Jim Harbaugh believes Michigan is “on the cusp” of big things. Ohio State might have something to say about that.

Jim Harbaugh believes Michigan is on the cusp of big things. There’s only one problem. Ohio State is in the way already doing big things.

Things only change if “things” change

It all sounds like an obsession because it is. Things just aren’t that way in Ann Arbor.

Talk all you want about the gap in recruiting and development. Discuss facilities and support all you want. It all matters. But until Jim Harbaugh and Michigan live, eat, and breathe scarlet and gray, the rivalry’s not likely to turn around anytime soon.

And if it doesn’t, Michigan isn’t really on the cusp of more than the same “success” it’s enjoyed since Jim Tressel put on the sweater vest in 2001 until now.