Legacy.
These days, that word feels like it carries a different meaning when it comes to the lexicon of college football. OK, during these strangest of college football times, every word feels like it carries an altered definition from the one it was assigned oh so many years ago. Like, I dunno, 2019?
As Jim Harbaugh departs the college game for the NFL Cinematic Universe, completing his trilogy of transitions from campus to the big leagues -- Michigan to the Bears as a QB in 1987, Stanford to the 49ers as a head coach in 2011 and now Michigan to the Los Angeles Chargers, also as head coach -- we find ourselves tasked with characterizing the legacy of a decidedly different sort of college football character.