Where to go from here?

As of tonight, December 1st...names circling around the Michigan family for possible contacting are diverse....

1. Kirk Ferentz seems to be picking up media steam, if only because the current UM president hired Kirk at Iowa. This is a lot like LSU spawning ideas that b/c their prez hired Spurrier @ Florida, he'd hire him again @ LSU if it was necessary. Stupid. This would be a terrible hire and doesn't right now have great support inside the program. Why would it? Kirk recruits many of the same areas as Michigan...if those kids wanted to play for him...they would have GONE TO IOWA! What a novel idea, no? On top of that, Ferentz has lead Iowa to back to back 6-6 regular seasons, this one where they likely won't go bowling. Pretty pathetic.

2. Greg Schiano. This one IS picking up steam. I thought they'd take a look at Schiano at some point. He fits the profile, being a coach at a school very worried about its academic reputation. I think this guy is a serious candidate and can't find anyone that disagrees with me of note.

3. Brian Kelly. This seems to be the lead pipe lock hire that everyone seems to want for their program, but for some reason Michigan isn't high on him. In most UM circles, his name isn't coming up. I don't know why. He has a knowledge of the state having coached at CMU and has a winning attitude, having won titles @ Grand Valley State.

4. Jeff Tedford. Tedford would be open to moving, as already noted in "The Next Lloyd Carr" posting of mine. He's not been contacted, but could be after his season ends. Tedford is known as a great college QB coach, but has dramatically underachieved in Berkeley.

I'd look at these four names if you're interested on "where Michigan could go from here."