harbaugh suspension

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I mean, whatever? I suppose I have to dredge up an opinion about Michigan self-imposing a three-game gameday-only suspension on Jim Harbaugh. Here goes: darn it.

The only part of this that matters is that it might piss off Harbaugh to the point where he gets more serious about going to the NFL. You or I could coach Michigan against ECU, UNLV, and… whoever is the last nonconference opponent. Ah. Bowling Green. Anyway: you or I could guide Michigan to three wins in those games. (Mel Tucker, on the other hand…)

So on one level it's smart to get this junk out of the way now because Texas, an actual power conference opponent, is on the schedule next year. On another level it's deeply annoying to cave to an NCAA kangaroo court that is busy violating its own guidelines because of what's clearly a personal vendetta against a coach who can't be bothered to pretend they're relevant anymore. There's a lot of sturm und drang on the message boards about this because of the latter, but… this does not matter. Michigan's chances of success this season have not been altered even 0.01%.

So, whatever. Double whatever.

[After THE JUMP: OSU's got an issue or two]