Ann Arbor – What the coach wants known is undeniable. At least if you play football at Michigan.
In fact, it’s so true, so irrefutable, Jim Harbaugh would not bend or adorn a single thought Saturday when asked about UM’s date against Michigan State at Spartan Stadium.
“We’re going to prepare for a big game with a championship mindset,” Harbaugh said after the Wolverines had peeled and deveined Illinois, 41-8, to further polish their unbeaten record and add fire to some mounting national title thoughts.
Harbaugh three times Saturday was steered into a question about Michigan State during a post-game conversation that, in Harbaugh style, saw him blend substance about Michigan’s latest victory with a kind of bemused disposition toward Michigan’s next victim, er, opponent, which in this case happens to be a troubled rival having its issues in 2016.