Updates? Updates.

There's really not much to update though. We're not much closer to knowing what bowl Michigan will be in OR who our next coach will be.

We do know one bowl and one coach that WON'T be matched up with Michigan, soon, however.

The Outback Bowl in Tampa has extended an invite to Wisconsin, which they accepted. And Iowa's Kirk Ferentz has been eliminated (whether by his choice or ours hasn't been specificied, though it appears to be his) from the coaching search.

So where does that leave us? (Bowl edition): At this point, it all depends on whether Illinois gets a BCS bid or not. If they do, we'll most likely be in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando on New Years Day. (If I understand the rules and trust posters on the Victors Board correctly, we would be the only team left that Capital One could take with OSU and Illinois BCS-bound and Wisconsin already committed to Tampa.)

If Illinois does not get a BCS bid, it's believed that they will get the Capital One invite, dropping us to fight it out with Penn State for two undesireable late-December games: The Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, and the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando. I'd imagine we'd probably go to Champs Sports in this case, and PSU to Alamo, since we were just in San Antonio two years ago, and there can't be many M fans eager to repeat that trip. PSU, on the other hand, has only played there once--8 years ago.

So where does that leave us? (Coach edition): Miles away. Or, Miles closer. The speculation is almost unanimously on Les Miles at the moment. Brian Kelly's name has been tossed around, and one ridiculously unreliable rag even went so far as to say that he was in "if the interview doesn't turn off the Woman President". Bwahhahah.

Few other candidates have been receiving much attention lately, which seems to indicate Miles is at the very least, Michigan's clear next choice. That Ferentz was apparently their first choice is scary, but that bullet appears to have been dodged for now, so no harm done.

If things with Miles don't pan out, Kelly certainly appears to be next in line. Rumors have it that he has been contacted by Nebraska about their opening as well, though, so we may need to move quickly to avoid having to fall down to choice #4.

And it's anybody's guess at this point who that might be.