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Cody Zeller recalls Harbaugh brothers telling IU basketball team to be 'blood-sucking bats'

It was a couple of weeks after Super Bowl XLVII, and the Harbaugh brothers were at their peak. Their teams had just met, with John's Baltimore Ravens beating Jim's San Francisco 49ers. Any advice they offered, you took to heart.

"You run through a wall for those two," Cody Zeller said on the "Titus & Tate" podcast.

The Harbaughs brought their unusual motivational techniques to the IU basketball team in February 2013. Their sister, Joani, is married to former IU coach Tom Crean.

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