From the peaks to the pits. And back again

That’s the always-fascinating, often-frustrating story of Michigan State sports. And nobody tells it with more ringing authority or more inside straight skinny than award-winning reporter Lynn Henning.

Henning discovered and tells the inside story of a football coaching courtship never consummated, a bizarre marriage that would have rocked college football.

Who was pushing the revolving doors in the MSU athletic department that saw controversial figures swept in as questionable appointees were broomed out?

Nick Saban, Tom Izzo ... what drove these two coaches to build pre-eminent programs and then take such different paths when opportunities knocked on the heels of their stunning success?

Following up his acclaimed original Spartan Seasons of twenty years ago, Henning had to tap into investigative reportorial skills honed during a thirty-two year career to solve mysteries and ferret out the story behind the story. He spent countless hours and traveled many miles to interview the principal players in these sagas.