It will be interesting to see whether David Brandon follows suit in either regard. He said he will wait until after the bowl.
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ScriptOhio
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Jaxbuck;1823184; said:
S/I is projecting a pretty good bowl game for DickRod:
Jan. 1...Gator Bowl: Michigan (Big Ten No. 4) vs. Florida (SEC No. 6)
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...bcs.bowl.projections/index.html#ixzz16esQf4x7
Maybe it will save his job for another year. :)
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buckeyesin07
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Jaxbuck;1823184; said:
Could UM get the Big Ten's 4th bowl slot, though? They finished behind OSU, MSU, Wisconsin, Illinois, Penn St. and Iowa in conference. Don't bowl committees go by in-conference record? Even if they don't, you'd think they'd be smart enough not to put a team like UM against a decent opponent, given that UM has lost by several TDs to each good team it has played.
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buckeyesin07;1823465; said:
No, bowl selection, other than the automatic BCS slot, is not determined by order of finish. It is up to each Bowl to select whomever they feel will help them make the most money. They are free to take a 7-4 scUM team over say an 8-3 team if they wanted to.
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In RRs first year in his last two games he lost to a 9-4 NU team by 7 and then got pounded in Columbus by 35.
This year he loses to Wisky by 20 and gets pounded in Columbus by 30.
These are the games you are playing at the end of the season when your team should have reached whatever its potential is. Where is the case for improvement?
I hear RR saying he sees the improvement. It is all about drops and injuries and execution. What coach can't make that argument?
I can understand folks buying the argument about his D. They are young, banged up - whatever. But how can you sell the argument about your spread being the future of UM football when you score 7 points in Columbus against an OSU D that has given up more points than any OSU D since 2004?
Your QB got hurt? Who on this site did not see that coming with his style of O in the Big Ten? Your punter cost you field position? You had 12 drives none of which started inside your own 20 and 5 of which started at the 30 or better. We kicked off from the 15 twice just for making an O with out gloves - and you scored fewer points than Minnesota and Eastern Michigan.
Certainly he may turn it around next year. But there is little in his failures of absolutely historic proportions that support the argument he will.
(And a footnote on the the Cooper comparisons, in his first three years Cooper lost to UM by 3, 10 and 3. In his next three years that tie was sandwiched between two 28 point losses.)
This year he loses to Wisky by 20 and gets pounded in Columbus by 30.
These are the games you are playing at the end of the season when your team should have reached whatever its potential is. Where is the case for improvement?
I hear RR saying he sees the improvement. It is all about drops and injuries and execution. What coach can't make that argument?
I can understand folks buying the argument about his D. They are young, banged up - whatever. But how can you sell the argument about your spread being the future of UM football when you score 7 points in Columbus against an OSU D that has given up more points than any OSU D since 2004?
Your QB got hurt? Who on this site did not see that coming with his style of O in the Big Ten? Your punter cost you field position? You had 12 drives none of which started inside your own 20 and 5 of which started at the 30 or better. We kicked off from the 15 twice just for making an O with out gloves - and you scored fewer points than Minnesota and Eastern Michigan.
Certainly he may turn it around next year. But there is little in his failures of absolutely historic proportions that support the argument he will.
(And a footnote on the the Cooper comparisons, in his first three years Cooper lost to UM by 3, 10 and 3. In his next three years that tie was sandwiched between two 28 point losses.)
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Had to follow up with some comments about how I read the tea leaves - and the UM ADs statement of "public support".
The season is over. If you need to see the bowl game to know where you stand you aren't very bright. Any argument that you will evaluate after the season is bogus. I don't care how crappy your pizza is you can't run a successful corporation if you can't make decisions - and you have made one.
If the decision is to keep the man you say so and let him recruit without speculation about his future.
If the decision is to let him go there are many reasons not to announce it. And in UMs case those reasons boil down to dollars.
If UM fires RR today it costs them $4 million.
If they wait until January 1st it drops to $2.5.
It's as simple as that.
And if you are the UM AD and you want to avoid a potential lawsuit over that $1.5 difference you do everything you can to make it appear that your decision is as yet unmade.
The season is over. If you need to see the bowl game to know where you stand you aren't very bright. Any argument that you will evaluate after the season is bogus. I don't care how crappy your pizza is you can't run a successful corporation if you can't make decisions - and you have made one.
If the decision is to keep the man you say so and let him recruit without speculation about his future.
If the decision is to let him go there are many reasons not to announce it. And in UMs case those reasons boil down to dollars.
If UM fires RR today it costs them $4 million.
If they wait until January 1st it drops to $2.5.
It's as simple as that.
And if you are the UM AD and you want to avoid a potential lawsuit over that $1.5 difference you do everything you can to make it appear that your decision is as yet unmade.
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Bowl seeding has nothing to do with conference standing, it is based on pick-order. When you see "Big Ten #4" that does not mean the Big Ten's 4th placed team, it means that that particular bowl picks 4th overall. They can choose any team they want out of the pool available. Obviously, bowls want fans that will travel and TV viewers -- Michigan provides both.buckeyesin07;1823465; said:
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Nice point, Oh8ch, on the drop in the buyout amount on January 1st.
The contract is written, however, so that TSUN must give him a written notice 30 days in advance of that termination. So they could notify him this Friday, December 3rd, to be effective on January 2nd, 2011.
That would allow him to coach in the Outback, Gator, or TicketCity Bowl on January 1st, but TSUN could begin their coaching search by the end of this week. RR.contract.pdf see Article IV, Termination.
Thus, I expect him to be "notified of his termination" either this Thursday or Friday.
It seems the fans up there aren't concerned about that. A bunch of cloakers not all in or holding the rope. Poll.link
The contract is written, however, so that TSUN must give him a written notice 30 days in advance of that termination. So they could notify him this Friday, December 3rd, to be effective on January 2nd, 2011.
That would allow him to coach in the Outback, Gator, or TicketCity Bowl on January 1st, but TSUN could begin their coaching search by the end of this week. RR.contract.pdf see Article IV, Termination.
Thus, I expect him to be "notified of his termination" either this Thursday or Friday.
It seems the fans up there aren't concerned about that. A bunch of cloakers not all in or holding the rope. Poll.link
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ScriptOhio
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I don't know if this was posted before, it is kind of humerous, DickRod is used to getting the finger from old ladies. I guess that doesn't surprise anyone does it? 
Leading up to his first trip to Ohio Stadium for the Michigan-Ohio State game in 2008, Rich Rodriguez got a lot of advice about the atmosphere. And it didn't disappoint -- not even the bus ride into the stadium.
"People have said you'll see some things you haven't seen before. I think you all (in the media) had said that," he recalled this week. "So I was looking for things I hadn't seen before.
"I saw a couple of elderly women, probably in their late 60s, give us the middle finger salute. But I said, heck, I'd seen that before. Playing in Pitt (with rival West Virginia) we saw whole families of them doing that. That wasn't anything different than what we've seen.
U-M's Rich Rodriguez recalls his first trip to Ohio State
Leading up to his first trip to Ohio Stadium for the Michigan-Ohio State game in 2008, Rich Rodriguez got a lot of advice about the atmosphere. And it didn't disappoint -- not even the bus ride into the stadium.
"People have said you'll see some things you haven't seen before. I think you all (in the media) had said that," he recalled this week. "So I was looking for things I hadn't seen before.
"I saw a couple of elderly women, probably in their late 60s, give us the middle finger salute. But I said, heck, I'd seen that before. Playing in Pitt (with rival West Virginia) we saw whole families of them doing that. That wasn't anything different than what we've seen.
"You hear a lot of comments. I'm sure we'll hear quite a bit of it going in there. So there's a lot of intensity there for sure."
He recounted some other hostile environments on his Wednesday radio show, citing Virginia Tech (when he was at West Virginia) and South Carolina (when he was at Clemson).
So what those OSU women showed him wasn't a shock.
"Now if they had mooned me or something, that would have been really different," he joked on the radio show. "But they're passionate about their team as our fans are. Once you get in there between the lines, there's a lot of intensity and a lot of emotion -- you just have to use that in a positive way."
So what those OSU women showed him wasn't a shock.
"Now if they had mooned me or something, that would have been really different," he joked on the radio show. "But they're passionate about their team as our fans are. Once you get in there between the lines, there's a lot of intensity and a lot of emotion -- you just have to use that in a positive way."
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ScriptOhio
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scUM's annual banquet could get interesting:
Michigan AD won't push up evaluation
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon says he's not letting speculation about Rich Rodriguez's future change his timetable to evaluate the football coach.
Brandon reiterated Monday morning that he doesn't do performance reviews of coaches until their seasons are over.
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The situation swirling around Rodriguez's status might turn into a circus at the team's banquet Thursday night because Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh plans to be there to be honored along with his 1985 teammates.
Entire article: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5862202
Michigan AD won't push up evaluation
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon says he's not letting speculation about Rich Rodriguez's future change his timetable to evaluate the football coach.
Brandon reiterated Monday morning that he doesn't do performance reviews of coaches until their seasons are over.
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The situation swirling around Rodriguez's status might turn into a circus at the team's banquet Thursday night because Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh plans to be there to be honored along with his 1985 teammates.
Entire article: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5862202
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ScriptOhio;1823544; said:
Assuming DickWad is correct when he said, "we didn't get stupid overnight", then one has to assume the speculation and desire from a sizable segment of the skunkbear fanbase that wants Hairball as the next coach is not lost on DickWad. Given that, I almost feel sorry for him and the situation.
Almost.
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buckiprof;1823549; said:
Sorry? I'm not in the same zip code. I hope they start chanting "We want Harbaugh" right in front of his fat ass, and then, a la Hoosiers, the AD has to come up and say "I would hope you would be cheering for who we are, not who we are not...this is your coach". THAT would be a funny youtube moment.
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Bucklion;1823550; said:
Again, as a human being, almost feel sorry for him.
Almost!!
If what you said happened, I too would laugh at it while watching it on youtube. While watching and laughing, I would almost feel sorry for him.
Almost!
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