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When satellite camps were banned in April, it seemed we would all be deprived of all of this. Then, three weeks later, the ban was lifted and the Michigan coach was off and running.Before the ban, Harbaugh announced a summer satellite camp tour with 39 camps in 22 states plus visits to American Samoa and Australia. And while Harbaugh didnt attend every camp, each time he attend a camp, the buzz, excitement and the spotlight of the college football was there. And for every stop, every jersey, every lunatic antic and philosophical interview, Harbaugh delivered.Heres the best from the Summer of Jim:Meet Harbaugh, the shade-thrower.Its bad for college football, Alabama coach Nick Saban said about satellite camps.This is the wild, wild West at its best. There have been no specific guidelines relative to how were managing control of this stuff.Think Harbaugh was going to stand by for this? Not a chance.June 2: SEC country, Hammerin Hank and the first jerseyIn Atlanta, Harbaugh hosted his first camp in SEC country. He co-hosted the camp with Georgias Kirby Smart, but both coaches paled when Hank Aaron arrived. The Braves Hall of Famer spoke at the camp, and Harbaugh donned an Aaron No. 44 jersey.Jim looks great in jerseys tucked into his khakis, right? Good. Therell be more.In Baltimore, wearing a Ray Lewis jersey, Harbaugh declared theres a prejudice against football.The second-year Wolverines coach was hurt by what he called daily rules changes from the NCAA about granting interviews and signing autographs at satellite camps. Like any master politician, Harbaugh quickly pivoted his message to his fight for football.Thats why Im pointing this out because some of these other sports arent getting it.Football gets the majority of the scrutiny and the rules that are intended to hurt the student-athlete, and it makes no sense, he told ESPNs Heather Dinich. Thats why Im pointing this out because some of these other sports arent getting it.No, were passionate about the game of football and teaching it and bringing it to the doorstep of anybody thats interested in being involved in athletics and being involved in football, he said. Were not going to just agree. Were going to fight for it.Its great, but imagine if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had to participate in the first presidential debate in Dayton, Ohio, in LeBron and Craig Ehlo jerseys.June 8: 1,200 miles to gloryIt wasnt the first satellite camp two-a-day for Harbaugh, but it might be the most epic.Harbaugh began the day in Pearl, Mississippi, wearing an Archie Manning New Orleans Saints jersey.Harbaugh then flew on a private plane to Paramus, New Jersey, some 1,200 miles away.Now, this is New Jersey. And Big Ten football. And Ohio State was hosting a camp with Rutgers some 30 miles from Michigans camp at Paramus Catholic. So things got a bit crazy.Before Harbaugh even arrived, members of a Rutgers secret society that calls itself the Order of the Bulls Blood vandalized the Paramus Catholic field with, among other things, a stuffed bear and a letter telling Harbaugh to go home.Aside from the beefing, both camps hosted more than 1,400 players and Harbaugh pulled off pinstripes.At a football camp (of course!) Harbaugh announces that his wife is pregnant.Harbaugh said he will be attacking this pregnancy with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind.This will be Harbaughs seventh child.June 24: Honoring a greatWhile in Southern California, Harbaugh and Co. held a camp at Oceanside High School. That high school is the alma mater of late NFL great Junior Seau, who was Harbaughs teammate with the San Diego Chargers. Of course, Harbaugh paid tribute to him.The next day we got Jim Mamba.June 26: AlohaIn Honolulu for a camp, Harbaugh hit the island life.The camp was held at Saint Louis School, the high school of Heisman winner Marcus Mariota.While in Hawaii, Harbaugh offered a scholarship to a Class of 2020 quarterback. That makes the player just a high school freshman.In a technicality, Harbaugh is missing from this video.?But, is his influence ever far away from college footballs viral spotlight? Keep in mind, Harbaugh quoted Rafiki from The Lion King in October.?Michigans satellite camp tour ended June 29 when Harbaugh canceled a camp in American Samoa for fears of the Zika virus. So what does a man who has traveled the country coaching football do for a vacation?He goes to Disneyland, of course.And while there, he just happened to run into talk show legend Jerry Springer.He also took this great photo with Chewbacca.Harbaugh is back to his day job of coaching the Wolverines. Its only August, but weve already seen J.J. Watt, Steph Curry and Archie Manning were there. Hammerin Hank, The Answer and The Captain were, too, at least in jersey form.But dont be sad that the summer is drawing to a close. Michigan begins its season Sept. 3 against Hawaii.And Harbaughs honorary captain ... some guy named Michael Jordan.Illustrations from Asaf Hanuka China Shoes Black Friday . MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez also will attend the session, which was announced Monday. The league has discussed placing its next two expansion teams in Miami and Atlanta. Cheap Shoes Black Friday . The news was first reported on Gonzalezs Twitter account and confirmed by the Rockies. Gonzalez has a six-week window before position players have their first workout at spring training in Arizona. https://www.cheapshoesblackfriday.com/ . 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Akron (7-2) is a solid mid-major program that will provide a good barometer for how Gonzaga is progressing after Wednesdays 98-71 win over visiting intrastate rival Washington.A 27-point win should satisfy Few, but he stressed to his team the discrepancy in rebounds, with Washington grabbing 29 offensive boards and out-rebounding the Bulldogs 54-42 overall. That happened despite Gonzaga being known for its frontcourt presence with 7-foot-1 center Przemek Karnowski, 7-0 forward Zach Collins, 6-10 Killian Tillie and 6-9 Johnathan Williams.What I like is I think theres room for growth, Few said. I didnt think the young bigs (freshmen Collins and Tillie) played like they normally have so theres a teaching opportunity there. We didnt quite rebound the way we expect to around here.Collins had only five rebounds in 17 minutes while Tillie mustered one in 15 minutes against the Huskies. Gonzaga outrebounds opponents by 4.6 per game but has been outrebounded by 20 in the last two games against Arizona and Washington.Akron has three players who average at least 5.1 rebounds, led by 6-10 senior forward Kwen Cheatham Jr., who averages 7.0 per game. Isaiah Johnson, a 6-10 senior post player, averages 5.8.Cheatham pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds in the Zips 87-63 win over visiting Coppin State on Wednesday. Akron won the rebounding battle 40-24 in that game while pulling down 11 on the offensive end.Akron coach Keith Dambrot is the reigning Mid-American Conference coach of the year after guiding his alma mater to a 26-9 record. Before his team was defeated by Gonzaga 77-64 in the first round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament, he labeled his program Gonzaga 2009 -- believing it was the next mid-major to establish itself as a power.The Zips, who lost 82-70 at No. 10 Creighton last week, have anotherr opportunity to prove their worth on the road against a highly ranked opponent.dddddddddddd Dambrot is trying to not put as much hype into it as he did going into the NCAA Tournament game against the Bulldogs eight seasons ago.We have to play the same every night regardless of who we play, Dambrot said. We have to play with the same emotion and care about every play every day. If we do that, well get better as a team.If we get better as a team, we can make a turn at this thing.Adversely affecting Akron in its upset bid is the questionable status of junior point guard Noah Robotham, who has missed the last two games with an ankle sprain and is averaging 10.1 points.Robotham played against Gonzaga junior point guard Nigel Williams-Goss when they prepped in Las Vegas -- Robotham with Bishop Gorman High School and Williams-Goss with Findlay Prep. Williams-Goss is coming off a 23-point performance against his former school, Washington, which increased his team-leading scoring average to 13.7.Both Akron and Gonzaga are known for their ability to score. The Zips are averaging 79.8 points per game with Johnson averaging a team-best 15.2 points while shooting 70.3 percent from the field. The matchup between Johnson and Karnowski (averaging 12.2 points and a team-high 6.0 rebounds) will be one to watch.Balance is the key for the Bulldogs, who averaging 85.9 points and feature six players averaging at least 9.7 points and four with more than five rebounds per contest.Were built inside-out, but yet our perimeters can really shoot it, Few said of his teams versatility, most notably senior guard Josh Perkins, who shoots 52.5 percent from 3-point range but also is a playmaker evidenced by his five assists against Washington.Perkins did a great job. He managed the game, just took what they gave him and spread it around, fed the bigs, found the guards for toed-up threes and did a great job of taking care of the basketball (one turnover in 30 minutes against the Huskies). ' ' '