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Lions QB Jared Goff is heading home to play the 49ers, about an hour from his hometown and alma mater, in the NFC championship game on Sunday.

Jim Harbaugh was hired as head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers on Wednesday, leaving Michigan after capping his ninth season as coach of college football’s winningest program with the school’s first national championship since 1997.

Jared Goff threw his second touchdown pass with 6:22 left and the Lions beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 in the divisional round on Sunday, lifting Detroit into the NFC championship for the first time in 32 years and just the second time in franchise history.

Eminem is just one of many high-profile Lions fans soaking up the energy of the team’s season.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh interviewed with the Atlanta Falcons for their head coaching vacancy on Tuesday, his second interview in two days.

The Detroit Lions’ first home playoff game in three decades features the return of one of the many quarterbacks who failed to lift the franchise to postseason success since it won the NFL title in 1957.

Nine years after he took over at Michigan, Jim Harbaugh delivered on the lofty expectations he brought with him to his beloved alma mater.

Michigan plays Washington in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday, with the Wolverines going for their first national title since 1997 and the Huskies looking for their first since 1991.

Michigan is one win away from reaching the primary goal set by head coach Jim Harbaugh when he returned to his alma mater in 2015 to restore its dominance.

Michigan announced Thursday that football coach Jim Harbaugh will serve the remainder of a three-game suspension from the Big Ten in return for the conference ending its investigation into a scheme to steal opponents’ play-calling signals.