Rich Rodriguez is still fired up about the NCAA violations the Michigan football program committed under his watch.

The former Wolverines coach, and current Arizona coach, vented about the violations in a recent interview with Sports Illustrated's Seth Davis for Davis' CampusInsiders.com show.

"I get mad when I think about that, to me -- and I don't mind saying it -- I thought it was a bunch of BS," Rodriguez said. "We got in trouble for, in the offseason, a strength coach putting a rubber ball on a stick for a get-off thing when (players) did their running. A rubber ball on a stick.

"Now think about that, I could have put a hat on a stick -- that was something I got in trouble for."

In 2010, the NCAA found Rodriguez's Michigan program guilty of major violations -- including exceeding coaching staff limitations, playing and practice violations, unethical conduct and failure to monitor.

Michigan was then placed on a three-year probation term by the NCAA and Michigan limited practice time throughout the 2011-12 calendar season.

"Another thing we got in trouble for was letting some of the interns, or quality control guys, sit in the room while we watched film," Rodriguez added. "Not add any input, just sit there and learn -- young coaches wanting to be coaches -- and that's a violation.

"There's schools now that are hiring ex-NFL coaches and scouts to do that full-time for them. Yet I got a violation because of that."

Rodriguez was ultimately fired after three unsuccessful seasons in Ann Arbor in January of 2011 after going 15-22 (6-18, Big Ten). Brady Hoke, who is now in his third season at Michigan, has a current record of 24-7 (13-4, Big Ten).

Rodriguez is now in his second season at Arizona. The Wildcats are 11-6 under his leadership.

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