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Harbaugh calls loss to OSU 'tough,' quotes Sir Andrew Barton

Michigan’s 30-27 double-overtime loss to Ohio State had devastating consequences for the Wolverines.

It knocked them from a Big Ten title shot and kept them out of the College Football Playoff.

But now with another game in front of them, the Dec. 30 Orange Bowl against Florida State, the U-M players should be sufficiently motivated, U-M coach Jim Harbaugh thinks.

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That was his message today at the introductory coaches press conference in South Florida, quoting The Ballad of Sir Andrew Barton, which he has many times at various coaching spots.