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Jim Harbaugh calls coaching at Michigan, his alma mater, 'a thrill'

Michigan's Big Ten opener on Saturday pits Jim Harbaugh against another former quarterback who returned to his alma mater to coach.

Scott Frost led Nebraska to a share of the 1997 national championship with Michigan, but the two teams -- then a part of different conferences -- never played one another.

Now, more than two decades later, the two coaches will face off in Ann Arbor (Noon, FS1).

"It's been a great thrill -- one of the greatest thrills of my life -- to be here," Harbaugh said Monday during the Big Ten coaches teleconference. "Love it.