Michigan Wolverines News

Detroit Free Press — U-M coach Rich Rodriguez, on what's next: "Go back to work. I'm going to go back to work. What do you want me to say? We're going to get up, do the same routine, go back to work tomorrow and try to get better. If you want to look at the finality of it all, I've been here nine, 10 months. We've had great tradition and we still have great tradition. We're going to try to do all we can to hold it. Right now we're not going to a bowl and we're going to get up, go to work tomorrow and get better. I hope it's the last year we don't go to a bowl ...

Detroit Free Press — Michigan has found its offensive engine. While quarterback Steven Threet struggled through the air, completing just 9 of 21 passes for 52 yards in the second half, tailback Brandon Minor stood out again on the ground, rushing for a team season-high 155 yards and three touchdowns. "We did all right," Minor said.

Detroit Free Press — If Wolverine fans are licking their wounds after losing to (gulp) MSU, they should check out Murray Greenberg's "Passing Game: Benny Friedman and the Transformation of Football," the tale of one of U-M's greatest players.

Detroit Free Press — This is one of the worst seasons in the history of Michigan football. And the numbers are piling up to prove it. Losing the bowl streak and compiling a losing season is painful. The consecutive losses, the dismal defensive implosion, it's all atrocious. But the prospect of finishing 2-10 may override it all.

Detroit Free Press — THE RECORD 2-7 With three games left. Hero Justin Siller

Detroit Free Press — Gophers' record: 7-2 When: Noon, Saturday. Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis. TV/radio: ESPN or ESPN2, WOMC-FM (104.3), CKLW-AM (800), WTKA-AM (1050).

Detroit Free Press — The changing economic climate nationally has not dramatically affected Michigan's athletic department's bottom line. Michigan athletic director Bill Martin confirmed Saturday that U-M has not altered any of its immediate travel plans.

Detroit Free Press — Look what RickyRod has done to this once proud program. Half these posts express pity for MU. That's what MU football has come to - a program to be pitied, mainly because of their pitiful excuse for a coach.-- beelzebufo