Rich Rodriguez, who we assume is renting and not buying in Ann Arbor, has slowly been learning why the legal system calls the research phase of a trial the “discovery process”: we’re all discovering how refreshing he would be as a women’s cleansing product.

Now the discovery process has unearthed that Rodriguez sent a go-between to University of Michigan officials to tell them how much he always liked them but couldn’t say so because he was with a girl at the time but now he thinks the two of them may not be compatible anymore because she wants more kids and he just needs time to work things out, y’know?

Now we’re getting that not-so-fresh feeling.

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PRO FOOTBALL TALK’s Mike Florio (who else?) reports that the Steelers will hand over a guaranteed $38.7M to Ben Roethlisberger as part of a contract extension (commence catch-up reports on MSM websites and ESPN News).

How can a guy in the hills of West Virginia continue to scoop the big boys at ESPN, NFL Network and FOX? Someone, anyone give this guy a MSM job. Read more…