Rodriguez leaving West Virginia to coach Michigan

• Siccac81

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  WOW !!!!!!!!  AS A LIFETIME WOLVERINES FAN THIS IS TRULY A GREAT DAY FOR ME!!!!!! A GREAT SHOT IN THE ARM FOR A OUR FOOTBALL PROGRAM AND MORE IMPORTANTLY AN EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE!!!!!!!                 HAIL TO THE VICTORS!!!!           

                                        GO BLUE!!!!!!!

  Posted 12/16/2007 [reply] [flag]

• rusty weathers

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  The timing is kind of a donkey punch with the Fiesta Bowl coming up, but I guess you've gotta do what you've gotta do.

  Posted 12/16/2007 [reply] [flag]

• buster

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  As someone FROM WVU, I'm glad he made this announcement quickly, rather than stringing us along like the Alabama fiasco last year.  Now, I just hope he'll do the right thing and coach the Fiesta Bowl BEFORE heading to Michigan.  So much for the loyalty to his home state and school.  Money talks. 

  Posted 12/16/2007 [reply] [flag]

• JaketheSnake

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  Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the second time in a year that a West Virginia coach has bolted for Michigan?

  Posted 12/16/2007 [reply] [flag]

  • kcudah

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    yes, they hired Beilein from WV
    

    Posted 12/17/2007 [reply] [flag]

• McLovin

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  Rodriguez can take a highlighter and shove it up his ass.

  Posted 12/17/2007 [reply] [flag]

  • Siccac81

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    DON'T BE MAD @ THE SAME COACH THAT MADE YOUR PROGRAM WHAT IT IS TODAY.   WOW, MAYBE U SHOULD BE THANKING HIM FOR WV BEING ABLE TO BE A TOP 10 TEAM EVERY YEAR.     GO BLUE!!!!

    Posted 12/17/2007 [reply] [flag]

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NFL Week 15: Steelers vs. Jaguars
Published 12/16/2007 by Bmac21 at Raise the Jolly Roger!
... One other significant piece of news today: WVU Fball coach Rich Rodriguez ditches the Mountaineers to fill the coaching vacancy at Michigan. It's amazing how far WVU has fallen in 3 weeks after the incredible upset by our Panthers, and they are still going to the Fiesta Bowl (but no-one seems to care--and I love it.) ...

ESPN: Rich Rodriguez New Michigan Head Coach
Published 12/16/2007 by Scott Warheit at Quo Vadimus
More to come shortly, but ESPN.com is reporting Rich Rodriguez will become Michigan's next head coach. This is great news for Michigan. I will have more shortly.

Rich Rodriguez Already Recruting #1 QB in the Country
Published 12/16/2007 by Scott Warheit at Quo Vadimus
... Not bad for your first afternoon on the job. No wonder ESPN.com reports that he's not coaching West Virginia in their upcoming Fiesta Bowl, he's got recruits to visit and kids to convince to come play for the new-look Wolverines. ...

New Foe For Ohio State Comes From WVU
Published 12/16/2007 by Cherie at TSD Magazine
ESPN.com says that Michigan has found their new head coach. Rich Rodriguez will be announced tomorrow morning at a news conference. He is the second coach from WVU that Michigan has lured away from them. John Beilein, last year's WVU men's basketball coach, is now the Michigan men's basketball coach. I guess when Michigan wants something all they have to do is go to West Virginia to get it. Well Rich, congrats on the new job. No pressure though by the way but if you don't beat Ohio State this year, fans will most likely be calling for your head. Good Luck! This Buckeye fan ...

Rich Rodriguez to Michigan - Greg Van Zant is Next
Published 12/16/2007 by cgb at CollegeGameBalls: College Football at its Finest
... How do you know your football team is not a legitimate marquee program?  When your alumnus head coach has a 60-26 record, brought the school to two BCS games and still peaces for another program.  That’s right.  Rich Rodriguez has left the “great” state of West Virginia for the University of Michigan.  This isn’t the first coach The Wolverines have pilfered the Mountaineers either.  Rodriguez joins former West Virginia basketball coach John Beilein at Michigan. ...

Michigan - The New West Virginia
Published 12/16/2007 by Keith at Buckeye Commentary
The search for a Michigan football coach is over. Rich Rodriguez has accepted the offer and will be formally introduced tomorrow morning. He will not coach West Virginia in their bowl game. This makes the second coach Michigan has pilfered from the Morgantown university, the first being basketball coach John Beilein who left WVU in April of this year. ...

Beat the Buckeyes and they'll burn couches too!
Published 12/16/2007 by Champ at Three Idiots on Sports
... A head coach is leaving West Virgina to coach the Michigan Wolverines. Sound familiar? WVU fans have been down this road before with John Beilein. ESPN.com is reporting that Coach Rodriguez is the next head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. ...

Wolverines Continue Looting Of Morgantown
Published 12/16/2007 by Jason at Eleven Warriors
... Only 8 months after hiring Mountaineer basketball coach John Beilein, the Wolverines plucked football coach Rich Rodriguez to replace Lloyd Carr and become the schools 18th head football coach. ...

Rich Gets Richer: Rodriguez Goes to Michigan
Published 12/16/2007 by Christopher Williams at Dub Sports Underground
Finally, Michigan found someone who actually wants the head coaching job and no it is not Les Miles. West Virginia's head coach Rich Rodriguez was hired today as Michigan's next head football coach. Hopefully, Rich Rodriguez can beat Division IAA teams. You can read more by visiting the following link. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3157227

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Published 12/17/2007 by Maize n Brew Dave at Maize n Brew: Front Page Posts
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Rich Rodriguez To Coach Michigan
Published 12/17/2007 by Mike <info@blackshoediaries.com> at Black Shoe Diaries: Front Page Posts
First it was Ferentz, but it never really was. Then it was Miles. Then it wasn't. Then it was secretly Ferentz again. Then it wasn't. Then it was Schiano. Then it wasn't. Just when it looked like Michigan was running out of coaches in American to turn them down Rich Rodriguez comes out of nowhere to get an offer and take the job. ...

I'm Rooting For Minnesota Tonight
Published 12/17/2007 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
... years to come. So with that in mind, I'm calling this one for the Vikings tonight. 31-14. Foul Balls Michigan Has It's Man - Michigan has made itself another enemy. They were already hated by the state of Ohio, and now I'm pretty sure they're hated by the state of West Virginia as well. Not only did the school steal away John Beilein to be the head coach of their basketball team from WVU, but now they've decided to take away their football coach as well. Rich Rodriguez is the new head football coach at the University of Michigan . Michigan has hired West Virginia's Rich ...

Sunday Smorgasbord 12-23
Published 12/24/2007 by Caps Nut at Bleatings From a Caps Nut
... as the excuse to why he left to take the Michigan job nobody else wanted. If this is true, then not only is West-By-God-Virginia going to have difficult time luring a prime head coach to Morgantown, but they'll never "get over the hump" as well. The school already admits convicted felons into the program but if they won't pony up (or at least accept from deep pocketed boosters) small amounts of $$$$$ to keep a native son and alum, what makes anybody think they'd do it for somebody else? As for Rodriquez himself, I can't say I was very impressed with the "National ...

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Published 5/6/2008 by SOLIS at Battle Red Blog: Front Page Posts
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Published 6/3/2008 by Michael Medallion at Friends of the Program
... First, favorite-son Rich Rodriguez ditches West Virginia for Ann Arbor, and then yesterday, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Vice President Dick Cheney takes an ...