24 Miami (Fla.), but there are questions, too. Running back Kenneth Walker III, a transfer from Wake Forest, leads the Big Ten with 142.4 rushing yards per game. Michigan State, meanwhile, has rebounded well from a 2-5 debut in 2020 for Tucker. He's making a base salary of $4 million this year, half of his 2020 base of $8 million. In January, Harbaugh signed a five-year, incentive-laden contract extension. Michigan has not defeated Ohio State and is 3-3 against Michigan State under Harbaugh. Saturday's game is especially important for Harbaugh, who has yet to raise the Wolverines to the heights expected when he was hired in 2015. Now we're in a situation: huge game, and in some ways that mindset is similar, but it definitely gets turned up a notch.'' "You have to practice that, you have to implement that, lest a team be painfully humbled. "There's the approach of one game at a time, which you need to do,'' Harbaugh said in a moment of detail. 27, and the winner in East Lansing will at least control its fate in the division race. The East champ likely won't be determined until Nov. 5 Ohio State (6-1, 4-0), plus Penn State (5-2, 2-2), a team that can be dangerous when healthy. Saturday's showdown at Spartan Stadium (11 a.m., FOX) suddenly has become the game of the year, so far, in the Big Ten and one that will take a big step in determining the East Division champion.īoth the Spartans and Wolverines still have to play No. "… We understand this is not just another game.''
"We all know this is a big week and what this is all about, playing the school down the road for the Paul Bunyan Trophy,'' he said. The second-year Michigan State coach played things close to the vest but didn't shy away from the significance of the contest. 96 about an hour to the northwest, Mel Tucker held court, too. "Obviously, those are the kinds of questions that answer themselves,'' he said, a refrain he'd trot out a couple of more times. So, just how big is this game, Coach Harbaugh? The Wolverines and Spartans are both 7-0 and 4-0 in conference play heading toward their first meeting since 1964 with both teams ranked in the Associated Press top 10. 8 Michigan State for a matchup carrying not only Big Ten title implications, but College Football Playoff overtones as well. In his weekly news conferences, Jim Harbaugh can be curt yet helpful, explanatory yet dismissive, sarcastic yet engaging.Īll of those were on display Monday when the Michigan coach previewed the sixth-ranked Wolverines' visit to No.
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