Speculation is growing, that Harbaugh leaked the specifics of the deal UM pitched him, in an effort to gain leverage and bag the most cash. This has inspired a useful visualizer, created by MGOBLOG:
Now, CFT suggests the following:
UM’s search for a new head coach is in the middle of its third week. At least for now, a significant focus of that search appears to be on reeling in Jim Harbaugh and bringing him back to Ann Arbor. Should that effort fail — and most indications are that it will — there’s a very good chance the university could circle back to the coach in Baton Rouge and make another run at bringing Miles back to his college home (NBC Sports, 2014).