We get accused of sour grapes and hating on Rich Rodriguez. Maybe there's some truth to it. But today will give him a salute for the job he and his coaching staff did in getting Michigan prepared and the adjustments they made to pull the upset of No. 18 Notre Dame in the Big House Saturday.
RichRod deserves credit for rallying from adversity leading up to the start of the season, but also for showing faith in his freshman QB by putting the game in the hands of the talented Tate Forcier. The young signal caller didn't let his embattled head coach down by rallying the Wolverines on a 57-yard touchdown drive in the final minute for the win in Ann Arbor.
Forcier, who executed UM's spread offense eerily similar to Pat White when he starred for RichRod at West Virginia, gave RichRod his biggest win at Michigan. Brandon Minor helped take some of the pressure off Foricer by rushing for 106 yards and a TD.
But this win lifts a large amount of pressure off RichRod (we'll talk more about the pressure on Charlie Weis later). Now he may get the opportunity to build a Big Ten contender. Michigan isn't all the way back, but the Wolverines are a lot closer than either 'Eye or 'Eer thought they were just three weeks ago.
Appears the OSU-Michigan game could be fun again this November.
(Photo courtesy of Detroit Free Press)
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