A little over a year ago, Greg Mattison and Al Washington were in Ohio Stadium and on the sideline watching their Michigan Wolverines take on the Ohio State Buckeyes. As members of Jim Harbaugh's staff, they were key pieces in what had been the nation's top defense.
This Saturday, the pair of defensive coaches will be in Ann Arbor, Michigan, watching their top-ranked Buckeyes take on the Wolverines.
It's an odd shift for two coaches intimately familiar with college football's greatest rivalry. One year ago, Mattison and Washington were hellbent on beating Ohio State. Fast forward to Saturday, the pair will be working their hardest to beat the university that was signing their paychecks a season ago.