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And here comes the other side

Show of hands: Who was wondering how the Michigan folks felt about their new football coach? If I wasn’t typing, mine would be in the air. Well, at long last, someone examined and explained the view from the other side of the fence — and it’s not entirely pretty.

Michigan used to be all about football. Now it’s about news. Rodriguez managed to get a big loan from Michigan athletic director Bill Martin’s bank. Hmmm. Seems like Martin is bending over backward to please and appease Rodriguez, and in the process the entire university is becoming contorted as well.

Winning, of course, is the perfect elixir. Yet, it does seem like Rodriguez will be up against it his first season.

He has no experienced quarterback. Nor a QB agile enough to run his spread option all that effectively. They are literally holding their breath in Ann Arbor at the prospect of signing quarterback Terrelle Pryor. Imagine it – all that football tradition being held up by one kid who clearly loves the attention.