1. Harbaugh was not defending Stanford by using Michigan. On the contrary ol' misinformed one, he was using Stanford as the model of the school for "scholar athletes". Basically, accusing Michigan of lowering its standards while Stanford had to keep high standards.
http://michiganzone.blogspot.com/2007/05/jim-harbaugh-disses-michigan.html
“College football needs Stanford. We’re looking not for student athletes but scholar-athletes. No other school can carry this banner. The Ivy League schools don’t have enough weight [because of their low athletic level]. Other schools which have good academic reputations have ways to get borderline athletes in and keep them in.”
Before you go on a rant, make sure you use Google. It undermines the rest of your rant when your first salvo is filled with hot air.
2. Down coaches? Um, did you not read the statement
"Those schools eventually found good coaches who could recruit well." If you don't get the inherent meaning of that statement, then its best you don't reply because you just undermine yourself.
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I gotta get out from under the manhole cover I've been hiding under. You probably need to return there if you are not going to atleast Google before trying to form a rebuttal. Hint: Calving Johnson, Michael Johnson, George Cooper, Greg Gathers, Daryl Smith, Kenny Scott, Rashaun Grant, Darryl Richard, see 2007 class. Those are just the ones I can remember, and the Services only started doing star rankings since around 2000.