Kyle Whittingham's first season at Michigan is beginning under a cloud of scandal that is shocking the state.
No, he's not hacking into female students' photo libraries or illegally scouting opposing teams or sleeping with his administrative ******* istant. Those are garden-variety scandals in the Michigan program over the last few years.
In the eyes of some Michigan fans, Whittingham is committing a far more serious offense: He doesn't hate Ohio State enough.
"Would we have a better chance to win if I hated them?" Whittingham said. "I don't understand. Whatever gives us the best chance to win, I'm all for. Want to beat them worse than anybody around so I don't know how that got to be such a hot topic."
Whittingham's comment Monday, in response to a topic that came out of Big Ten media days a couple weeks ago, is like touching the third rail of college coaching. To admit that you don't have as much visceral hate for your rival as the fan base?

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