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With Michigan in Crisis, Rich Rodriguez Won't Last

Aug 31, 2009 – 6:28 PM
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Jay Mariotti

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Rich RodriguezHow does a storied mystique, built and buffed over the better part of four decades, implode in just one year? Michigan football has been an esteemed slice of maize-and-blue Americana, all about winged helmets and "The Victors,'' home to a stadium so massive and breathtaking that it stands alone in lore as The Big House. Even when Notre Dame waned, we could entrust the Wolverines to remain a gold-standard pillar in college football. Right?

Until Rich Rodriguez arrived, that is.
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