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Alex and Richard spend 23 minutes talking about Michigan’s holiday hiring of former Utah coach Kyle Whittingham:
In a time of intense national focus on the age of people in leadership positions (hmm, wonder where that came from), the 66-year-old Whittingham is unusually old to be taking this job. We wouldn’t worry.
Whittingham’s recruiting at Utah became a pressure point that may have contributed to him leaving. How much does that matter as he moves to a job with a built-in financial advantage?
Whittingham has been coaching Big Ten teams in the Pac-12 and Big 12 for years. What does he need to do differently in the ACTUAL Big Ten?
Also, some newsletter thoughts from Alex here:
CFB Newsletter: Four Early Thoughts on Kyle Whittingham and Michigan
Welcome to the College Football Newsletter, where we hate to see a breakup in the middle of the holidays. Yes, we’re looking at you, USC and Notre Dame.
