ANN ARBOR, Mich. — At the Brown Jug, a popular campus haunt, customers can order Jim Harbaugh’s 10 oz. Sirloin Steak or his father Jack’s Famous Brown Jug Burger in a sports bar that shares its name with the symbol of Michigan’s rivalry against Minnesota.
Like its namesake, a five-gallon Red Wing Pottery jug allegedly purchased in 1903 because Michigan feared someone might tamper with its water supply, the Brown Jug restaurant has become embellished in its own piece of Michigan lore. The story has all the features of a classic college football caper: a lightning-rod coach, a whiff of espionage and conspiracy theories galore, all set against the backdrop
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