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No, Seriously, Wha Happened?
Published 11/25/2007 by Hawkeye State <info@blackheartgoldpants.com> at Black Heart Gold Pants: Front Page Posts
... watching the store and rumor confirmation from reliable sources:  Kirk Ferentz has apparently been offered the Michigan job.  And, for those of you who believe this is little more than innuendo, need I remind you ...

Iowa's Kirk Ferentz offered Michigan job?
Published 11/25/2007 at Fanblogs.com
Brian at MGoBlue - who broke the Lloyd Carr retirement, btw ESPN -- has multiple sources confirming that Michigan has offered the head coaching position to current Iowa HC Kirk Ferentz. I've sat on this a couple days waiting for some third-party corroboration and now I have it: Kirk Ferentz has been offered the Michigan job. The general feeling is he will turn it down out of fidelity to Iowa, in case you were thinking of making a late-night run to Ann Arbor (or Iowa City) Torch & Pitchfork. I do realize that this -- unlike the Lloyd thing -- is ...

Ok, I'm alive
Published 11/25/2007 by GeauxTigers <info@andthevalleyshook.com> at And The Valley Shook: Front Page Posts
... a separate Coaching Changes Board, replete with faithful Tiger fans who know how to track Baton Rouge booster flights. Separately, they've got up a list of specific potential hires for LSU should Les leave. Clearly much of that is just brain dump (i.e. Saban, Chizik), but worth perusing nonetheless. If Les does in fact get offered that Michigan job and accepts, odds are high the new coach would come from that list. Of course, the rumor lately is that UM is all over Kirk Ferentz for the position.

Kirk Ferentz to Michigan? revisited
Published 11/25/2007 by Oops Pow Surprise <info@blackheartgoldpants.com> at Black Heart Gold Pants: Front Page Posts
Um, maybe. This move makes no sense and would make nobody happy. While Iowa fans would be ambivalent upon his departure, we'd start getting awfully nostalgic when Ferentz is winning his old familiar 9 games in Ann Arbor and Mark Farley's* putting the finishing touches on a 4-8 campaign. Meanwhile, Big Blue's been assuming for the past, oh, 12 months that the job will be going to a Michigan alumnus whose team just so happens to have been #1 for the longest amount of time this season. Either way, there are way, way too many rumors ...

Down To The Wire
Published 11/25/2007 by Jason at Eleven Warriors
... Elsewhere, did Michigan really offer the job to Kirk Ferentz? Wow. Just, wow. Finally, we bring you the first-ever inductee to the 11W Officiating Hall of Fame.

Various Nuggets of Interest
Published 11/26/2007 by Keith at Buckeye Commentary
... MGoBlog is reporting that Kirk Ferentz has been offered the Michigan job. UM fans are generally up in arms carrying pitch forks and torches which is puzzling to me. Ferentz is a superior choice to Les Miles in my mind simpy because, well, he knows how to coach a game and manage crucial junctures. Miles does not. ...

Still Standing by Kelly
Published 11/26/2007 by Dave at Gorilla Crouch
... MGoBlog suggests current Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz has been offered the Michigan head coaching position. This might make sense if we were further along in the process. The timing of this rumor suggests he is the #1 candidate. This is hard for me to believe, and I’m a Kirk Ferentz fan. I was in the stands when his Iowa Hawkeyes delivered a 34-9 beatdown to Michigan in 2002. They looked like a Bo Schembechler-coached team and I think Ferentz could return the Wolverines to being a consistent top-10 program. ...

What of Michigan football?
Published 11/26/2007 by Hermano at We Suck at Sports
... It's unlikely that a coach coming in would keep the incumbent assistants, nor would he want to for the reasons outlined above. Reports have surfaced about the job being up for grabs to, not Les Miles, but Kirk Ferentz, for reasons I still cannot understand. ...

Michigan Fans: Assume Fetal Position, Begin Crying
Published 11/26/2007 by Maize n Brew Dave at Maize n Brew: Front Page Posts
... is reporting/rumormongering that Kirk Ferentz has been offered the Michigan head football coaching job. He is also rumormongering that ...

Above the Fold - Thanksgiving Ferentz fallout
Published 11/26/2007 by Big Al at The Wayne Fontes Experience
... of Schembechler. And he fit the mold of Bennie Oosterbaan. All I have to say is...He uses "Glorious" and "Gary Moeller" in the same sentence? In the blogosphere though, it's far from quiet. Michigan Men are up in arms. Fans are uneasy and confused. Why? Because the Kirk Ferentz to Michigan rumors, first fanned on Tuesday by the reputable MGoBlog, won't go away. Brian again touched on the Ferenz rumors Sunday, with quite scary news... I've sat on this a couple days waiting for some ...

Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz Offered Michigan Job
Published 11/26/2007 at SPORTSbyBROOKS
• M GO BLOG is feeling blue about who might be the next Michigan coach - Kirk Ferentz ?! The same coach who led Iowa to a season-ending loss against ...

Monday Nitt Picks
Published 11/26/2007 by Mike <info@blackshoediaries.com> at Black Shoe Diaries: Front Page Posts
You won't read this on ESPN, but Kirk Ferentz has been offered the Michigan job and it looks like he's going to take it. Personally I have a lot of respect for Ferentz and I think he'll do well there. Heck, I was kind of hoping he would be around when JoePa retires. But the Michigan blogs are unanimous in their displeasure. The men's basketball team laid not one, not two, but three eggs this weekend at the Old Spice Classic. We went 0-3 and finished dead last in the field of eight. It's obvious this team has a long way to go to be competitive. The ...

Kirk Ferentz Offered Michigan Job and More College Football Coaching Rumors
Published 11/26/2007 at FanIQ Blog
... Brian Kelly - MGoBlog also had the fun rumor yesterday that Notre Dame did a background check on the Cincinnati head coach. I still find that hard to believe, but Kelly seems like the kind of guy Kevin White would want if he didn't have the Charlie Weis contract to mess with. White wanted Urban Meyer and his spread offense. ...

Ferentz-to-Michigan Rumors Gain, Lose Steam
Published 11/26/2007 by Mark Hasty at FanHouse
... After FanHouse blogger Brian Cook posted on his personal site about Kirk Ferentz possibly being offered Michigan's head coaching job, many interpreted the ensuing media silence as a sign that this rumor was nothing more than a rumor. A couple media outlets in Iowa commented on the MGoBlog report, and it's certainly been grist for the talk-radio mill today, but is there anything to this rumor? ...

The Ferentz to Michigan Rumors: Reasons Not to Jump Off a Bridge
Published 11/27/2007 by Maize n Brew Dave at Maize n Brew: Front Page Posts
Over the past 48 hours the internets have been atwitter with the rumors that Kirk Ferentz has been offered and has accepted the Michigan Head Coaching position. Every one of these rumors has been addressed as such by the blogs or media outlets reporting this recent flurry of activity. Hell, we're even tracking flights out of Ames! It is difficult to question the validity of these rumors because that's what they are. Rumors. However, one of the prime outlets for the proposition stated above is MGoBlog, a news source credited around these here parts as ...

Coaching Approval Ratings: Kirk Ferentz
Published 4 days ago by Cherie Lampley at Dejuiced! Sports News with No Boundaries
... Kirk’s best years as coach of the Hawkeyes were from 2002-2004. They shared the Big Ten Championship twice during that time span and ended the seasons at 11-2, 10-3, and 10-2. But things haven’t been the same in Iowa City since. They have had a 19-18 record for the past 3 years. Even with this record Kirk’s name had been mentioned in some coaching vacancies in the recent years (i.e. Michigan). Either a) he’s a good coach and the injuries on his team in the recent years aren’t helping matters or b) he’s a pretty good coach and his agent is ...