Overtime

Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football

De: John U. Bacon

Narrado por: Johnny Heller

For the past year, John U. Bacon has received unprecedented access to Jim Harbaugh’s University of Michigan football team: coaches, players, and staffers, in closed-door meetings, locker rooms, meals, and classes. Overtime captures this storied program at the crossroads, as the sport’s winningest team battles to reclaim its former glory. But what if the price of success today comes at the cost of your soul? Do you pay it, or compete without compromising?

Overtime delivers a riveting and revealing insider's account of the Harbaugh era, a deeply reported human portrait of a big-time college football program.

In the spirit of HBO’s Hardknocks, Overtime follows the Wolverine coaches, players, and staffers through the 2018 season, including Harbaugh, offensive stars Shea Patterson and Karan Higdon, NFL-ready defensive standouts Rashan Gary, Devin Bush Jr., and Chase Winovich, second-stringers striving to find their place on the team, and their parents’ reactions to it all. Bacon met with them every week during a season that saw the Wolverines ride a ten-game winning streak to #4 in the nation, then take a beating at the hands of arch-rival Ohio State, led by controversial coach Urban Meyer, Harbaugh’s foil. Overtime also previews the crucial 2019 campaign ahead.

Above all, this is a human story. In Overtime we not only discover what these public figures are like behind the scenes, we learn what the experience means to them as they go through it – the trials, the triumphs, and the unexpected answers to a central question: Is it worth it?

From the “poet laureate of Michigan football” (according to New York Times’s Joe Drape), and one of the keenest observers of college football, Overtime offers a window into a legendary program and the sport itself that only John U. Bacon could deliver.

great inside look into Michigan football

great inside look into the 2018 season of Michigan football. 2019 is not looking good and hoping Jim is out

Hail to the Victors

An uplifting story about the heart of Michigan football. From a biased reviewer. Go Blue!

EVEN BETTER

I consider this book a squeal to end zone. It an even more personal look into not only the people but the values the university believes in. It tells the story of some players and coaches interspersed with the ups and downs of a season.
Adding mire would lessen the reading experience. I almost forgot the narration was perfect.

Another great Michigan football book from John U.

This is the fourth book I have from John U. Bacon. His ability to get the unknown, valuable insight make his books special. As a long time U of Michigan fan, he brings you more inside, turning back the curtain in to how much they care and value student-athletes values.

Michigan football!

Just great …worth the read …it’s a must read if you love Michigan football . So much fun.Hail to the victors!