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Ann Arbor -- What still needs to be explained as coach Rich Rodriguez's football production evolves at Michigan is why this 'process' he cited several times Saturday ever was necessary at a school where football was fairly successful for 40 years ahead of his arrival.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Winning is a great deodorant and Michigan needs a victory for its funk.

Manny Harris scored 25 points and Zack Novak had 15 to lead No. 15 Michigan to a 73-54 victory over Wayne State on Friday night in an exhibition game.

ANN ARBOR - There's some soul-searching being done this week by Michigan football players.

John Beilein's phone started with one text message Tuesday night from hisA brother, traveling through Syracuse, N.Y. on his way to Albany telling the Michigan basketball coach merely "It's close." His old school, Division II Le Moyne , was playing No.

Last week we poked a little fun at ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg for dissing Michigan and Michigan State in his Big Ten power rankings.

Ann Arbor For a change, the news about Michigan tailback Brandon Minor is good.

Rich Rodriguez wants people to have patience with him and his program, even if he doesn't. The Wolverines lost a game they couldn't afford to at Illinois over the weekend, making Saturday's home game against Purdue very important.

Michigan and Illinois started the day Saturday in very different positions, one looking for a win that would punch their ticket for the post season and the other groping to find some way to end a five-game losing streak.

Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez swears no one wants to see the Wolverines play better and more consistently sooner than he does.

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg Rich Rodriguez did it again Monday, referring to the state of the program he inherited when he arrived at Michigan in December 2007.

Michigan takes a huge step backward. Think at least a few Wolverines fans who used to bash Lloyd Carr are missing him now? If you think Southern California, coming off a humbling loss at the hands of Oregon, is a lock to miss the BCS for the first time in eight seasons, think again.

Michigan opened Saturday's game motivated and focused, like at the start of the season.

Michigan took two steps forward to start the season and has now taken one step back following the crushing defeat to Penn State.

Saturday's game between Michigan and Illinois could be a little like old times for Wolverine running back Carlos Brown.

Michigan offensive lineman David Moosman dealt with a lot growing up. Born in the Netherlands, his family moved a few times before settling in Libertyville, Ill., when he was in third grade.

Michigan basketball coach John Beilein is seeing what he wants. Beilein said earlier this week he was watching video of a practice and a Michigan sophomore was clearly disappointed with a freshman teammate.

A A A A A Michigan at Illinois , Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Eastern A A A A A Line: Michigan by 7A1 2. A A A A A Series Record: Michigan leads 66-22-2. A A A A A Last Meeting: 2008.

Michigan cornerback Boubacar Cissoko has been kicked off the team. Cissoko, a sophomore from Cass Tech, started four games this season for the Wolverines before a two-game suspension for what coach Rich Rodriguez called a violation of team rules.

Michigan can lock up bowl eligibility this weekend when the Wolverines travel to hapless Illinois, but they're mindful of an embarassing loss to that team last year in Ann Arbor.