Monday, January 17, 2011

Rich Rodriguez's donation draws 300

When Rich Rodriguez donated a dozen bags of Michigan apparel to the Salvation Army, Wolverines fan Darren Schumacher became curious.

So he showed up Saturday at a cold parking lot about halfway between Ann Arbor and Detroit, where the former coach's belongings were being auctioned off in a small tent.

"I'm shocked at how many people are here and, to be honest, what things are going for," the 43-year-old Schumacher said. "It was kind of an unfortunate era for Michigan football, and people are buying it like it was Bo Schembechler."

Rodriguez was fired as Michigan's football coach on Jan. 5, then donated more than 400 items Monday to a Salvation Army store in Wayne, about 15 miles west-southwest of Detroit. On Saturday, the store set up an outdoor tent with a seemingly endless variety of shirts, jackets and hats, auctioning them off to a large crowd of people, many of whom were already wearing Wolverines attire.

-Malcolm Priest http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6025203

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