Jim Harbaugh's antics could wear thin at Michigan if team keeps coming up short

We are living in the Golden Age of Harbaugh Infallibility, an era devoid of media skepticism, lauded through self-promotion and defined by the inevitability of Michigan football domination. Jim Harbaugh can say whatever he wants, wear whatever he wants and act however he’d like with complete impunity, feeding his relentless attention addiction one tweet at a time. The reality is that Michigan projects for a third consecutive third-place finish in the Big Ten East, its third consecutive loss to Ohio State and another season spent futilely chasing what Michigan feels is its rightful place atop the Big Ten.

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  Jim Harbaugh Big Ten Media Days Press Conference Transcript

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Big Ten to coaches: 'Stay put. Sideline isn't a stage.'

Watch your step, Jim Harbaugh. The rest of you Big Ten coaches, too. Conference officials are tired of coaches who treat the sideline like a stage and rage like Hamlet over calls they don't like — and they're prepared, finally, to do something about it. Of the several rules changes in store for the 2017 season, stricter enforcement of the coach's box may have the greatest impact of all. Violators are subject to a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. "We wouldn't take a tenth of what some coaches do and say from a player, and this is the adult in the game setting the example," coordinator of officials Bill Carollo said Tuesday at Big Ten media days. "That's kind of our thinking — 'Know what?

Penn State kicker Joey Julius no longer with team

Penn State kicker Joey Julius (99) is popular for delivering big hits on kickoffs. Joey Julius will not play for Penn State in 2017. A school spokesperson confirmed to PennLive.com that Julius, Penn State’s kickoff specialist who made highlight reels across the sport for delivering big hits on kickoffs, is not with the team.

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  Expectations are sky high for Penn State, a season after Big Ten title

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