Michigan fans should toast Biff Poggi on this New Year's Day.
Poggi, who became interim head coach when Sherrone Moore was fired, said yesterday's Citrus Bowl was his final game coaching with the Wolverines. The 66-year-old coach will not be part of Kyle Whittingham's staff after three different stints as an assistant with Michigan. Poggi also started the football program at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore and had a stint as head coach at Charlotte.
But, more than anything, Poggi considers himself an honorary Michigan man, and he was there to serve the football program at the time when it needed him most.