In their letter (via AnnArbor.com) to Mary Sue Coleman confirming the investigation, the NCAA advised they intended to complete their investigation by December 31, 2009.   That of course doesn’t say anything about announcing any findings, but I guess I was thinking we might know something by year end.   The NCAA offices are closed until January 4th. According to the letter the NCAA is obligated to provide “a general status of this inquiry” at six month intervals, starting from the date of the letter which is October 23, 2009.   So, at the latest we’ll know something April 23, 2009.

The folks at Forbes reset their rankings of the most valuable college football programs.  To create the value metric, Forbes “standardized the revenue and expense streams for each team, since the methods of reporting to the Department of Education are often inconsistent from school to school.”  Michigan dropped from #4 this year.

Quickly, five minutes from Rich Rod’s appearance on WDFN 1130AM this morning with fill-in hosts Larry Lage and Killer Kowalski.   Coach is in West Virginia right now visiting his parents and discussed a little recruiting including a brilliant question (inside joke) about the commitment numbers game and more: [display_podcast] . Having done a little of this on the radio, it’s a little tough to change directions on the fly but I would have asked Rodriguez how he’s treated back home, and if he needs to slip in and out of town when he visits his parents.