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Jim Harbaugh gives helmet, maize and blue shoes to Pope Francis

Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press

VATICAN CITY– About a half hour after a service in St. Peter’s Square this morning, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh presented Pope Francis with a pair of Nike shoes and a Michigan helmet.

The special helmet included a special yellow sticker with the No.266 — because this is the 266th pope.

Two Michigan players, Grant Newsome and Salim Makki, were expected to sit up front with Harbaugh but were not able to do it because of a lack of seats.