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Jim Harbaugh is inviting Barack and Michelle Obama to be Michigan honorary captains in 2017

ANN ARBOR -- Jim Harbaugh's spent enough time around the Obama family now to where he's willing to take a shot.

Michigan's head coach said Saturday during his annual quarterbacks camp in Ann Arbor that he plans making a formal offer to both Barack and Michelle Obama to be honorary football captains in 2017.

Michigan went through a variety of honorary captains before each home game last season, including Michael Jordan and Tom Brady.

The Obamas would be quite a pull.

"We're making those asks, those official asks," Harbaugh said. "Yeah, we're in the process of making an official ask.