Eastern Michigan fires Jeff Genyk as head coach

Friday vs Central Michigan will be Genyk's last game as coach said EMU athletic Director Dr. Derrick Gragg. According to the Detroit Free Press Gragg put out a press release saying:

"Earlier this morning, after consulting President Susan Martin, I informed coach Jeff Genyk of my decision to move our football program in another direction, at the conclusion of the season"

YCD can't say as we're surprised, this year was supposed to be different, a much better team was expected. The EMU football program never really progressed under Genyk, it kinda stayed mired in that same crappy place it was in when he got here. One thing we WILL say in Mr. Genyk's favor, he cleaned out the nere-do-wells from the EMU football program. Football players at EMU now attend classes and aren't the drunken brawlers of yore. For that he deserves credit, making citizenship while at EMU important.

The Free Press also reports former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr will advise EMU in their search for a new head football coach. This should be OK as long as Eastern never schedules Ohio State.

Genyk had a 15-42 record at Eastern in five years with the Central tilt yet to come....

Michigan football MAY or MAY NOT have a steroids problem on it's hands

Former Michigan defensive end, Rondell Biggs, was recently pulled over near I-94 and State Street. We'll now cut to the chase; Biggs told police he was in town HELPING the Michigan football program with the 'training and conditioning' of the team. What MAY be troubling here is what Biggs was found with after being stopped. Police say they found 10 yellow pills in the center console of the vehicle in a bag that had a label indicating it contained 50 pills. Now, a Michigan rep said Biggs was merely an hourly employee back under Lloyd Carr's tenure and has no connection to the new coach, Rich Rodriguez. The pills in question came back as 'positive for stanozolol, a Schedule III prescribed synthetic anabolic steroid'.

Troubling yes, now whether we can determine Biggs' exact role with the team remains to be seen but if he's still having anything to do with the team in any official capacity, the NCAA will be all over this. If he's only working with FORMER U-M athletes, the heat would be off except for those stupid enough to use steroids to begin with.

Michigan football gameday

Michigan vs Florida in Lloyd's going away party.

Michigan will have to contend with the ultimate balanced QB in Florida Heisman winner Tim Tebow. 20+ TD passing and 20+ TD's running. The talent around Tebow is slightly greater than that of Appalachian State and Oregon. As they have ALL season, Michigan will need to run Senior Mike Hart for over 100 yards to control the clock, keep Tebow off the field and shorten the game. If Michigan is to win, they won't win pretty, they'll have to make it a Big Ten smashmouth classic.

It's New Years Day and the world is filled with hope.

Kickoff 1pm

Worst kept secret Dept: Lloyd Carr to retire today

Well, he'll announce his retirement as head coach of the UM football program. Always one to carry himself with class (minus the clock game at MSU) Carr achieved many things in his 15 years as U-M top man. A record of 121-40 with a winning percentage of .752. He won 5 Big Ten titles and a co-national championship in 1997 after a perfect season. Carr coached the Wolverines to 4 BCS bowls and overall had a bowl record of 5-7.


Johnny has NOT yet been contacted about the job but will let YCD readers know when that call comes. Granted, Johnny has some top flight competiton but figures it's his for the taking.

Michigan Football game day thread

Go nuts Wolverine fans, Use this thread for pregame predictions and commentary, use this thread as your brick to throw at the TeeVee during the game and of course share all your post game verbal words of wisdom.

I'm sure Lloyd Carr is a big reader of the Ypsi City Desk so feel free to leave comments for him.