Grace Period About Up for Rich Rodriguez

Its been a long year for Michigan and it got longer on Saturday with its fifth straight loss to Ohio State. Coming into this season, every Michigan fan knew that it was going to be a hard season and it wasn't going to be pretty. With that came the grace period for Rich Rodriguez. Some said he had a season and a half grace period where no matter what the team did it was alright, and up until Saturday there was that feeling that it was still there. After watching the disgrace of the game Michigan played against Ohio State, its about time for that grace period to fade away. Sure he lost a lot of starters on offense and lost the top four starters on defense, but this team is a lot better the a 3-9 team. During the Ohio State game, it looked as though the team laid down and died. The intensity of an Ohio State-Michigan rivalry was not there. That's coaching, my friends. Its his job to get his team fired up and ready to play and they weren't. The offense, which everyone knew was going to ... (link)