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Jim Harbaugh turns down volume in run-up to Michigan-MSU game

Ann Arbor — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is adept at revealing little at his weekly news conferences, and on Monday of Michigan-Michigan State week, he took it to another level.

Harbaugh tends to shut down a bit more during Michigan State and Ohio State weeks, answering with some of his tried and true mantras, like, be better today than you were yesterday. And now that the sixth-ranked Wolverines, who have won six straight, are preparing to face No. 24 Michigan State on Saturday at Spartan Stadium, Harbaugh had little to share.

Take for example this exchange when he was asked what he tells his team about the opportunity ahead to get a win in a rivalry that Michigan State has dominated the last decade, getting a rare win against a ranked opponent on the road while staying on pace in the Big Ten race.