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Jim Harbaugh to ask Obamas to serve as honorary captains
espn.com ^ | June 17, 2017 | espn.com News Services

Posted on 06/17/2017 6:03:11 PM PDT by John W

Michigan Wolverines football coach Jim Harbaugh spent some time with former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama earlier this week. He hopes to be getting more face time with them this fall.

Harbaugh said he will ask the Obamas to serve as honorary captains for a Wolverines home game this season.

"We're making those asks. Official asks," Harbaugh told reporters Saturday. "In the process of making an official ask. There's been, 'Hey, we'd like you to do it,' and now we're doing official asks."

Harbaugh said he spent "39 wonderful minutes" with the former president Wednesday during a visit to Washington, D.C.

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To: John W

For the record, it was a first down and Harbaugh lost!

Go Buckeyes!


21 posted on 06/17/2017 6:14:04 PM PDT by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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To: John W

Jiminy Christmas! How many more people do I have to put my blocked list of people never to admire?


22 posted on 06/17/2017 6:14:35 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Every Saint has a past, Every Sinner has a Future!)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Coaching and a moral compass must be two different things.


23 posted on 06/17/2017 6:14:51 PM PDT by Fungi (Mucor roxii is not a rock band.)
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To: ducttape45

All of them.

Dogs are OK...


24 posted on 06/17/2017 6:17:44 PM PDT by null and void ( The Flat Earth Society claims they have members all around the globe!)
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To: BlueStateRightist

Me, too. What is he thinking?


25 posted on 06/17/2017 6:19:31 PM PDT by madison10 (My language has gotten 10 times worse since June 14 2017.)
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To: lightman

I absolutely cringe when I hear it at work.
“The *ask* is that we do such-and-such.”

When for hundreds of years there have probably been 10 other words that one could use to say that...


26 posted on 06/17/2017 6:20:04 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: All Blue State

You mean he’s not going to bring in Kaepernick to spit on the flag too?


27 posted on 06/17/2017 6:21:00 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Fightin Whitey

Obama’s not a full-black, he’s a half-black.


28 posted on 06/17/2017 6:23:05 PM PDT by huckfillary
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To: John W

Will the 0bamas ask him to split all points with the other team so they always have equality in scores?


29 posted on 06/17/2017 6:24:38 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: John W

May Michigan suffer the fate of Notre Dame. Notre Dame has been an accursed institution ever since it bestowed on Obama an honorary degree and had the vile abortion loving lowlife speak on its campus.


30 posted on 06/17/2017 6:26:21 PM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: BlueStateRightist
I hope he's booed....

hey harbaugh...your 39" don't mean shinola...

your half white half black moslem booster has destroyed nations, corrupted the military,brought on untold racial violence against whites and Christians, but hey, you go ahead and kneel down to this evil persona...

31 posted on 06/17/2017 6:27:06 PM PDT by cherry
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To: FamiliarFace
This will make a few Buckeye fans loathe Harbaugh even more.

Like they needed more reasons?

33 posted on 06/17/2017 6:30:11 PM PDT by ssaftler ("Keep your hands to yourself, leave other people's things alone, and be kind to one another.")
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To: lightman

It’s been on the OTC stock market for years.
$39 bid $40 ask....


34 posted on 06/17/2017 6:30:43 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

***the man can flat-out coach***

You mean, the man can flat-out whine.


35 posted on 06/17/2017 6:32:20 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: John W

Harbaugh said he will ask the Obamas to serve as honorary captains for a Wolverines home game this season.

Gotta make sure to skip that one.


36 posted on 06/17/2017 6:33:55 PM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: allendale

Agreed. May the 0’s curse follow the Wolverines all season long.


37 posted on 06/17/2017 6:34:02 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: John W

My Dad died in December, he and I both loved Football. My interest ,though,is waning, with both College and the Pros. I doubt this year I will watch little if any, and to think Harbaugh wants to do this then I can go without.


38 posted on 06/17/2017 6:36:04 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: ssaftler

Ha, not really, but now there’s another reason.


39 posted on 06/17/2017 6:37:01 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

He spent too much time at Stanford.


40 posted on 06/17/2017 6:44:26 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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