Harbaugh, 霜 take 平行のs into Michigan-Nebraska 衝突／不一致
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - It seems that negativity has 渦巻くd around Michigan's Jim Harbaugh and Nebraska's Scott 霜 since they returned to coach at the schools where they enjoyed so much success as players.
The vibe is decidedly 上昇傾向 around both teams this week, just in time for Saturday night's 会合 of teams in the 最高の，を越す five for かつてない 勝利，勝つs.
Michigan is 5-0, 階級d No. 9 and coming off a 納得させるing victory against Wisconsin.
Nebraska is 3-3, believes it could be 5-1 had it not been for special teams 炉心溶融s, and fresh off a 49-point 勝利，勝つ over Northwestern that was the Cornhuskers' most lopsided in a Big Ten game since they joined the 会議／協議会 10 years ago.
For the team that 勝利，勝つs this 週末, the belief this will be a 打開 year will be 支えるd at least another week. For the team that loses, the mojo will be gone.
Harbaugh and 霜 both were seen as saviors for their 各々の programs, both were given long 契約s and both have yet to 配達する on the high 期待s 始める，決める for them.
FILE - Michigan 長，率いる coach Jim Harbaugh watches players warm up before the Citrus Bowl NCAA college football game against Alabama in Orlando, Fla., in this Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, とじ込み／提出する photo. Michigan's Jim Harbaugh and Nebraska's Scott 霜 have fallen short of 期待s coaching their 母校s. The ninth-階級d Wolverines 長，率いる to Nebraska this week, and the タイミング is perfect because both teams are coming off big 勝利，勝つs. The vibes are 肯定的な around both teams now. They won't be next week for the one that loses. (AP Photo/John Raoux, とじ込み／提出する)
"I can see all the 可能性のある storylines there for sure," Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez said. "Former quarterbacks. Guys who played in the NFL. 母校s. 尊敬（する）・点d in their 産業. It´s a big game for both of us. I know they´re trying to continue to build 勢い and so are we."
Harbaugh, 57, was Michigan's quarterback in the 中央の-1980s. He famously made good on his 保証（人） to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Ohio 明言する／公表する in 1986, and he finished third in Heisman トロフィー 投票（する）ing that year. He had a long NFL career and had success at two college stops before he coached the San Francisco 49ers to a 最高の Bowl.
霜, 46, was Nebraska's quarterback in the 中央の-1990s and led the Huskers to a 株 of the `97 国家の 肩書を与える (with Michigan) after famously ロビーing for 投票（する）s during his 地位，任命する-Orange Bowl TV interview. He spent four-加える years as a backup safety in the NFL.
He was a rising 星／主役にする as an Oregon assistant and orchestrated Central Florida's quick turnaround in his first 長，率いる coaching 職業 before he returned to his home 明言する／公表する.
"You want to 勝利，勝つ everywhere. You probably take it a little more personal one way or the other at home," 霜 said Monday. "There´s nowhere where I would probably despise losing more than here. It´s harder to 扱う here. But also, I don´t know if I´ve ever enjoyed 勝利，勝つs as much somewhere else as I do here."
Harbaugh and the Wolverines 大打撃を与えるd Nebraska 56-10 in 2018 in the Huskers' third game under 霜. It was part of a 10-game Michigan 勝利，勝つ streak that ended with a 62-39 loss to Ohio 明言する／公表する.
And there's the rub. Harbaugh is 54-22 in his seven seasons, and his team usually 勝利，勝つs the games it should - yet hardly ever the ones it shouldn't. Harbaugh is 0-5 against Ohio 明言する／公表する, 2-12 against 最高の，を越す-10 teams, 2-8 against 階級d teams on the road and 1-4 in bowls.
The 38-17 勝利，勝つ over Wisconsin last week gave Harbaugh his first 勝利，勝つ in 13 tries as an underdog and it ended a 20-year 干ばつ against the Badgers on the road. The game brought 救済 and joy.
Michigan´s players had so much fun when "Jump Around" blared after the third ４半期/4分の1 at （軍の）野営地，陣営 Randall Stadium that they danced on the sideline as enthusiastically as the students in the stands.
"It was au naturale," Harbaugh said. "It just happened. We had talked about it 早期に in the week: `When you go on the road you want to embrace that 環境, make their （人が）群がる 元気づける like it´s your （人が）群がる 元気づける, make their music your music.´ We played that song やめる a bit during the week as （人が）群がる noise. I think they just made it theirs in that moment."
The fact remains, though, that Michigan has finished higher than third in the Big Ten East only once in six previous seasons under Harbau gh. The Wolverines are 確信して, though. They 港／避難所't 追跡するd and have not turned over the ball through five games.
"Our 期待 is to 勝利，勝つ a 選手権 - Big Ten and 国家の 選手権," fifth-year 上級の and captain Joss Ross said.
選手権 期待s would be premature for Nebraska. The Huskers are still a week-to-week proposition, and the fan base had hoped 霜 would be その上の along by now.
He returned to Lincoln in December 2017 with an 空気／公表する of bravado に引き続いて UCF's incredible run. He was 国家の coach of the year, and he said at his introductory news 会議／協議会 that he hoped the Big Ten would have to adjust to him and his up-速度 罪／違反 rather than the other way around.
霜 is 15-23 at Nebraska, 含むing 10-19 against Big Ten 対抗者s. His teams have been undisciplined on the field, taking bad 刑罰，罰則s, and special teams have been horrid.
He's 0-9 against 階級d teams and has yet to 勝利，勝つ more than five games in a season. He´s 0-3 against 競争相手 Iowa and a 連合させるd 3-4 against Big Ten West weaklings Purdue and Illinois.
A month ago, に引き続いて a terrible loss at Illinois, fans and マスコミ wondered if this team could 勝利，勝つ three games. The 56-7 beatdown of Northwestern has 生き返らせるd talk of going to a bowl.
"I think they see the 決まり文句／製法 now," 霜 said of his players. "They 用意が出来ている really 井戸／弁護士席 for several weeks in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動. Had one go our way Saturday in a big way. No 推論する／理由 to change anything."
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AP Sports Writer Larry Lage in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 与える／捧げるd.
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FILE - Nebraska coach Scott 霜 is shown before an NCAA football game against Michigan 明言する／公表する in East Lansing, Mich., in this Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, とじ込み／提出する photo. Michigan's Jim Harbaugh and Nebraska's Scott 霜 have fallen short of 期待s coaching their 母校s. The ninth-階級d Wolverines 長，率いる to Nebraska this week, and the タイミング is perfect because both teams are coming off big 勝利，勝つs. The vibes are 肯定的な around both teams now. They won't be next week for the one that loses. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, とじ込み／提出する)
