Carty’s choice: Toledo's mayor will be rooting for . . .By JOE VARDON
BLADE SPORTS WRITER
A lifelong Michigan Wolverines fan with family ties to the university and its football program just happens to be the mayor of Toledo and a former Rocketsassistant coach.
In this the week that UM and Toledo finally face one another on the gridiron, Carty Finkbeiner is indeed caught between a Rocket and a hard place.
So, who will Finkbeiner root for when the Wolverines and Rockets meet Saturday at noon at the Big House?
The respective coaches at UM andToledo seem to have this one alreadyfigured out.
“Well, I would hope he’s rootin’ for the maize and blue,” Wolverines coach Rich Rodriguez said. “He probably can’t say that because he is the mayor of Toledo, and I’m sure he has a lot of affection for the Rockets.
“He’ll probably tell me he’s for Michigan all the way.”
Rockets coach Tom Amstutz, naturally, disagrees.
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