Tonight is like Christmas Eve for football fans. To get it out there: Boise State by 10 tomorrow night. I tend to root against the Ducks, as a rule.
But for me, Christmas has already come, in the form of a fantastic Rich Rodriguez dressing-down over the past few days. If you haven't seen this news, here you go: University of Michigan's current players told a Detroit Free Press reporter how hard they'd been working, that they'd been putting in NCAA-violation hours...I mean, can you imagine being this reporter? You're sitting there like, really? Tell me more, kids.
Of course, Mr. Rodriguez, who I would like to point out went 3-9 last season in his first year as coach, blames the media for this indiscretion. I mean, aside from the fact that he cried during the press conference, he basically said he cared a lot about his players and didn't understand why that wasn't the story here.
Um, because you cheated. And yes, other programs cheat. I'm sure of it, in fact. But that doesn't make it right. And of course, everyone's favorite abuser of the sweater vest, Jim Tressel, says it's really hard to keep kids from working hard to get better at a sport. Here's a theory: you tell them the rules, and tell them to follow the rules. You're the coach, you set the guidelines and the expectations.
Anyway, that was a highlight of my weekend, although the true highlight of my weekend was teaching a two-year-old to do a Michael Jackson "whoo!" whenever I sang Beat It.
Today I was handed this little dream, which I find truly entertaining because if I had the money, I would totally post billboards around the country when the mood struck: http://sportsbybrooks.com/
Rich Rodriguez is no stranger to committing crimes. Although according to him he was a "victim" of a real estate Ponzi scheme. I thought you'd enjoy this: http://www.firerrod.com/
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