ESPN 2009 august 31 emotional rich rodriguez responds

[MrMeatballs1945]

religious WACKO.

[bullrose5]

Cry Dick Rod, cry that you have a 4-16 Big Ten record, bowl-less in two seasons, 0-3 vs. PSU, MSU, soon to be OSU. You are nothing but a hillbilly loser! Michigan is better off without you.

[Atreyufolife]

@bullrose5 amen

[Chrisrokk239]

I've only been a college coach for 20 years. I didn't know the practice rules! Why would we need to log practice time? That's for every other college sport and college football program. Not us. I didn't get the email because I don't have an @umich address. I'm only the highest paid person at the university, why would I need an email address? After this interview, I'll break the rules for 4 more games... Liar. Loser. Disgrace.

[kcthatsawinner]

2-1 against my Fighting Irish, but 2-0 against Notre Dame since the allegations happened. Never trust cheaters when you go up against Notre Dame, USC and Michigan. Hope you paid the price.

[bullrose5]

@kcthatsawinner You lost two straight times, to perhaps the worst coach in Michigan history. What makes you think that you have a better shot at winning with a better coach at Michigan in place now?

[tiger101757]

@kcthatsawinner Shut the fuck up Michigan is and will always be better than the Irish... and comparing USC to Michigan? what USC did was FAR worse than what Michigan did...

[bullrose5]

GO BLUE!

[MACHINIMA4]

when u left west virginia u had no brains

[ridingtimes]

His wife is at every practice cause she is afraid he may find another cheerleader.

[greyfox37]

I didn't understand the rules! Cheater

[mike0n0jake0inc]

i like RR but if he was to be let go, UM already has Jim Harbaugh on deck. Give Rich Rod a few more years, but i believe UM will be just fine with Rich Rodriguez. Go Blue

[muffinluveruuu]

Only thing worse than watching a grown man cry is watching him fake it.

[WVatMDT]

We the people of the State you shat on, have seen all this crying and lying before. It's all BS. The poor folks in Ann Arbor, who didn't really want this liar anyway, are starting to see the outcome of making a quick and hasty decision after they couldn't get the couple of good coaches they really wanted.

[hoosier0890]

Some of you Michigan haters need to look up the definition for this word: ALLEGATION. And, as many of you have seen, obviously the team is able to get past these ALLEGATIONS and pull together to produce a good job on the field. Bottom of the big ten? I don't think so.

[shelldawv]

Hoosier...do you mean ALLEGATIONS like the ones that DickFraud said against WVU when he left ??? Like Family being Threatened or about WVU being racist !!

I guess then they had different meanings huh? Evidently it wasn't a good enough job on the field against PSU....35-10

#9 in the big 10 is pretty close to the bottom.....

[MSGC2009]

JPfromFlint ohio state players are reported saying it is way overblown and that no majorly competitive team adheres to the rule. Besides, newspaper interviews with a few disgruntled players are not cold hard facts. I also did not come out and say nothing should happen if it is true. So get your facts straight and learn to interpret right.

[RR608]

Please, for the love of all that is Maize & Blue, fire Rich Rod and get rid of "Sailor" Bill Martin! Attention! Attention! Paging Mr. Leslie E. Miles! Time to come home to Ann Arbor and claim your rightful place as the Head Coach of the Mchigan Wolverines!!!

[tombarrett80]

rich, do you also believe pussies that cry should be head coaches? maybe rich is more suited for cheerleader coach, he can cry all he wanted there!

[bradhouck]

Man up!!! You are the friggin head coach!!!! LOL

[JPfromFlint]

Someone needs to buy a diaper for Rich Rod's face so it will catch and dry up those tears!

GO SPARTANS!

[TonyMaster007]

My Trojans are under investigation as well so I won't discuss about the rules but for god sakes how do you work your players 10 hours a day and still produce a 3-9 record.

[TebooTedMarshall]

Really Dick? Really ?Cry a fuckin river?? Really Dick?

[KBTV10]

i actually don't think he was even crying. i think he just had a big bowl of french onion soup before this interview.

[elevatn]

Justice

[ducati644]

YES HONDA! I thought the same thing. He kept mentioning barwis over and over. He was throwing him under the bus while trying to sound like he was defending him. Deflecting the attention to Barwis. Rod doesnt give a shit about the players or anyone else for that matter.

[milton24]

Ha! It's what you get for leaving WVU. BITCH ROD! crybaby! cheater! He's proud of being a cheater. 5-7 at best this season. cry then bitch.

[USh8tr]

As a huge UM fan I am truly shocked by how fast the wheels are falling off. I love UM because of the tradition and stability and in the last year I have seen the spread offence installed, a fucking 3-9 season, no bowl game for the 1st time in my life and now this.

I'm all for giving Rich a shot but I think this season will be a real gut check and might seal his fate as a div 1 coach.

[RCmack]

Hopefully, Rich Rod can steer himself and Michigan's football program out of this mess, but it will be an uphill battle.

To be honest, if I could have picked Michigan's next football coach, it wouldn't have been Rodriguez. It would have been Bob Stoops or Gary Pinkel.

If Stoops or Pinkel had been named Michigan's football coach, there wouldn't be any practice time allegations or any other current problems involving Michigan's football program.

[FredUAW]

Whhaaaaaaa!!!

[hoosier0890]

Hey Ohio State fans: Maurice Clarett. Shut up.

[ridingtimes]

@hoosier0890 Hey Michigan fans: Probation...cheaters..shut up....or should i say Mario caught twice on urine test and still played. Maurice was atleast kicked off the team.

[MSGC2009]

First of all, every person saying rich is a cheat and a fraud is so way off base. Can you honestly tell me that other major competitive teams aren't doing the same thing? I cannot say if the allegations are true or not, but the reason this came out is because of the poor record last season and team dissention. The bigger issue is just how many teams are doing the same thing.

[JPfromFlint]

MSGC2009 other teams are doing it is not a good excuse. That just like telling a policeman when he pulls you over for speeding that the reason you was driving fast is because you was trying to go with the flow of traffic. That may be so but YOU got pulled over and will get a ticket. We don't know if all other schools are breaking the practice rules and they may be but Rich Rod is the one that got caught and the everyone is doing it card won't fly.

[dubasher]

this guy is a disgrace and a fraud. they ought to can his azzz now.

[roberhau]

Baylor?

[jdoncbus]

As an Ohio State grad, we need Michigan to improve. It does nothing for the rivalry and the conference when the blue stinks.

I don't see Rodriguez lasting too long in AA.

[jalge2]

I hope scUM loses every game.

[JustUs8663]

It is sad isn't it? Your arch nemesis' head coach crying like he just got slapped in the face by his mama doesn't bode well for your rivalry either...

Down with Rich Rod. OSU, we're pullin' for ya.

[RequiemForABuckeye]

Hahahahaha! scUM's coach is a queer. Enjoy the basement of the Big-10, douchebags! Have a feeling you'll be there for a while.

[AdiossMofo]

lolololololollolololololololol­ol

[Hitman27100]

I am a lifelong fan of Blue, but Rich Rod has smelled funny before he even got to Ann Arbor. We DO need to get things turned around, but it must be done the right way. If it's proven that he is lying it will be a crushing blow to our program and hopefully he wont make it out of town alive.

[davet3450]

as an Alabama fan I can say we dodged a major bullet here. I'm more than glad this joker didn't come to T-Town

[Hexydes]

Pride comes before the fall...

[jshaf]

when did he care about his players at WVU? If I remember right he left them abruptly and coldly right in the middle of bowl prep for the fiesta bowl. that rarely happens right before a bowl. He is trying to play the MU faithful. I would think they are smarter than that. Those are crockadile tears he is crying, he wants everyone to let him off the hook. don't let him fool ya guys!

[ajHUTT]

wow it took almost 20 seconds to get those fake tears flowin'......

[roberhau]

Michigan haters - There is no football program under the sun that hasmerge d success, student achievement and integrity the way University of Michigan has done. That is the only reason UM is under the microsope. This is a new era at UM. When the smoke clears, we have done things above the board ( unlike some programs ), the rest of you will still be playing catch-up with and fearing the most successful college football program in history. Hail to the Victors!!

[ajHUTT]

yeah a lot of 'catching up' to do to that program... you have become the JOKE of college football... 3-9 was bad, this is just flat out pathetic.  Mutiny in your own locker room, that's a little more than smoke clearing.

[JustUs8663]

You can't be serious. 3 and 9? The worst season in Wolverine history? Please... and I agree with aj, you can't expect much of anything when the sailors hate the captain...

[chetroman]

Michigan football is a total train wreck.

[davet3450]

Michigan is a train wreck, but the good news for them is they do play in weak conference

[hondak20z306]

forced tears and hamming it up, sad day for Michigan football

And did it sound to anyone else like he was trying to throw the strength and training coach under the bus while trying to sound like he was defending him?