Michigan's Jim Harbaugh ready to return to sideline after ban - ESPN

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh watched Saturday's win over Ohio State from home, alongside his wife and others, sharing hugs and high-fives while witnessing «a glorious moment» for his team.

Harbaugh is set to return to the sideline Saturday night for the Big Ten championship against No. 17 Iowa after serving a Big Ten-imposed three-game suspension that stemmed from a prohibited signal-stealing operation led by former staff member Connor Stalions.

The third-ranked Wolverines won all three games during Harbaugh's latest suspension, which was limited only to game days.

«My emotions, my focus has been with the team the entire time,» Harbaugh said Sunday. «It's been a tremendous season, right in the exact position that we hoped for, that we worked so hard to be in. It's onward now. We've accomplished many of our goals, but not all of them yet.… The next is winning the conference championship, so that's where our focus is.

»I would say it's good to be back, but I never left."

Harbaugh noted the enthusiasm on Sunday inside Schembechler Hall, Michigan's football building, after beating their archrival for the third straight time after losing 15 of the previous 16 games in the series. The ninth-year Michigan coach called safety Rod Moore's game-clinching interception of Kyle McCord in the final minute «one of the happiest moments of my life.»

With the victory, Michigan became the first Big Ten team ever to win 30 consecutive regular-season games.

After watching Saturday's win, Harbaugh went to a local hospital to visit with offensive lineman Zak Zinter, who suffered a broken fibula and tibia in the game and underwent surgery Saturday night. The coach commended Zinter's toughness in dealing with the injury, which he described as