MORNING ROUNDUP

Harbaugh tells players' parents he's not leaving

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has sent an email to parents of players on his team, refuting a report saying representatives are working on his departure from his alma mater.

"I am reaching out to let you know that the recent claims that I am 'pursuing an exit strategy' are total crap," Harbaugh wrote in an email, a copy of which was obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. "It's an annual strategy driven by our enemies to cause disruption to our program and to negatively recruit.

"By the way, I don' t even have an ' agent or representative.' I am committed to your sons, their education and their development as football players and people."

Harbaugh was responding to a report citing sources saying his representatives have their eye on getting Harbaugh back in the NFL, where he was a head coach in San Francisco.

South Dakota State embracing hype of College GameDay show

South Dakota State coach John Stiegelmeier says his team is not shying away from the hoopla that ESPN's popular Saturday morning college football show is bringing to campus.

Stiegelmeier tells 740 The Fan in Fargo that the program is embracing College GameDay's presence for the game against rival North Dakota State. S tie gel meier say she' s taking his players to the set before Friday's practice in Brookings, South Dakota.

The unbeaten Bison are the top-ranked FCS team and the Jackrabbits are No. 3.

Federer eases past Albot into Swiss Indoors quarterfinals

Roger Federer eased to a 6-0, 6-3 win over 49thranked Radu Albot in the second round of the Swiss Indoors on Wednesday in Basel, Switzerland.

Seeking a 10th title at his hometown event, the top-seeded Federer has spent less than two hours combined on court for his two match wins so far this week.

In Friday' s quarter finals, Federer will play fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka or Francis Tia foe of the United States, who both had straight-set wins Wednesday.