COLUMBUS, Ohio — “No cheering in the press box” is a sacrosanct policy among reporters, but it does not apply to everyone who shares that space. In most stadiums, the home and visiting coaches’ boxes are adjacent to areas occupied by media. When Vincent Gray tackled Chris Olave to force a turnover on downs in the final minute of Saturday’s 42-27 Michigan victory, the Wolverine coaches could finally let loose. “Let’s (off-color adverb deleted) go,” one of them shouted behind us on his way from the box to the elevators. Michigan coaches had waited a decade to make that run. Except most of the current staff had not been ground down by the Buckeyes even once. They were brought in within the past year to help engineer the turnaround that landed on Ohio State’s head. Six of the 11 assistants on staff were new hires for 2021. Jim Harbaugh’s revamped…
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