On Second Thought

Maybe I should revise my statement about Michigan football and their potential Motor City Bowl bid in 2008.

Word around the Net is that of Terrelle Pryor, high school stud, adding Michigan to his list of potential schools. If you follow recruiting, you know that Pryor is supposed to be the next Vince Young.

Now, could you imagine this guy running Rodriguez's system? I certainly hope he would because it would be a sight to see, Michigan fan or not. Add him with McGuffie....

If you aren't sold yet, just watch this video:

And some more comments about the Rodriguez hire:

• It will be interesting to see if Josh Jenkins, which many consider to be the top OG in this year’s class, will be heading to Michigan. He is similar to Pryor because he was interested in West Virginia.

• Where will West Virginia go from here? Jimbo Fisher was a candidate, but he’s probably not going anywhere since he was promised the job at Florida State. Rick Trickett is an interesting candidate mainly because he coached under Rodriguez and he’s a great offensive line coach. Butch Jones’ name has been tossed around (and we CMU fans would be glad for West Virginia to take him off of our hands! :D ). One of the most popular names is Terry Bowden who has yet to land a job. Bowden, of course, had his father coach at West Virginia before leaving to FSU and Bowden is an alum of West Virginia.

• Brian Kelly’s name was thrown around for the Michigan job, but Kelly remained adamant that he would stay at Cincinnati (at least for the upcoming year). Now that Rodriguez is out of the picture and West Virginia could possibly take a step back if Rich Rod’s replacement isn’t ready, this could be Kelly’s time to take his name up a notch and win the Big East. It’s very possible this could happen and if next year’s team doesn’t choke against mediocre Big East schools, this could be the Big East’s BCS representative.