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Poor, poor, poor Sparty!

It didn't take long for Sparty to come out swing with every cliche' in the book.  Here's a really funny, yet sad e-mail that I got today from a Spartan fan named Nick....poor, poor thing....

Wow.  

One quality win and you think the worldd is back on its axis in Ann Arbor. 

The season is 12 games long.  Let me know if  you feel the same way in late November.  

Were Appalachian State and Toledo just bad dreams  that you have now chosen to forget?

Have you now decided to send your check to the U of M alumni association to pay for Dick Rod’s contract?  Oh wait, you didn't’t go to school thereyou just like to jump on their bandwagon when it goes past your house . 

Why are you worried about what is going on in E.  Lansing?  Did the last twelve months stick in your craw a little bit?

Good Luck against Ohio State this year.  May be this will be the year Michigan finally beats the Buckeyes.  I hope that those Lilliputian linemen will be able to defend Forcer, or whoever  has survived the Big 10 season at quarterback   for Michigan by the time you get to play the Buckeyes.

Are you still following the swimming team  like you did last year when it was your only winning program?   By the way, I hear the Michael Phelps is next year’s honorary hash bash grand marshal.

I think I feel better now, but probably not as good as you did when you wrote your blog.

I'll respond to the poor guy's mindless babble, but the fact is MSU's bandwagon ran straight into a ditch Saturday and Dantonio's ascension to mythical status must be delayed.

Dear Poor Sparty,

1.  No, one big win didn't put the world back on its axis, MSU's BIG LOSS helped too.

2.  App. State and Toledo were last year and the year before, it doesn't have any bearing on TODAY so poor Sparty throwing it around doesn't really bother me.  If Michigan loses to Delaware State, then you have something.

3.  Nope, didn't go to Michigan.  Wish I could have, never wished I coulda gone to Spartyville.  Not once, nope, never!  I'm hardly on the bandwagon, been a Michigan fan since I was a kid.  Sorry.

4.  No, the last twelve months haven't been a big deal to me, a little disappointing yes, but nothing major.

5.  Don't worry yourself about Michigan and OSU, it doesn't concern you.  Worry more about what's going to happen October 3rd in E.L.

So there you have it, a poor, upset Sparty flailing away and anything to demean the Michigan program.  Somebody has an inferiority complex AGAIN!  Funnty, they didn't feel inferior until about 3:30 Saturday. LOL

William Campbell embarrassed himself on national TV.

I know most of you are thrilled that Cass Tech lineman Will Campbell has chosen Michigan, but I agree with Mick McCabe's article that the whole process was ridiculous. 

First Campbell commits to Michigan, then he withdraws his commitment, then he tells reporters at the US Army All-American game that Michigan is off his list.

Bo Schembechler is rolling over in his grave because of Campbell's antics.  He only de-commited so he could announce on National TV.  He was going to Michigan the whole time but the kid wanted face time on National TV so he threw the process open again.

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Then they get him on TV and he shucks and jives his way through the announcement, even giving the LSU hat on the table a "fake" before finally picking up the Michigan hat and making it official.

I know these types of situations are only going to increase and get worse, but Will's family should have shown him a better way to present himself to the country.  I think he'll look back and be embarrassed by the way he acted.

OSU blows again...

I don't know how most Michigan fans feel about OSU getting hammered for the second straight year, but I love it.  Not because I really care but I don't think you can cheer for Jim Tressel to win another National Championship.  He's already got a huge leg up in the series with Michigan and another title would make it very difficult for Rich Rodriguez.  He's already getting too many great recruits for my taste.  I would like to see the Big Ten win, but face it, another OSU National Title under Tressel would be a huge edge in the recruiting battle.  I think super recruit Terrell Pryor would be very enamored with OSU if they won this game.  Thankfully it appears they are going to lose badly to LSU.

The big losers in this years bowl season were the "Jesus triplets," Jim Tressel (OSU), Bob Stoops (Oklahoma) and Urban Myer (Florida).  All of the genius coaches lost their bowl games, two as heavy favorites in Meyer and Stoops and one in embarrassing fashion, "Jesus Tressel."

The only question now is, do we get a split National Title?

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SEC, Tebow? Please!

Meet Tim Tebow's girlfriend after today's performance.

Michigan survived today to deal Florida its fourth loss of the season.

Some things we can put to rest.

• The SEC "superiority" deal that we have to listen to every fall.  The SEC is a great conference but so are the Big Ten and Big 12.  The SEC seems to think they have the market cornered on speed when they clearly don't.    Say what you want about the SEC, but a lot of them don't play defense.

Michigan isn't dead yet.  I know a lot of people want to bury Michigan, but they still clearly have enough talent coming to Ann Arbor every year to compete for a BCS title.  Rich Rodriguez should provide better coaching and a fresh approach so this may indeed be the beginning of a great season at Michigan.  Remember what happened last time Ohio State played Florida?

It is too bad that Henne, Hart and Long took 4 years to win a big game, their signature win will now always be beating Florida in their last game as Wolverines, not a great legacy.

This next month will be interesting for Michigan, Rodriguez will put together a staff and recruits will make thier choices.  We shall soon find out the extent of change in Ann Arbor.

Nick Saban to West Virginia?

Lee Corso's Merkin.com has a scoop that claims Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban has contacted West Virginia regarding its vacant Head Coaching position.  If this is true, isn't this the surest evidence that Nick Saban is indeed "sick?"  Why would he already be sour on the Alabama gig?  This is clearly the Larry Brown syndrome at its worst.  Saban is just a love freak.  He needs to be told everyday how much he is loved or he gets his panties in a bind and wants to leave.  Nick Saban should be banned from coaching, he has abuse the privilege and should no longer be allowed to sully the great game on earth.

The hiring of West Virginia Head Coach Rich Rod to coach at Michigan has me perplexed.  On one hand, I am extremely excited at the possibility of real change in Ann Arbor, on the other, I am worried that this is too much change.

Rodriguez is indeed a complete change in Ann Arbor.  He's an innovator and an open guy who doesn't hide like the previous three regimes, but he has downside as well.  He isn't known for his tremendous commitment to defense but that could be a product of his ability to recruit at West Virginia.  At Michigan he should get enough players for both sides of the ball.  I still wonder if the spread option will fly at Michigan.  I personally don't think it will be the same offense he ran at WVU.  I think he will tweak it just enough to fit the Big Ten.  Remember, RichRod was a "passing" guru before he became the GODfather of the spread option at WVU.  I expect Mallet to stay and thrive in the new modified spread option offense.  I expect the offense to look a lot more like Florida and OSU with Troy Smith than to the Pat White version at West Virgina.

I interviewed CBS's Gary Danielson today and he sent a word of caution to Michigan fans.  Urban Meyer had it right when he had two QB's at Florida.  The reality of the spread offense is that quarterback get hit a lot and injured a lot.  He explained that the lessons of the spread are obvious when you look at West Virgina and Oregon, both could be playing for the National Championship if their "spread" offense QB's didn't get injured.   Florida showed that you must have two QB's ready to play.  Maybe that is where Mallet fits into the system...he may be Michigan's Chris Leak.

So, expect a hybrid of the spread option and expect Michigan to have two quarterbacks "playtime" ready in the Rodriguez system.

Gary also had some really interesting things to say about the Les Miles deal.  He talks to Les regularly as the lead color guy for the SEC and he claims that Les would have "taken $100,000" to coach at Michigan.  He went on to explain that Michigan didn't really want Les Miles and it was unfortunate that Miles didn't even get a change to alleviate Martin's concerns about him as a possible Head Coach as Michigan.  Les wanted Michigan but Michigan didn't want Les, only time will tell if this was a bad decision by Michigan but always understand this....Les was the best man for the job.  Les Miles was a Michigan man who left Ann Arbor to learn more, expand his recruiting base and add to the Schembechler tradition, too bad he wasn't given the chance to prove it.

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Michigan talking to Rich Rodriguez...

The Angel of the Big House is reporting that Michigan is talking to West Virginia's Rich Rodriguez TODAY!

I'm not sure how I feel about Rodriguez, he's a good coach, but I give absolutely NO respect to anybody who is in the Big East.  The conference is just too weak to be seriously considered as a strong conference.

I also don't like the fact that Rodriguez lost "the backyard brawl" to Pitt.  I know Pat White was injured but you should be Pitt even without your starting QB.

I am not the only one who thinks Les Miles is still...

going to be the next Head Coach at Michigan.

Check out this article on Foxsports.com.  This blogger is thinking the same thing I am, personally it wouldn't surprise me if Les Miles already has a deal with Michigan.  But he has to keep it quiet, remember if he wins his BCS game he gets a 750,000 bonus!  Would you walk on that kind of scratch.

Sorry, the "helping" Michigan find a new Head Coach phone call is a crock.

Les Miles and Michigan...

So today Les Miles reiterated his claim that he "would be at LSU next year," but what does that mean?

I'm sorry, but if Les didn't want the gig at Michigan why wouldn't he just say it and end the speculation?  He could put this to rest by saying "I am not going to Coach Michigan next season."  Instead he leaves us with "I talked to Michigan to help them with their coaching search."  Are you kidding me?  Does Michigan really need "help" with their search for a new coach from LSU's Head Coach.

Face it, Les loves Michigan and really wants the job, he simply needs assurances from Michigan that if he screws LSU he has a gig in Ann Arbor.

We are approaching a "dark period" in recruiting where you cannot contact recruits, there is NO hurry to hire a coach until after the bowl games are played, you cannot contact recruits anyway.  It doesn't matter if Michigan has a Head Coach until January.

I think Les is doing the best he can, he wants Michigan but knows he has to see this National Championship run through. 

I don't think Les would get "Sabaned" if he bailed after the NCAA Title Game, cause he isn't a mercenary like Saban, he doesn't want any other job but Michigan.  He shouldn't care what the media thinks about him leaving, all will be forgiven in A2 if he leaves LSU and retires at Michigan.  Saban on the other hand has made a career out of job jumping and that is cool, but he has to face the music when people question his "staying power."  There is a difference and Michigan knows that.

I also think the LSU AD's insistence on taking shots at Michigan won't sit well with Miles.  He loves Michigan and will likely be pissed when this guy takes shots at M.

I still think Les will leave LSU in January, his heart is in Ann Arbor. As Chris Spielman said "it lives inside you."

Michigan coaching search...

I get a lot of question on the comment board regarding the Michigan coaching search.  Many want to know what is going on, why can't Michigan land their man?

It is simple.  Michigan is arrogant and naive.  I think Michigan marched into this process thinking they were the best job in America and that everybody wanted to coach Michigan.  They were wrong.  So far this off-season we've seen a number of "smaller schools" Head Coaches turn down "big" programs flat.

Chris Peterson of Boise State said no to UCLA, Jim Grobe nixed Arkansas, Houston Nutt stepped down to Ole' Miss and Schiano said no to Miami last year and Michigan this year.  It is interesting that coaches are staying at the "smaller" schools.  This is certainly because they don't have ridiculous expectations, they can compete with 85 scholarships and the little guys are paying the high salaries too.  This isn't just happening to Michigan.  I also think there is a growing belief among the college coaches that your success is directly linked to how fertile your recruiting area is and let's face it, Michigan doesn't put out many blue chip High School players.  Not in the numbers that are put out by Florida, California, Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

I don't think the process has turned into a "joke" as some would lead you to believe but I do think you are seeing a program struggle to get with the times.  Michigan hasn't done a real coaching search for 40 years and those were much different times, today it is conducted in the media, not behind closed doors.

There is a growing faction that thinks Lloyd Carr is behind this, that he is trying to get Debord or English the job.  I hope that isn't true, but I fear it might be the case.  Lloyd can be a real jerk, he isn't necessarily the class act that he portrays, he can be petty and hold grudges.  If he is allowed to high-jack this process he will be doing Bo's legacy a disservice.  If Brady Hoke, Mike Debord or Ron English is the new Head Coach, Michigan fans will revolt after the first loss.  They want Miles or some other change of pace, retreads aren't gonna cut it.

By the way, I still think they will make another run at Les Miles.

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Schiano to Michigan.

Thank GOD sanity has returned to the Michigan coaching search.  ESPN is reporting that Rutgers Head Coach Greg Schiano talked to Bill Martin in NYC for a long time regarding the Michigan Coaching job.  While NO offer was made, one may be forthcoming.

This news will certainly calm Michigan fans who are seriously panicking over the Tom Deinhart reports that Ball State's Brady Hoke was the front runner to replace Lloyd Carr.

Having working in Philadelphia, I can tell you for fact that Schiano is a hard core "Jersey guy."  He loves the State and he loves the University and we know that he covets the Penn State gig when Joe Pa stops holding the Nittney Lions hostage.

Shiano is a good X's and O's guy and an even better salesman for the program.  His recruiting is among the best.  He like to run the football and understands what it takes to win in the Big Ten.

If offered the gig, I think it would be hard for him to pass, this is his ticket to the big time and his opportunity to show the rest of America what kind of a Head Coach he is, he isn't going to prove anything to Rutgers.

Schiano did a great job selling the program to the University itself. They increased their athletic department spending ten-fold under Schiano, rivaling everybody but Ohio State.

Schiano fits the Michigan requirements and will likely take the gig within days!

This may be a done deal....

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