Michigan football

• Coach Rich Rodriguez was waiting for his meeting with athletics director Dave Brandon, which would lead to his firing. A week-long coaching search would follow, ending with Brady Hokes hiring.
(USA Today)
• TAMPA, Fla. — It took four years, but the culture surrounding the Michigan State football program has officially changed for the good.
(MLive.com)
• NEW ORLEANS — After five weeks of talking about being back on the national stage, its finally here. The No. 13 Michigan football team (10-2) will face No.
(Union-News & Sunday Republican)
• I love Michigan football, and I love the University of Michigan. When I graduate, I want my kids to go there. I want there to be my blood.
(rivals.com)
• College football bowl games began last month but the big games are being played in the new year. There were six games played Monday including the Rose Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl. Michigan and Virginia Tech meet Tuesday night in the Sugar Bowl.
(NPR News)
• The Michigan Wolverines are playing in a BCS Bowl for the first time since a loss in the 2007 Rose Bowl vs USC; their only win on college football's biggest stage came in the 2000 Orange Bowl against Alabama.
(ESPN)
• EAST LANSING -- The Spartan football team was welcomed back home by long-time Michigan State football fans at both Capital Region International Airport and on campus this afternoon.
(Lansing State Journal)
• TAMPA, Fla. -- Anthony Rashad White blocked a 47-yard field goal attempt in the third overtime period, and Michigan State rallied three times to get past Georgia 33-30 in a Monday???s Outback Bowl matchup of Southeastern Conference and Big Ten divisional winners.
(CBS Sports)
• The bane of the 2010 Michigan Wolverines: not getting off the field third-and-long. They improved from No. 95 in the country to No. 32 this year under new coordinator Greg Mattison, but nothing stays dead in New Orleans.
(SBNation.com)