[NU Sports] UMich Investigating Allegations of ImproperPractices--Rich Rod in Deep Doo Doo

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> While the investigation may or may
> not turn out to be big trouble for Big
> Blue, what their fans should be worried about is how many
> players RichRod
> has thoroughly ticked off.  Multiple players were

Exactly - this is just one of several reports that have come from Ann Arbor during his brief tenure. It may not be Calapari-esqe in nature, but for a place like Michigan football, this is bad.

Whether we like Michigan or not, their football (not basketball) program has had a reputation similar to IU basketball under Bob Knight -- winners who were clean and took pride in winning the right way. Moeller tarnished that a bit off the field personally and was let go. Carr was more in the Schembechler tradition.

So for a new coach to come in and change everything about this tradition rich program and then get into some NCAA heat on top of it while suffering a losing record may be too much. RichRod better get rid of this fast and not let it become a season-long story or the already daunting task of beating Notre Dame and OSU might not even be enough to save his job.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT