Well, uh, file under "totally unconfirmed speculation," but that's what we're here for. Nominal Penn State blog Run Up The Score is apparently privy to some inside information, as they've confidently declared that Rich Rodriguez has agreed in principle to a 5-7 year contract at two million per. How confident is RUTS? "The only question is the timing of the announcement since West Virginia still has a game remaining against Rutgers."That's confident. RUTS also points out that Rodriguez is hopping from one redneck bastion to another, so those jokes can probably wait.
If this is true, odd timing for Rodriguez with Steve Slaton and Pat White but sophomores and both of WVU's Big East challengers losing critical components of their teams after the season. Leaping into the 'Bama morass is great if you succeed improbably quickly and constantly, but not so good otherwise. But 10-14 million is 10-14 million.




