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Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez sought the U-M job before school officials approached him in December, according to documents obtained by West Virginia University's attorneys. A representative of Rodriguez's contacted Michigan on Dec. 11, WVU attorney Jeffrey Wakefield said on Wednesday. The contact occurred three days before Rodriguez met with U-M president Mary Sue Coleman and athletic director Bill Martin in Toledo to interview for the position.

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April 24, 2008  07:44 AM ET

Cold busted.....better pay up, RichRod....or pay through the nose in legal fees + the fine.

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April 24, 2008  08:25 AM ET

This is getting pretty ridiculous. I believe this will ultimately be settled out of court but this has become personal for both sides. Both sides will be stupid if they let this continue to drag out in court.

April 24, 2008  09:22 AM ET

I agree with the Warden on this. Who the hell cares?

April 24, 2008  09:36 AM ET

UM Boosters...pay the 'EERS..and lets get ready for the 2008 season!

April 24, 2008  09:39 AM ET

I give this guy 3 years at Michigan. Too much baggage for UM. It has got to be getting old for the Wolverine faithful. Where there's smoke, there is fire.

April 24, 2008  09:44 AM ET

Soona or lata WVU needs to let go. Let it go my bruthas.

April 24, 2008  10:23 AM ET

I think WVU will let it go when they get 4M...a contact is a contract? There has to be some worth to a signed contarct these days...

April 24, 2008  10:26 AM ET

I think WVU will let it go when they get 4M...a contract is a contract? There has to be some worth to a signed contract these days...

April 24, 2008  10:42 AM ET

Both sides need to get this over with ASAP. Rodriguez is gone. He's not coming back. He needs to make out a check to WVU and move on.

April 24, 2008  10:52 AM ET

"Let it go"

The phrase is becoming absolutely comical to me

Let what go? The fact he lost the biggest game in the programs history with horrendous play calling. The fact that he left and took 80 percent of the coaching staff with him. The fact that half the class decommitted after he left. The fact that he owes the University 4 million dollars. The fact that he was outed this week for fabricating racial allegations against the administration...

Let it go?? Its been less than 6 months and you were using this phrase the day after he left. You are obviously not very intelligent and just regurgitating a slogan the national media has coined.

April 24, 2008  10:52 AM ET

RR is starting to make Charlie Weis a lot more likeable. I didn't think that was possble.

April 24, 2008  11:04 AM ET

"Let it go"

The phrase is becoming absolutely comical to me

Let what go? The fact he lost the biggest game in the programs history with horrendous play calling. The fact that he left and took 80 percent of the coaching staff with him. The fact that half the class decommitted after he left. The fact that he owes the University 4 million dollars. The fact that he was outed this week for fabricating racial allegations against the administration...

Let it go?? Its been less than 6 months and you were using this phrase the day after he left. You are obviously not very intelligent and just regurgitating a slogan the national media has coined.

April 24, 2008  11:29 AM ET

What WVU fans do not want to admit, is they are in those "Big Games" because of Rodriguez.

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April 24, 2008  11:40 AM ET

What WVU fans do not want to admit, is they are in those "Big Games" because of Rodriguez.

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April 24, 2008  11:52 AM ET

"What WVU fans do not want to admit, is they are in those "Big Games" because of Rodriguez."
I will admit that Rodriguez won with the best player in the programs history and he really didn't start winning until Boston College, VT, and Miami left the Big East. When you aren't playing 3 of the best programs in the Big East anymore you look alot better than you actually are.
Pay up Rich and it will all be over.

April 24, 2008  12:34 PM ET

Rod had a winning percentage of 58% before Pat White arrived and 93% after... what else needs to be said except oh snap, he wasn't even the one who recruited Pat White and he didn't even start him until the 4th game of that season... Sounds like an offensive guru to me!!!

April 24, 2008  12:37 PM ET

Oh yeah, he was also 0-2 in bowl games before and 3-0 after... When Louisville was came back on us in the 4th quarter this year and we needed to win on the last drive of the game what did this offensive genius call? 7 qb dive plays in a row!!! After the 5th consecutive call you see Pat get up off the ground, look to the sidelines for the call... he sees that it is another QB dive and you can read his lips saying "f--king again?" Finally 2 plays later he does his Pat White thing, breaks a 51 yard run and scores the winning TD. It's all about Pat. Period.

 
April 24, 2008  12:37 PM ET

So much for Michigan's A.D. Martin stealing WVU's Coach. I gave Skipper Martin to much credit. Maybe Skipper Martin stole the other "80%" of their coaches MTCRUD. They certainly could not have wanted to leave WVU for Michigan. Maybe Boston College,VT, and Miami left the Big East for the same reasons that WVU's coaches left. Sounds like it's time to turn the lights off down there-keep it green.

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