Getting Testy

The future of what?Posting while angry, like texting while driving, can be very dangerous. I am going to do so, all the same.Earlier this week, I wrote that Rich Rodriguez had restored to Michigan the wonderment of college football. In his second season, Rodriguez had again made it possible for a Michigan fan to feel rewarded enough on Saturdays to justify all of the impatient longing for the next game that can consume a fan from Sunday through Saturday morning. That remains true: I cannot wait for the next game. However, I wish that I were of purer intention. Michigan's embarrassing loss to Penn State today has made next week a sudden referendum on the direction of the program.Until kickoff today, I was sure that Rodriguez would soon be leading Michigan to college football's greenest pastures. The team was more dangerous than the previous iteration. It competed with greater moxie than the previous iteration. The tackling, the blocking, the rhythm on offense--all better than...