On Saturday at high noon, Michigan and Ohio State will take the field in what may be the most anticipated matchup in the history of the greatest rivalry in all of sports. And for the first time since the Maize and Blue and Scarlet and Gray have been battling, a Black man will be serving as a head coach. Michigan’s Sherrone Moore’s defining moment won’t just be a historic mark, it’s proof that diversity in college football is just as bad, or worse than it is in the NFL.
Don’t ever tell me that hiring decisions should be based on “the best person for the job,” when the best person for the job continues to conveniently be white men.
Last week was a big one for the Wolverines, and not just because they survived the haunted “trap game” before “The Game.” It was because Michigan’s 31-24 victory over the Terrapins gave the winningest program in college football history 1,000 wins. The first and only program to do that, as Ohio State ironically sits behind them at No. 2 on the list.
