Harbaugh rumors/updates Wednesday 1/26: Bears appear out, nothing else new

TL;DR: Nothing really new but the Bears appear to be out of play and Bacon is getting a little more confident he stays. 

Quick Internet hits:

• Bears insider or know-nothing blogger Jeff Hughes, depending on your perspective, claims things never progressed with Harbaugh because he asked for too much (10 yrs/$100m or more). I have no opinion on the validity of this rumor or the reliability of the source. Dave Wannstedt claims the Bears never formally interviewed him. https://twitter.com/dabearsblog/status/1486103988936364035
• Bacon's Daily Update is still nothing new, but his confidence Harbaugh stays is now over 75-25.  https://twitter.com/Johnubacon/status/1486344233141293059
• A couple links floating around that the Vikings may be in play, but everything I've clicked on just points back to Bacon's tweet saying, "Don't count the Vikings out." Nothing with any further information than that from what I'm seeing.

 

My thoughts:

• I am a fan of Jim Caldwell and rooting for him to get the Bears gig
• I wish it were tenable for Warde to put a deadline on the Harbaugh salary offer and tell Jim he can explore his options, but if he doesn't sign with UM by Feb 1, he'll be stuck on his old contract for another year. Don't shoot me for saying this; I understand Warde probably doesn't have the leverage to do this, but I still wish it could be so.

Idea: Consider leaving top reply spots to the first comment on this post open for others who come up with any additional info today.

OK Back to work everybody!