INDIANAPOLIS — When Jim Harbaugh was asked to address another subject that had nothing to do with this upcoming season or a Michigan football team that has the makings of a national championship contender, he cracked a smile and made a plea to the crowd of reporters surrounding him.
“Keep me in the realm of what I know,” he said, “which is football.”
If it only were that simple.
Harbaugh understands, of course, it isn’t. He came to this city, where he experienced his best years as an NFL player and celebrated his greatest achievements as the Wolverines’ coach, with questions of a looming four-game suspension by the NCAA waiting for him.