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Ex-49ers coach Jim Harbaugh at it again, equates vanquished rival with ‘storm troopers’

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If there is a more homely, avert-your-gaze, hide-the-children rivalry trophy in college sports than the Paul Bunyan trophy, I’ve yet to see it.

The unsettling expression. The fright-wig beard. Hands on hips and leaning back as if about to…

Let’s just say the prize was fitting given the competitive exercise: Michigan vs. Michigan State. They were still talking about Saturday’s inelegant game on Monday. (And not just because Michigan won.) Guess who was leading the chatfest: Our old pal Jim Harbaugh, onetime head football coach at Stanford and the San Francisco 49ers, an oft-successful whistleblower, incorrigible provocateur and a guy who seems at times just a fraction shy of top-dead-center.