Perhaps we should have known from Jim Harbaugh’s first steps to the podium upon his introduction as Michigan’s head football coach on Dec. 30, 2014. As he approached the stage, Harbaugh stumbled ever so slightly over a labyrinth of TV cables before regaining his balance. “Did anyone see that?” he asked with an air of self-deprecation. “A lesser athlete would have gone down.” The remark drew snickers among the faithful because it was vintage Harbaugh. Quirky, brash, confident and determined to press through momentary missteps to get where he was going. Nothing, the prevailing belief in that room that day was, would deter Jim Harbaugh from restoring Michigan’s proud football tradition and perhaps doing things no Michigan coach had ever done. Five years later, it’s Ohio State fans who are having, if not the last laugh, then certainly the longest-lasting. Harbaugh is indeed on the cusp of doing something no…
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