today's college sports links: Wisconsin football team what Michigan used to be; Rich Rodriguez's 'growing pains' drumbeat losing its bang? and more

Following the Michigan football team's lopsided loss to Wisconsin, the Detroit News' Bob Wojnowski opined: If Rich Rodriguez can't fix U-M defense, he can't fix this team.

Writes Wojnowski, "The Wolverines have been manhandled and mishandled by every good team they've faced, by any team with big linemen and hard-running backs, in every embarrassing way."

Leading Wojnowski to later write, "Dave Brandon has more patience and understanding of the situation than the average fan. But he also sees what everyone else sees, including a Wisconsin team that's pretty much what Michigan used to be -- big and unflinching and hard-hitting.