ANN ARBOR, Mich. Homecoming.The word stirred all those stomach-swirling emotions through a nine-month T.J. Oshie Jersey attachment to Jim Harbaughs arrival at Michigan. Despite a season-opening lo s to Utah, a crowd of 109,651 descended upon Michigan Stadium on Saturday not knowing which combination to expect.MORE: | BENDER: Would there be a hangover? Would the hype and hysteria continue? What would Harbaugh do in his Big House debut?Any hangovers would have to wait until at least Sunday after the Wolverines 35-7 victory against Oregon State. The unofficial official Harbaugh homecoming offered a glimpse of whats to come, even if he downplayed the significance of his return to Michigan as a coach.I don't know if anybody listens to me or not, Harbaugh said. It's mainly about the players and the coaches.Harbaugh can control matters inside, but the former players, students, alumni and fans, the combination that agonized for the last seven years through two coaching changes, couldnt contain their excitement.Michigan fans including 40-year-old Jeremy Howard, and 54-year-old Jim Roth arrived at the Pioneer High School lot acro s from Michigan Stadium at 6:30 a.m., just like the past nine years. Only this time, a line was waiting.Ive never seen anything like it since weve been here, Howard said.Jon Jansen, a first-team All-American tackle in 1998, set up an 8 a.m.tailgate outside the Crisler Center, the one whose territory is marked with a maize-and-blue Volkswagen Har-Bug. Jansen watched all-things Harbaugh take over.Hes not one bit surprised at Harbaughs series of Point A-to-Point B interviews and retweet-able tweets. "That's Jim, Jansen said. There's no private persona for Jim. Theres no public persona for Jim. Its just Jim. Its no surprise he talks to (the media) the way he does because that's how he talks to everybody."Or the hype and hysteria that followed.Any time you Nathan Walker Jersey get former players to come back and play a prominent role its exciting, Jansen said. Now you have a guy who had succe s, was a captain here and had succe s after he left, and now he's back.The alumni and students feel that. Acro s the street at the universitys golf course tailgate, rows of tents lined up early for the noon kickoff. Michigan graduate Jeff Snyder soaked in that tailgate with a group of friends. Snyder, an Ann Arbor native whose first game was the 1997 Alexander Alexeyev Jersey win against Ohio State as a fifth-grader, couldn't wait to get in the stadium.Its fall, its Michigan football and everybody wants to feel good again, he said.Carlos Brown drove from Chicago to meet Snyder and his friends. Brown played at Michigan from 2006-09. He watched the transition from Lloyd Carr to Rich Rodriguez. He didnt come back much afterward. It took one meeting with Harbaugh for Brown to change that. Just dont ask him to make comparisons.Im not going to compare Jim to Lloyd (Carr) or even Bo (Schembechler), Brown said. Everybody wants to say Jim is going to take us where Bo was. Jim is his own guy.I dont know how long hes going to be here, Brown said. I dont know what hes doing to get there. I know hes going to lead us where we need to be. Its impo sible not to make a few nostalgic comparisons, especially when theyre thrown in front of your face.MORE: | | Carr, who led Michigan to a national championship in 1997, flipped the opening coin to s. After a roughing the punter call in the second quarter, . He to sed a folder and screamed at referees. Schembechler would have done that, too.Michigan then took advantage of a bad punt snap before halftime one Harbaugh said happens every 50 years and wore down Oregon State with three-rushing TDs from DeVeon Smith. The Wolverines ran the ball, played physical defense and let the clock bleed in the fourth quarter.Carr and Schembechler used that same methodical formula that piled up Aaron Ness Jersey wins and endle s choruses of The Victors for almost 40 years. Harbaugh delivered in three clean-and-quick hours against Oregon State. Thats what happens at a homecoming.Afterward, Harbaugh stuck to the basics. Theres nothing that resonates yet. Hes not one to buy the hype. He thanked athletic director Jim Hackett for giving him a watch. He emphasized those two words Schembechler made a say-it-three-times mantra. Its always about "the team."Its great to be a part of it, Harbaugh said afterward. We enjoy it. Youre a small part. The greater share is the young men that are playing and the families that are watching.Players also took turns downplaying the Harbaugh homecoming. This isnt a tell-all revelation. Its just the start in rebuilding a physical football team looking to compete in the Big Ten.Inside, expect Michigan to get better with each week.Coach Harbaugh had that Andre Burakovsky Jersey mentality since spring ball, defensive end Chris Wormley said. Toughne s. Running it down your throat. The hard-nosed mentality (defensive coordinator D.J.) Durkin has instilled in us.Outside, the joyride continues. Alumni, fans and former players cant help themselves. Harbaugh is the open book and closed door that will keep the hype, hysteria and that other h-word headlines coming. Its almost fitting the unpredictable coach won his first game with the many moods of an Ann Arbor autumn serving as the backdrop.Shivers. Warmth. Gray skies. Rain. Then sunlight peaked over a giant scoreboard that said: Michigan 35, Oregon State 7 about 12 hours after Howard and Roth pulled into the Pioneer High School parking lot.Thats a full day in Ann Arbor. Thats how its supposed to feel.To have Jim come back here and bring Michigan back where its supposed to be, its a homecoming, Jansen said. "Thats what it is. Its exciting for everybody.Does it look like theres a hangover in sight?