A Pile of Riches!

Today, Rich Rodriguez accepted the head coaching job at Michigan. What seemed like the longest head coaching search in history will end officially on Monday, when Rich Rodriguez will take the head coaching job at Michigan.

Rich told his team today that he accepted the job in a regularly scheduled team meeting.

Along with that good news: Terrelle Pryor, the #1 recruit in the country. Has added Michigan to his list of schools.

• Michigan will welcome Rich at a press conference Monday morning.



• The offer is believed to be $2.5 M a year.



• No word yet on his $4m buyout.



• Reports are that Rich does not plan to coach in the Fiesta Bowl.



• We are 2-2 for WVU coaches this year

My take: A very good hire. A young coach with nothing but upside that will bring a new offense to Michigan. He also is a good recruiter that could pull in Terrelle Pryor. Rich is 44 and could be in Ann Arbor a very long time. He was most definitely on my top 5 wish list of college coaches to replace Carr.

"Sailboat" Bill pulled this one out after a very poor start to the search.

"I am thrilled to have Rich Rodriguez as Michigan's new coach," athletic director Bill Martin wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Sunday. "Rich brings an exciting brand of football to Michigan Stadium. We welcome the entire Rodriguez family to Ann Arbor.

The way he coached against Pitt makes me nervous but hopefully he learned something from that experience.

Even ESPN likes Bighouseblog.com! :-)

BREAKING NEWS Alert
Rodriguez Sold On The Big House
West Virginia's Rich Rodriguez informed players at a meeting Sunday that he was leaving to coach at Michigan, only 48 hours after an initial sitdown. Story Schad's analysis

Today is a good day. BTW: Only a hours left before the recruiting silent period.