I'm a faithful Wolverine, but I think that the response from Lloyd Carr and the others to Jim Harbaugh's accurate comments is ridiculous. Note that none of them actually deny the allegations (because they know they're true). They're just upset because he's perceived as being "disloyal." I think that Michigan does as well to uphold academic standards as any program with their kind of record, but the notion that they don't coddle the athletes academically is ridiculous. It's unfortunate that this perception carries over to the athletes that are true scholars (and Michigan has many of those as well--I attended engineering classes with some football stars during my time there), but sometimes life isn't fair.

They would have been better off not responding at all, since he certainly didn't intend it as a specific slam at his own school, so much as the system in general. He was merely using Michigan as an example with which he was intimately familiar. In fact, you could replace the word "Michigan" in his comments with almost any other program, except perhaps Stanford, but then, they don't win nearly as many football games.

Did it take from May until August for the news to reach Michigan, or did it just take them that long to read it?

My guess would be that they ignored it at the time, but someone asked them about it at the media event in Chicago, and that instead of "No comment," Mike Hart (General Studies major) decided to vent about it. I also suspect that he wasn't necessarily considered a prime candidate as Michigan coach, anyway. If he is, we'll see how long memories are.

If Harbaugh wins consistently at Stanford (aka beats USC a couple of times) and Michigan has a dry spell (and continues to lose to USC), do you really think that Michigan won't be interested?

If Harbaugh wins consistently at Stanford (aka beats USC a couple of times) and Michigan has a dry spell (and continues to lose to USC), do you really think that Michigan won't be interested?

Well, Lloyd apparently does, but no, I don't. If anything, this honesty gives him better creds to come in and clean up the program, both on and off the field. If he can do well at Stanford, he could come in as the "reform" coach.

Rand,
if the powers that be think that he can deliver a winning season, I'm sure all will be forgiven. Nothing turns away past memories like the prospects of a winning season, a possible conference title and a shot at the NCAA championship. And that's not a shot at Michigan football, it's college sports, period.

I grew up in Kentucky and now live deep in ACC country, it's everywhere.