BRADENTON, Fla. -- Jim Harbaugh basked in the sun Monday, spending six hours on the practice field with his Michigan Wolverines.
"It just flew by," the coach said.
Then the players hit the beach.
Back home in Ann Arbor, it was cloudy and gray, temperatures were in the 40s and the locals were preparing for snow.
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Michigan's football team held the first of four scheduled practices Monday at the IMG Academy under a blue sky with feathery clouds that provided pleasant cover from the sun.