It appears Michigan and Arizona State are closing in on a contract for what will likely be a home-and-home series between the 2 Power 5 schools.

Arizona State president Michael Crow was asked about that potential series during a radio appearance, and for some reason, that turned into him taking a shot at Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh.

As you can see below, he poked at Harbaugh’s big salary and his record against Ohio State (via 247Sports):

“I don’t know where we are exactly, but (a Michigan matchup) in the works,” Crow said to Arizona Sports 98.7FM. “And so the most important point that I want to make relative to that is we want our model to be a model where we compensate our coaches moderately, we compensate them highly if they’re very successful. Everybody graduates, everybody goes on and has a great life. We want to crush all these other teams.

“(Jim) Harbaugh, the coach at Michigan, he was the quarterback when ASU won the (1987) Rose Bowl. I would love — before whatever happens to him, since he can’t beat Ohio State, I would love to see us now take him on and beat him as coach.”

Well, if nothing else, these comments from Crow will only serve to add fuel to this matchup years before it’ll likely happen.