Detroit Free Press · Sep 12, 2015
Harbaugh's return to Big House is 31 years in making
Tracing first-year Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh's college days to Saturday's Michigan Stadium debut against Oregon State
(Photo: Rick Bowmer, Associated Press)For months, Jim Harbaugh has brushed aside questions about his coaching debut at Michigan Stadium.
Even Thursday, he insisted he hadn’t thought about it.
He said he was focused on his team and focused on the game.
Why? Because he has already done this.
Thirty-one years ago, he was entering the same stadium with a similar responsibility with the same mind-set.
On Sept. 8, 1984, Jim Harbaugh was replicating his hero, just as he will Saturday. A different figure, but the same feeling.
