[terry]

[quote author=Publius link=topic=11358.msg108788#msg108788 date=1419107912]
Here's how this helps us  A resurgent Michigan program poses a recruiting threat to ND.

It does; unfortunately it also poses one to us. Harbaugh will be going after good students, and will have credibility telling them why they should choose Michigan over Stanford.
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I don't think Harbaugh will be going after good students. I don't think he has any real interest in academics. I think he will be going after good football players, and I don't think he will have any academic preference at all. He'll take anyone the admissions department will let him take. He may even view academics as a drawback to the extent it distracts kids from football.

[terry]

[quote author=Publius link=topic=11358.msg108788#msg108788 date=1419107912]
Here's how this helps us  A resurgent Michigan program poses a recruiting threat to ND.

It does; unfortunately it also poses one to us. Harbaugh will be going after good students, and will have credibility telling them why they should choose Michigan over Stanford.
[/quote]

I don't think Harbaugh will be going after good students. I don't think he has any real interest in academics. I think he will be going after good football players, and I don't think he will have any academic preference at all. He'll take anyone the admissions department will let him take. He may even view academics as a drawback to the extent it distracts kids from football.