Web extra: It's Tressel 1, Rodriguez 0 already in Big Ten
By DREW SHARP, Detroit Free Press
It?s still basketball season and already Rich Rodriguez is 0-1 against Ohio State.
Quarterback Terrelle Pryor, the latest football recruiting deity, announced Wednesday what had been suspected for more than a month ? that he?ll play for Jim Tressel.
The heavens didn?t crash down upon Ann Arbor. It?s a personal hunch, but odds are Michigan football will survive and even prosper.
There?s nonetheless disappointment for Wolverines fans because Rodriguez offered a natural fit for Pryor ? the philosophical style he craved and the likelihood of an immediate starting job.
But it wasn?t enough.
Recruiting victories are largely symbolic, but considering the Wolverines haven?t beaten Tressel and Ohio State on the field the past four years, any kind of triumph would have been appreciated.
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