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Jim Harbaugh's verbal spat with Luke Fickell a symptom of terrible NCAA rule

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh can't figure out Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell's view on NCAA waiver process, Aug. 13, 2019. Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press

It’s not often Jim Harbaugh shows up to the podium and refers to another coach as a cheat.

But that’s what the Michigan football coach did Monday night when he met with reporters at Schembechler Hall to talk about the state of his football team.

Asked if he’d seen the disparaging comments of Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell regarding the transfer of former U-M lineman, James Hudson, and what Fickell saw as Harbaugh’s role in the transfer, the U-M coach said he did.