ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 23 (UPI) — Rampant rivalries don’t dry during an arid offseason. And one of the biggest rivalries in sports is live and well. After Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith took a shot at the Michigan football program, Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh punched back. Now former Buckeyes running back Ezekiel Elliott has joined the verbal food fight. Advertisement Michigan, who is holding spring break practice in Florida, was recently the subject of a Smith slant. “If we were jump starting our program, I’d probably try to do that too,” Smith told Bleacher Report’s Ben Axelrod. Ohio State AD Gene Smith on holding spring practice in Florida: “If we were jump starting our program, I’d probably try to do that too.” — Ben Axelrod (@BenAxelrod) March 22, 2016 On Tuesday, Harbaugh responded to Smith’s jab. Good to see Director Smith being relevant again after the tattoo fiasco. Welcome back! — Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) March 23, 2016 “Good to see Director Smith being relevant again after the tattoo fiasco,” Harbaugh tweeted. “Welcome back!” Smith was also the athletic director at Ohio State in 2011, when then head coach Jim Tressel was let go and the school had a 2012 bowl ban after players were caught exchanging autographs and memorabilia for free and discounted tattoos, all in violation to NCAA rules. …
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