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Michigan is not deterred by the sanctions the NCAA placed on Jim Harbaugh this week.
Athletic director Warde Manuel told the 1 Star Recruits podcast this week that Harbaugh would be an honorary captain for the school’s home opener against Fresno State. Harbaugh will be officially honored by Michigan less than a month after the NCAA gave him a one-year suspension and a four-year show-cause penalty for a lack of cooperation in an investigation into recruiting violations.
From MLive:
“I look forward to seeing him,” Manuel told the podcast. “He’ll be an honorary captain for our first game. I look forward to having him back in Ann Arbor for that game.”
The penalties are, of course, a bit moot at the moment. Harbaugh is the coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. He took the job in January after leading Michigan to a 15-0 season and a national championship. It was the Wolverines’ first title in either the College Football Playoff or BCS era and the school’s first since a shared national title in 1997.
The season’s success is obvious why Michigan wants to bring Harbaugh back. And he’s free that weekend since the NFL season begins a week later after the college football season does. It’ll also be the first home opener Harbaugh has attended in two seasons. He was unable to be at the home opener a season ago because of a three-game suspension Michigan self-imposed as part of the recruiting investigation.
The NCAA ruled that Harbaugh had lied to investigators about meeting with recruits during the COVID-19 dead period. The governing body and Michigan were working towards a four-game suspension for Harbaugh to start the 2023 season as a part of that investigation, but the deal fell apart before Michigan self-imposed the three-game ban. Harbaugh was then suspended for the final three games of the regular season by the…
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Publish date : 2024-08-09 23:10:43
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