Jim Harbaugh has never won a game inside Kinnick Stadium. Not as a player, not as a coach. Perhaps that’s why, in 2017, he pushed so hard to come into Iowa City and get a win on the recruiting trail.
At the time, it wasn’t a big deal for Michigan fans. Oliver Martin was a star prospect, rated as a 4-star by all the services and a top-10 receiver nationally. But that sounds like most of the receiver recruits the Wolverines land.
The bigger deal was for Iowa fans, who yearn for those star recruits at the skill positions.