[Ed. 9/3 An important note: I received an advance/uncorrected copy of the book this summer and wrote a review (now posted here) in early July, and shortly after sent the below questions to Bacon. He replied this afternoon so here you go. Fourth And Long hit stores today.] ————————————————————————————– MVictors: One surprise for Michigan fans is that one of the heroes of the book is Buckeye Zach Boren. Given the events with his brother Justin and Justin’s portrayal in 3&O, was there a process involved getting him to talk to you about for this book? Did you address the Justin portrayal with him? Did their old man (Mike, a Bo man of course) get involved and/or clear the way? Bacon: Interviewing Zach Boren was actually very simple, and straightforward. He was clearly a central part of the Buckeyes’ surprising story, so OSU’s PR man, Jerry Emig – who was consistently helpful — set up an interview with him and several other Buckeye players, staffers and lettermen, not to mention lots of time with Urban Meyer. Zach and I had a very good talk – I was upfront about my books – but on the walk back to Coach Meyer’s office, he turned and said, “Wait, you’re the guy who wrote about my brother in the last book!” He told me…