Michigan”? Most respond that it...
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THE FAILURE
“In the world of branding, you build what’s called brand equity” -Dave Brandon, Michigan Athletic Director, 2010-2014 [Eric Upchurch] I’m pretty mad about Dave Brandon on the internet, but in real life...
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Failure Follow-Up
a more pleasant item to lead the blog When I write of thing of that length that I figure will stand as one of the things people think about when they think about MGoBlog, I like to talk about the...
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Q&A: John U. Bacon On His New Book, Endzone
Mark the date: September 1, 2015. Two days before the Harbaugh era officially kicks off, John U. Bacon's latest book—Endzone: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Michigan Football—hits the shelves, and it's...
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Geoffery Presser 9-24-19
Can you describe the incident from your point of view? I was aware I was not aware of a situation that may or may not have developed near the Legos. There was a small child in the aisle who was...
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Unverified Voracity Buzz Buzz Buzz
Decent turnout in Indy [Mike Spath] All the Harbaugh. We haven’t had any, you know, games yet but so far the Harbaugh era has absolutely lived up to its promise. CFB Twitter’s hottest weekend topics:...
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Unverified Voracity Brings Out The Joe Tiller In You
HTTV on Kindle! We have a Kindle edition of the book. We had to drop a lot of the pictures and formatting because of Kindle restrictions and we don’t have to print it, so it’s a bit cheaper than the...
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Endzone: The Minnesota Aftermath
Hello. This is an excerpt from “ENDZONE: The Rise, Fall, And Return of Michigan Football” that John Bacon allowed us to run if I would once more refer to the book by its actual name instead of...
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Summer 2015 Survey Results
We had a survey, 3,556 people responded to it. We learned some things about them: 1. They only get to a few games The average was two a year but the split is more like 26% go to no games, 36% get to...
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