Pat Caputo: All Signs Point To Rodriguez Out And Harbaugh In At Michigan — Regardless What Happens In Bowl
On New Year's Day, when Michigan plays Mississippi State in the Gator Bowl, it will be among the strangest circumstances ever for a bowl game.
By now, the rules of logic dictate whether a college football coach will return. It's either he's been fired or returning. Michigan, however, is presenting an exception.
The only thing clear is the figurative sight of Rich Rodriguez twisting in the wind.
Is Michigan's embattled head coach on the bubble based on this game? Or is he purely a lame duck, and the result of the Gator Bowl meaningless to his job stature?