Rich Rodriguez: Write me a check. Now get a life, loser.

Of course, for those of us in Ohio or the Glove Up North, this is the week of The Game. For Rich Rodriguez, coach of the team from the Glove Up North, this is the week to let fans know just how stupid they are for having any kind of emotional investment in a team he coaches.

"It's amazing some of the things that people would say (on a message board) or yell at you of a personal nature," Rodriguez said Monday. "You almost want to tell them, 'Get a life.'

"There's a whole lot bigger problems. Look at the economy."

There's something wrong with the economy? Whew. Thank God I have no retirement savings.

Ohio State fans, as they have been all year, are cackling with glee. If RichieRod sounded any more like John Cooper, he'd be muttering something about biting pups in a hot tub ad.

Of course, in a purely anti-karmatic sense, this signals some kind of bizarre, pure-evil Michigan win.