A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER One of the best insider-football
books ever written." --Douglas Brinkley A riveting chronicle of
Michigan's Jim Harbaugh era, and an unprecedented look at the inner
workings (Sporting News) of a big-time college football program For
the past year, John U. Bacon has received rare 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? In the spirit
of HBO's Hardknocks, Overtime delivers a deeply reported human
portrait that 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.
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