Santa Ono won’t begin his term as University of Michigan president until Thursday. But he has already been in contact with the most famous person on campus.
Texts have flown back and forth between Ono and Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh, who even declared his new boss an honorary captain for the Oct. 29 game against Michigan State. It's a goodwill gesture that could signal the beginning of a beautiful and potentially prosperous friendship between two of the campus’ chief power brokers at a time when college sports is in a state of flux.