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Super Bowl 2013: Michigan Connections in the Big Game
Headed to a partyto watch the San Francisco 49ers take on the Baltimore Ravens for Super Bowl XLVII? Impress your fellow party-goers with these Michigan-connections to the big game.
It's already being called the Harbowl: a Super Bowl clash between San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh. The Harbaughs are the first pair of brothers to work as head coaches in the NFL, and they'll square off for Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3.
This year, Michigan has a few connections to the big game, many of them with the 49ers.
San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh was a star quarterback at the University of Michigan in the 1980s. Another former Wolverine is Jonathan Goodwin, a center for the 49ers.
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Michigan State also has representatives in Garrett Celek, a tight end for the 49ers, and Trenton Robinson, a safety for the 49ers.
In addition, San Francisco offensive tackle Joe Staley played football at Central Michigan.
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For Baltimore, Ravens offensive line coach Andy Moeller is a Michigan graduate.
The writers at Bleacher Report have offered their Super Bowl predictions, but if you're interested in some more nontraditional predictions, take a look at TIME Magazine's list of "Wacky Ways of Predicting the Winner," which includes computer and Madden NFL 2013 simulations.
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