The Rich Rodriquez saga seems to finally be over but there is one interesting detail about this case.

OSU seemed to have a seat at the table in the lawsuit as Jaclyn A. Bryk, a 2004 graduate of the Michael E. Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, was on the three-person team from the law firm that was hired to represent WVU in the case. It’s really not that significant at all but it’s nice to see former Buckeye alumni continuing their spite for the Wolverines.

Bryk was obviously professional in this released statement:

“The fact that I was an OSU alumni, a secondary matter to be sure, made this case even more appealing for me.”

Bryk specializes in insurance law and commercial/general litigation and helped WVU win the case against Rodriguez and on July 8th he agreed to pay WVU the entire $4 million in liquidated damages provision in his contract. He broke that clause when he resigned in December to coach at Michigan. Yesterday, Michigan wired $2.5 million of its $4 million settlement to WVU and will pay the rest at later dates.

Also on an interesting and ironic note, Michigan and Rich Rodriquez were represented by University of Toledo grads and not one single Michigan grad.