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Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez remains public enemy No. 1 in West Virginia. If Tuesday reports from West Virginia newspapers are true, with the first one emerging from the Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette, the hatred is about to reach a new level. [link]

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