Can Jim Harbaugh Pick It Back Up Where He Left Off?

  September 3, 2015 is a very special day in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Harbaugh-era begins. Jim Harbaugh made the decision to leave the professional ranks, after having an extremely success stint,  to coach in college, at his Alma Mater, and become the coach at the University of Michigan, it seems like expectations are at an all-time high for the  wolverines.

The last game that Jim Harbaugh coached at the college level was January 3, 2011. In that game he defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies 40-12 in the Orange Bowl. And Andrew Luck was the quarterback for Harbaughs' Stanford Cardinal team. In the 2010-11 season Harbaugh led the Cardinal to an impressive record of 12-1.

Let's be honest about this Harbaugh situation. First, I'd like to say this, signing Jim Harbaugh as the head coach was a very good move by the University of Michigan and I believe he can be very successful there and has the potential to get them back to the top of the college football ranks. However, the last time Harbaugh coached in college the Pac-12 was still the Pac-10. Harbaugh had Andrew Luck, a great football talent, as his quarterback for his two most successful years at the Stanford head coach. Also, when Harbaugh has to deal with this new college football playoff system. Only the top four teams in the country make it in. Regardless of what analyst think, the Big Ten consists of more teams than the Ohio State University. With all of this attention that Michigan has received after signing Harbaugh, I believe a lot of teams will be playing with more passion to defeat the wolverines because of the Harbaugh headlines that they've seen all summer.

There are very high expectations for Harbaugh in the Big Ten Conference, which is still a power-five conference, I believe the wolverines may have their hands full in 2015. Can Harbaugh live up to these expectations and get the wolverines competing for a National Championship in the next three-to-five years? First, we'll have to see how he makes it through his first game in the blue & maze. September 3, at 8:30 ET on foxSports1 vs the Utah Utes.