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Urban Meyer Is Gone, and Michigan's Jim Harbaugh Is All Out of Excuses

If not now, when?

When Jim Harbaugh's Michigan Wolverines headed to Columbus in November 2018 for the annual clash with Urban Meyer and the rival Ohio State Buckeyes, that was the question.

If this Michigan squadu2015ranked fourth and considered one of the nation's hottest teamsu2015couldn't handle a wobbling Ohio State, when would Harbaugh beat the Buckeyes? After a 62-39 beatdown that dropped Harbaugh's record against Meyer to 0-4, the answer felt like never.

But 10 days later, Meyer suddenly—though not unexpectedly—announced his retirement. Meyer's decision is one of the reasons 2019 is loaded with opportunity for Harbaugh to end Michigan's seven-year losing streak to Ohio State.