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Hades Hath Frozen Over

You know the world has turned sideways when the football coach at Rutgers politely tells Michigan no thanks.

Before we get too far ahead of ourselves here, Friday brought the news that Rutgers Coach Greg Schiano met with Michigan, and then said he was staying put in New Jersey. Maybe that was an easy out for Schiano after he got told Michigan was going to hire someone else. If that someone else is announced by the end of the weekend, that scenario makes sense.

But maybe Schiano found Michigan isn't willing to pay the kind of money the market is bearing for these coaching geniuses. Or maybe he simply felt Michigan doesn't know what the heck it's doing.

At any rate, can you imagine what the reaction would have been just a couple years ago had you told a Michigan Man (or Woman) that their school would be one day discuss their head coaching vacancy with the coach at Rutgers?

Schiano's talking about winning a national-title at Rutgers. Maybe he believes it. If West Virginia and Missouri can get within one win of the national-championship game, maybe you can do it anywhere. You know, Iowa opens next season with nonconference games against Maine, Florida International, Iowa State and Pittsburgh. That's almost from the Kansas School of Scheduling, which says you play four teams you can beat out-of-conference, then see what happens in league play. Now the Jayhawks are in the Orange Bowl.

Ah, the Orange Bowl. It was five years ago for Iowa. South Florida sunshine. The Atlantic Ocean. Art deco. I write this looking out my window at home, seeing grayness in the sky and white on the ground. Blecch.




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