In the college football coaching fraternity, there's an unspoken understanding of the job's rigors.
Seeing another coach have to leave his team in middle of the season for health reasons, like Minnesota's Jerry Kill did today, resonates with others. Kill had a tearful morning news conference, during which he cited the challenges of his epilepsy and balancing that with the job requirements.
"Sad. I figured it was something that had to have been pretty serious. You never want to hear anything like that," U-M tight ends coach Jay Harbaugh said, three days before the Wolverines play at Minnesota (7 p.