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Friday, September 05, 2008

Detroit News: Article by Bob Wojnowski

U-M, MSU testing fans' patience

Bob Wojnowski / The Detroit News

One great thing about college football around here is people sure know how to keep everything in perspective.

After Michigan opened a new era with a home loss to an unidentified team from Utah, it was gratifying to see the public react with all the calm of a dyspeptic cat battling a bowel obstruction. Heck, according to my fabricated sources, it was a solid 15 minutes after the game before fans, sobbing softly, began lighting candles to their Bo shrines.

No, the Rich Rodriguez era didn't exactly begin as planned. Yes, the spread offense and the spread-wide-open-and-skip-right-through-it defense looked a tad mushy. Yes, some blue Blue fans wondered if it was too late to stop payment on the West Virginia buyout check.

To read the rest of the article please visit: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080904/SPORTS0201/809040469/1131

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