Michigan football season is 100 days away, plus more Michigan Wolverines news

The Michigan football season is getting closer and as of Thursday, the Wolverines will play Fresno State in 100 days.

It's hard to believe it's that close and also that far away. Michigan football does appear to have its roster finalized after some late transfer portal additions to reinforce the secondary.

Michigan football will open a season as the defending national champs for the first time since 1998. The Wolverines went 10-3 that year and shared the Big Ten title with Wisconsin and Ohio State.

Winning a fourth Big Ten title in a row is possible. It will require likely beating Oregon or Ohio State in order to reach the Big Ten championship game. Many people, including Ryan Day, think this will be the year of the Buckeyes, but we'll find out in November as Sherrone Moore said.

New book claims Jim Harbaugh wanted to stay at Michigan

There's a new book coming out written by John Talty and Armen Keteyian titled, “The Price: What It Takes to Win in College Football’s Era of Chaos." According to an excerpt from the new book Harbaugh wanted to stay at Michigan but didn't trust AD Warde Manuel to be his advocate.

“During a two-day getaway with his wife Sarah on Coronado Island off the coast of San Diego, Harbaugh unloaded to longtime friend Todd Anson. He told Anson he wanted to remain at Michigan but believed Manuel—no matter his public pronouncements—was not the advocate he needed in his corner, particularly in front of the Board of Regents. He also raged against Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti, who before the three-game Big Ten suspension had promised to meet Harbaugh in Ann Arbor and brief him on what the conference was doing, only to stand him up."

We'll never know if Jim Harbaugh wanted to stay or not. His desire to coach in the NFL is real, but it will always feel like the Michigan Wolverines could have done more to keep him and that's disappointing.

Michigan Wolverines alive in Big Ten baseball tournament

Lastly, the Wolverines used a walk-off win on Wednesday, 3-2 over Iowa, to advance in the Big Ten baseball tournament. All three Michigan runs were scored on errors or walks by the Hawkeyes but Kurt Barr was stellar on the mound and Jacob Denner was too in relief.

Michigan will play eighth-seeded Penn State on Thursday with the winner advancing to the semifinals undefeated. That means if the Wolverines win, they would need to lose back-to-back games in order to miss the Big Ten title game.

So win on Thursday and this run starts to feel real.