I definitely don’t want to make this P-Rod day at the Daily Mail, but I have to say I couldn’t believe this when I read it … for the millionth time.

Too much for Rodriguez to wrap his mind around the fact that the last six Michigan coaches, going back 70 years, won in their first try against Ohio State.

“I can see people bringing that up, especially since this is my first one,” he said. “But did you see ‘The Lion King?’ A monkey hits a lion over the head and the lion says, ‘What did you do that for?’ And the monkey says, ‘It doesn’t matter. It’s in the past.’

“The past doesn’t matter. What happened 20 years ago isn’t going to get a first down today.”