Michigan coach: Condo lawsuit shouldn’t be in SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)—The federal lawsuit filed against Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez in South Carolina over a defunct real estate deal should be tossed out and refiled elsewhere, the coach argued in federal court documents filed Monday.
The multimillion-dollar lawsuit should be argued in federal court in Virginia, where the property in question is located, an attorney for Rodriguez said in a motion requesting that the South Carolina case be dismissed.
In September 2007, when Rodriguez was still coaching at West Virginia, a Spartanburg, S.C.-based bank loaned the coach and his partner more than $26 million to build condominiums overlooking Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium. But as the 80-unit project struggled amid the economic downturn, that amount was later amended to about $3.63 million, the cost of only the land itself.
Earlier this year, an Alabama bank with an interest in the loan sued Rodriguez in South Carolina, saying the coach owes $3.9 million—the land coast, plus interest and fees—for defaulting on the loan.
Rodriguez’s attorney contends the case should be moved from South Carolina because the state has no real connection to the loan as it stands now: Rodriguez lives in Michigan; Nexity Bank, which currently holds the loan, is in Alabama; and the property in question is in Virginia. Banc Capital, the bank that loaned Rodriguez the money, is not part of the lawsuit.
Attorneys for Nexity did not immediately return messages seeking comment Monday.
Questions have also swirled surrounding Rodriguez’s partner in The Legends of Blacksburg venture.
Banned Clemson University booster Clegg Lamar Greene of Clemson, S.C., was arrested Dec. 29 and charged with multiple counts of breach of trust.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says Green is accused of pilfering thousands of dollars from Palmetto State Enterprises LLC between 2005 and 2007 to pay debts on various business deals, buy furniture and have cosmetic surgery.

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National Championships
Determining a college football cational champion has never been an exact science. A variety of organizations and individuals have named national champions over the years, each with its own system for determining who is champion. In many years this has resulted in rival claimants to the title. By the University of Michigan Athletic Department's reckoning, the Wolverines have won or shared eleven national titles based on the awards of the following major selectors:
1901: Michigan and Harvard recognized as National Champions
UM recognized by: Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation
Harvard recognized by; College Football Research Association
Yale recognized by: Parke Davis
1902: Michigan recognized as National Champion
UM recognized by: Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis (tie with Yale)
1903: Michigan and Princeton recognized as National Champions
UM recognized by: Billingsley, National Championship Foundation (tie with Princeton)
Princeton recognized by: Helms, Houlgate, Parke Davis, National Championship Foundation
1904: Michigan and Penn recognized as National Champions
UM recognized by: Billingsley, National Championship Foundation (tie with Penn)
Penn recognized by: Helms, Houlgate, Parke Davis, National Championship Foundation (tie)
1918: Michigan and Pittsburgh recognized as National Champions
UM recognized by: Billingsley, National Championship Foundation (tie with Pittsburgh)
Pittsburgh recognized by: Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation (tie)
1923: Michigan and Illinois recognized as National Champions
UM recognized by: Billingsley, National Championship Foundation (tie with Illinois)
California recognized by: Houlgate
Illinois recognized by: Boand, Football Research, Helms, Parke Davis, National Championship Foundation (tie)
1932: Michigan and Southern California recognized as National Champions
UM recognized by: Dickinson, Parke Davis (tie with Colgate and Southern California)
Colgate recognized by Parke Davis (tie)
Southern California recognized by: Billingsley, Boand, Dunkel, Football Research, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis, (tie), Poling, Williamson
1933: Michigan recognized as National Champion
UM recognized by: Billingsley, Boand, College Football Research Association, Dickinson, Helms, Houlgate, Football Research, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis (tie with Princeton), Poling
Ohio State recognized by: Dunkel
Princeton recognized by: Parke Davis (tie)
Southern California recognized by: Williamson
1947: Michigan recognized as National Champion
UM recognized by: Associated Press *, Berryman, Billingsley, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Helms (tie with Notre Dame), Houlgate, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling
Notre Dame recognized by: Associated Press Helms (tie), Williamson
*Notre Dame was No. 1 in the final AP poll, but Michigan jumped to No. 1 after an unprecedented post-bowl poll recognized Michigan and Notre Dame as National Champions
1948: Michigan recognized as National Champion
UM recognized by: Associated Press, Berryman, Billingsley, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Helms, Houlgate, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Williamson
1997: Michigan and Nebraska recognized as National Champion
UM recognized by: Associated Press, National Football Foundation, Football Writer's Association
Nebraska recognized by: ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll
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Goooooooo Michigan
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The pot calling the kettle black?
Who in their right mind would trust in or believe anything anyone says from Detroit?
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I think Michigan is the greatest venue in all of sports.
I think RichRod should be booted out of town. (he should be sent back down to where he came from, and live with the rest of those "southern rednecks" who have IQ's in the single digets)
I think that Nostradamus knows what he's talking about.
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i run into this ALL the time. people cant disprove the FACTS i post ...... so they resort to just claiming i have it in for their team. facts outweigh opinion 100 times out of 100 times.
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you are a complete moron.
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it's a shame that the level of respect, but especially the level of passion, for the game has sunk so low....i'm kinda embarrassed for them, whoever they are.
i can just hear their pathetic comments...."man, coach be makin us run out in dat heat and lift when we awready sore... that's discriminating 'gainst my rights. he workin us like dawgs and i don't have to take it...i'm gonna tell on him..."
probably something like that....
i guess we'll never be able to go back to smash-mouth football where you leave your heart, soul, blood, sweat and tears on the field and with your team....now we have to worry about civil rights and stepping on toes.
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i will slaughter anybody opinion on how many national championships their school has if the number they claim does not match up to the facts. you know ..... i crack on Oklahoma and Texas quite a lot ..... but ill give credit where credit is due ..... at least they dont go around claiming BS national championships. Notre Dame has an OFFICIAL policy of refusing to recognize ANY national championship that was not awarded by the AP Poll. you know why Notre Dame doesnt play the "how many national championships can we claim" game ????? because they are Notre Dame and their history speaks for themselves. they dont have to degrade themselves by participating in cheap tactics to improve the overall history of their program.
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