'...[I]f you're Michigan, and if you believe you educate your football players better than almost every school playing Division I football, why isn't it easy to prove Harbaugh wrong?

Why have we been treated to little more than name-calling in response, instead of [university president] Coleman addressing an issue that's less about football and more about Michigan's reputation?

Why can't Coleman simply ask a small committee of three or four respected faculty members to examine the clustering in general studies, and the 38 percent graduation rate for African-American football players, and issue some conclusions?

Surely she can't be comfortable with Michigan being portrayed as a diploma factory on ESPN?

Intended or not, silence speaks volumes. It will lead the public, including recruits and their families, to conclude that Harbaugh knows what he's talking about.

Is Michigan doing a good job educating its football players?

The truth is, we just don't know.

What we do know, though, is that a lot of people, including the school president, seem to prefer it that way.'