Sorry Jim Harbaugh, Nick Saban Isn't Giving Up His Recruiting Crown Anytime Soon

Is there a new sheriff in town? 

First-year Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is trying to take the office.

In his first offseason as the head coach of the Wolverines, Harbaugh has taken the recruiting world by storm, embarking on a trek across fertile recruiting grounds via satellite camps in an effort to raise the awareness of the new-look Michigan program.

That noise you hear is Alabama head coach Nick Saban yawning at Harbaugh's advances.

Sure, there has been some highly, or exaggerated, dust-ups, like Saban going off at SEC spring meetings last month on the different rules across conferences on events like satellite camps.

"We need to have the same rules in the big five in all leagues," Saban said. "If we're going to compete for the championship and everybody is going to play in the playoff system, then we need to get our rules in alignment so that we are all on a level playing field.

"These things need to be global; otherwise we are going to become a farm system for all of the other leagues."

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Does that sound like Saban is whining? USA Today's Dan Wolken thinks so, and the Indianapolis Star's Gregg Doyel has gone so far as to say that Saban is possibly scared of Harbaugh.

"I think Alabama football coach Nick Saban is all about Nick Saban," Doyel wrote. "I think he's possibly scared of Michigan's Jim Harbaugh."

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Puh-leeze.

Saban—and all SEC coaches who voted unanimously against satellite camps—aren't scared, they're mad that other coaches are out recruiting when they can't. That's very reasonable.

In fact, all Saban has done in the face of Harbaugh's roving satellite camps/recruiting tour is reel in six commitments in the month of June, including 4-star offensive tackle Charles Baldwin, 4-star linebacker Jaquan Yulee and 4-star dual-threat quarterback Jalen Hurts.

The run of commitments have launched Alabama seven spots up the class of 2016 team rankings to the fifth spot, one spot ahead of another school in Michigan—Michigan State. The Wolverines chime in at No. 16.

What's more, as Drew Champlin of AL.com notes, Saban even picked up three class of 2017 commitments this month in 4-star wide receiver D.D. Bowie, 4-star guard Netori Johnson and 4-star tackle Alex Leatherwood.

Harbaugh's commitments from the SEC footprint in the class of 2016?

He has pledges from 3-star cornerback Antwaine Richardson and 3-star defensive tackle Rashad Weaver from Florida, as well as 3-star fullback Kingston Davis and 3-star linebacker Dytarious Johnson from Prattville, Alabama.

Is that impressive? Sure.

Dipping down into the sunshine state for a couple of prospects, as well as raiding Saban's backyard for two more is nice, but as Matt Scalici of AL.com notes, it's not like Harbaugh is landing southern superstars.

That tweet was sent before Weaver committed to the Wolverines over the weekend.

Michigan was relevant on the recruiting trail under Brady Hoke too, and look what it got for it—three straight mediocre seasons and two straight sub-.500 records in the Big Ten.

Is Harbaugh's trek through the south making an impact? It's opening up the eyes of players and getting the maize and blue out there, which will help.

Will it help Harbaugh unseat Saban as the king of college football recruiting? Not a chance.

Saban has reeled in five straight top-ranked recruiting classes in the 247Sports Composite, and a sixth (and perhaps seventh) don't look too far-fetched. 

Maybe first, Harbaugh should worry about being the best recruiter in his own state.

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Quotes were obtained firsthand unless otherwise noted. All stats are courtesy of CFBStats.com unless otherwise noted, and all recruiting information is courtesy of 247Sports' composite rankings.

Barrett Sallee is the lead SEC college football writer and college football video analyst for Bleacher Report, as well as a host on Bleacher Report Radio on Sirius 93, XM 208.

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