Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh made good on his promise to sleepover at a recruit’s home this week once the NCAA’s dead period in recruiting was lifted, and that recruit’s neighbors were ready to give the head coach of the Wolverines a warm welcome.
Harbaugh, in a push to secure a commitment from the nation’s top kicking prospect, Quinn Nordin, showed up at the Penn State commit’s home and spent the night and went to school with him the next day. Because the plan to spend the night at the Nordin home became so publicized, everybody seemed to know Harbaugh was coming to town, including Nordin’s neighbors who are, apparently, Michigan State fans.
I Respect the preparation! #GoBlue! pic.twitter.com/PVnAuTw8we
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 15, 2016
Michigan State has held the upper hand in the rivalry with the Wolverines with wins in seven of the eight most recent meetings between the two in-state Big Ten foes. Last season marked the first in the series for new Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, and it looked as though the Wolverines were going to regain the top pedestal in the state of Michigan, until, well…
The Spartans went on to later defeat Ohio State on the road, once again doing so as time expired, and would win the Big Ten Championship Game to push into the College Football Playoff. The first year in Ann Arbor was certainly a success for Harbaugh as a head coach, but the Spartans still proved to be the top program in the state for at least one more year. At least Harbaugh has a sense of humor about it… for now.
