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Remember the fuss in the spring when Trotwood-Madison football players Michael Shaw and Roy Roundtree signed with Michigan after backing out of oral commitments to attend Penn State and Purdue, respectively?

Let it be known that first-year Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez still maintains he did nothing wrong in continuing to recruit those players after they had agreed to go elsewhere.

Rodriguez this week said it's just "part of the deal" to call other schools' recruits, adding, "I believe there are people probably calling ours now, probably some Big Ten schools."

At the time, Purdue coach Joe Tiller accused Rodriguez of being "a guy in a wizard hat selling snake oil." That quote resurfaced this week because 2-6 Michigan plays Purdue today, Nov. 1, and Rodriguez got a laugh when he said, "I don't know if I've got my snake-oil sample with me or not. I can bring it down to West Lafayette (Ind.) and get Joe."

• The ironic part is that neither Shaw, a running back, nor Roundtree, a receiver, is getting much of a shot, even on a bad team. In six games, Shaw has 76 yards on 11 carries and five pass receptions for 27 yards. He scored Michigan's first touchdown this season but has none since. Roundtree hasn't played and is expected to redshirt, along with tight end Brandon Moore, also from Trotwood.

Shaw has not carried in Michigan's last two games, but Rodriguez said he might get more touches today if freshman Sam McGuffie sits out with a slight concussion suffered last week.

Britt shopping around

Quarterback Domonick Britt (Trotwood-Madison) is in the market for a second chance after leaving Jackson State University in September. He's back in the area and Trotwood coach Maurice Douglass says he's considering Kent State and Central State, among others.

Homesickness apparently sacked Britt in Mississippi, although Douglass said, "My understanding was he didn't work as hard down there. He really could be special, but he has to find out what he wants."

Britt had drawn interest from Ohio State, Michigan and the like. "We thought it was a good fit," Jackson State recruiting coordinator Greg Ruffin said. "But he wasn't into it."

Brother act at Capital

Capital University's men's soccer team, thanks to Steven and Daniel McCarthy (Alter), clinched its second consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference regular-season championship this week. In a 3-1 victory over Heidelberg, the brothers from Centerville accounted for all the Capital scoring. Steven, a junior, picked up a goal for his 100th career point (44 goals, 12 assists) and Daniel, a freshman, collected the other two.

Campus tour

• Nikola Holdsworth (Centerville) scored twice in Kentucky's 3-2 overtime women's soccer win over Mississippi State on Oct. 23. The senior's second goal, resulting from a career-best seventh shot, temporarily kept alive the Wildcats' hopes of qualifying for the SEC tournament.

• There's a Miami Valley flavor to Ohio State women's volleyball. Chelsea Noble (Vandalia-Butler), a libero/defensive specialist who transferred from Tennessee, has a team-high 19 aces, and freshman middle blocker Kelli Barhorst (Anna) leads the Buckeyes in blocks per set (1.12) and ranks third in hitting percentage (.195).

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