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.
It was hard to tell how much time Harbaugh had with the pope, because the media was kept so far away that it was hard to see the exchange.