UPDATED--Semi OT: Harbaugh Article

Yup, in December '07 Standford had pulled off the one upset of USC at USC, and that was about it.

At that point, it was between an up and coming coach with U of M ties with one big win under his belt, and an established coach coming off several straight seasons of big wins, and a hair shy of a BCS championship game appearance.

From a resume stand point, there was no comparison.

I hadn't thought of it from that angle, I was more thinking it would be cool to see the two great academic institutions play each other.  But I get your point and its well-taken.  That said, I'd still like to see the game played.

I don' t know that it would be divisive, really.   Awkward, yeah.   But I don't think some people would be divisive, per se.    Except the "harbaugh is Michigan's next coach crowd."

That happened 3 years ago, and it will be at least another 2 before we MAY need to find another coach. I highly doubt that something that was said 5 years ago at that point is going to hinder the chances of Harbaugh coaching Michigan.

Most people probably think like you, but Harbaugh's comments burned all goodwill he earned during his time at Michigan with me.  A "Michigan Man" doesn't do things like that and get to be let off the hook by me so easily.  (Not that anyone cares if I ever pardon Harbaugh or not).

Lol, I could not care any less about those comments. Then or now.

If that stops people from hiring him if we need a new coach, then we need new people running the show.

The guy says what he thinks.  Should he have said that, probably not, but he did.  Is it true? In some cases probably.  I don't think you can hate a guy for giving truthful criticism about his former school.  Like I said though, I fault him for giving it in the wrong forum.  Not a deal breaker for me.

It isn't just Michigan fans who ride Harbaugh's jock.  There seems to be a national consensus that he is a great coach that has no basis in reality.  It is as if beating USC twice has given him a golden ticket that allows everything else he does (losing record against Cal, losing to Wake Forest, etc.) to be ignored.

They also act like Stanford is some donkey program which just isn't true.  Only USC and Washington have been to and won more Rose Bowls than Stanford among Pac 10 schools. 

Would you rather a .500 record at Stanford (who had 1 win the season before he got there), or a sub-500 record at Michigan (who won the cap 1 bowl the year before).  Obviously this doesn't close to tell the whole story, but just marginalizing Harbaugh's '.500' record doesn't either

As another poster mentioned its his trajectory that is impressive, not necessarily his record or accomplishments.

There are some of us (at least one) who fully support Coach Rod who still love Harbaugh for what he did here. He was a gutsy clutch player and, in my opinion, the best (college) quarterback ever to play at Michigan. Was I pissed about what he said about his academic experience? Of course. But I also know he is a competitve SOB who doesn't always think before he speaks. Remember the Ohio State guaranteed win? So would I want him to be considered as a future head coach after Coach Rod leaves when he is good and ready? Yes. And I don't think Les Miles can coach his way out of a paper bag.

I am not a fan of running up the score but I wouldnt be too upset, if we stuck a couple of extra TD's against Perdue.  Boiler up!

See, that I understand.  If you are running your second and third-string guys out there and the other team just cannot stop them running the ball, then so be it.  But Harbaugh calls blitzes late in games, does the kicker freezing stunt, etc. - he'll say he is just playing every down like it matters, but at some point he is just being himself and doing what he wants.  Now, maybe that's why he is a good coach, but I'm not a huge fan.