Anti-Climacus

YOUR NOT-QUITE-WEEKLY MICHIGAN FOOTBALL UPDATE: There was hope, and then disappointment, and then paranoia, and creepy-obsessive tracking of flights, and then a firm resolution (only infrequently violated) to not, under any circumstances, get caught up in the coaching madness until the whole thing was resolved. End result:

In Rod We Trust.

The idea of a Michigan coach who has ever at any time run anything resembling a spread offense is... hard to compute. But it's exciting.

Bonus for having stuck it to West Virginia twice in the last year.

On the other hand, when the governor's getting involved, there may be some hard feelings:

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin blamed the involvement of what he termed "high-priced agents" in college sports.

"I have known Rich for most of his life, from a boy whose only wish was to play football at WVU to a young man whose only wish was to coach at WVU," Manchin said in a statement. "Something is wrong with the profession of college coaching today when a leader's word is no longer his bond."

I am considering altering my route up for Christmas. Somehow, driving through West Virginia with my "I'd rather be in Ann Arbor" bumper sticker seems like a recipe to get pulled over a lot.