ANN ARBOR – Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh and Ohio State’s Ryan Day have both held their news conferences this week leading into Saturday’s top-three matchup between the two programs. Neither mentioned the other by name, sidestepping similar questions about whether they respected one another. “It’s all about our preparation of Ohio,” Harbaugh, who won’t be on the sidelines Saturday because of a suspension, said Monday. “The days, the minutes, the hours, everything leading up to this game, you know that’s where our focus is, preparing ourselves and planning, going to practice and then execute. “Anything else is irrelevant when you get into this kind of big game week.” Day spoke to media Tuesday. “With everything going on, and the things that are out there, we’ve just kinda stayed away from all the distractions,” Day said. “Just focused on our team. I think our guys have done a good job of it.…
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