A True Outsider Joins Michigan’s Ranks

 
Rich Rodriguez, whose spread option offense got West Virginia within one game of playing for the national championship, said he planned to bring a similar philosophy to Michigan. [link]

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Carr, Beilein talk about Rodriguez

Michigan head football coach Lloyd Carr talked about his successor, former West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez, Monday, calling him a coach with "great passion" and insisiting Bo Schembechler would have endorsed the hire. Head basketball coach John Beilein, who coached with Rodriguez at WVU, also comments ...
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Who will replace Rodriguez?

Already, some names are being tossed around to replace Rich Rodriguez at West Virginia. Several members of the Bowden clan could be in the mix, especially Terry, whose name surfaced earlier at SMU. But another name you will hear a lot is Tulsa coach Todd Graham. Besides taking teams to consecutive bowl games at Rice last year and Tulsa this season, Graham has ties to the West Virginia program.
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Recruit adds Michigan to list

West Virginia is out of the Terrelle Pryor sweepstakes and Michigan is in. That's some of the recruiting fallout from Rich Rodriguez's decision to leave West Virginia University to become the new coach at Michigan. West Virginia was one of the five finalists on the list for Pryor, highly touted quarterback at Jeannette High School. His others were Ohio State, Florida, Penn State and Tennessee
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Bradley on his way out?

Could it be true? The man behind Penn State's vaulted defense could very well be on his way out to Morgantown.
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Penn State's Bradley contacted by West Virginia - The Sports Blog with The Patriot-News

Penn State defensive coodinator Tom Bradley has been contacted by an intermediary at West Virginia University regarding the Mountaineers' coaching vacancy, The Patriot-News has learned. Bradley, who has been a Penn State assistant coach for 29 years ...
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