Michigan Football Thursday: Denard Robinson Supports Rich Rodriguez

Before the David Brandon "quiet period" took effect for the future status of Michigan's head coach, he said that more than wins and losses would go into his assessment of current head man Rich Rodriguez.  Things like grades, player feedback and recruiting would also be decision factors.

Recruiting has been pretty good the last month and now the Wolverines star QB chimes in with his support: "If it was up to me, I'd tell them he has to come back," Robinson said. "We had a pretty good season, and our future's really bright. We've got a young team and we're just starting to jell now.

"I see us in the future winning a national championship or moving in the top 10."

• The Big Ten has started an impressive 2-0 in bowl games so far.  Let's hope that streak continues, mostly at 1:30 on Saturday.  I know the Big Ten is happy with its new bowl selections, but I'm wondering how effective it is to split the Big Ten viewing audience three ways on Saturday at 1:00.  They used to start the Outback Bowl at 11:00 EST to try to balance that a bit.  This year the Big Ten has two games kicking off at 1:00 and another at 1:30.  

• Desmond Green, a 6'4", 225-pound 3-star DE from PA is down to four schools and will visit them all.  Those schools are Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State and Texas Tech.

• Sam Webb takes a look at next week's Under Armour All-American Game.  If Michigan fans pick one All-Star game to watch they should tune into the Army All-American game with a number of Michigan recruits playing.