JIM HARBAUGH IS NOW TIED-UP WITH BRADY HOKE IN FIRST-YEAR STANDINGS

Jim Harbaugh does NOT want to allow Brady Hoke to get that last pancake at breakfast. No way, no how, no sir. And now the Harbster has closed the gap with the Hokester, replicating the 7-2 start that the Big Clapper put up just four short (or long) years ago.

Both the Past and Present UM Coaches started out with seven wins in their first nine games, so I guess you could say the Great Harboni has caught up to his predecessor. Bully for Jimbo.

In order to hang tight with the Brady Bunch, the Harbaugh Gang will have to, uh, how shall we put this...er, um,...WIN ALL OF THEIR REMAINING GAMES.

Any losses in the next two games on the road, or at home against Ohio STATE, will give the New Boss more losses than the Old Boss had just four long (or short) years ago. Hoke won his Bowl game as well, so anything less than 11-2 will leave the Khaki King short in the First-Year Standings.

Before we coronate the hothead in Ann Arbor as

the Once and Future Gridiron King, shouldn't he be able to EXCEED the performance of the deposed King?

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