Les Miles Staying at LSU

Contrary to early reports indicating Les Miles would be the next head coach at Michigan, LSU athletic director, Joe Alleva, announced today that coach Miles is staying in Baton Rouge.

While it did appear that Miles was headed to his alma mater to resurrect a program that previous coach, Rich Rodriguez, buried over his disastrous 3-year tenure. Alleva was able to lure Miles back to the bayou for at least one more season.

Michigan has now failed on two separate occasions to land their man. If you recall, Miles was wildly coveted by Michigan after the 2007 to succeed legendary coach, Lloyd Carr. Then, like now, Miles remained LSU. The move inevitably led to Rich-Rod's hiring and three embarrassing years for Wolverine fans.

There were also reports that Michigan reached out to former Stanford coach, Jim Harbaugh, about their coaching vacancy, however Harbaugh elected to make the jump to the NFL and coach the San Francisco 49ers.

Coming off three disappointing seasons, Michigan will look long and hard for a new head coach who can turn around one of the most prestigious programs in the country.

Potential suitors?

Josh McDaniels
Urban Meyer
Brady Hoke
Mike Gundy

Rich Rodriguez Out At Michigan

"Embattled Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez has been fired, a source tells ESPN's Joe Schad. Michigan released a statement Wednesday saying athletic director Dave Brandon will discuss the state of the program at 12:30 p.m. ET. The source told Schad that Rodriguez is meeting with his staff. A players meeting is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon (ESPN)."

They had been back and forth over the past couple of days, but ti seems like he is finally being let go. I hate Michigan, I really do, but even I think this is a mistake. He has only had 3 years, and I do think he had them generally going in the right direction. Instead of firing him I would've gone out and got a top notch defensive coordinator, because if they had any defense at all they could've been a top 25 team.