Bret Bielema, Mark Dantonio may surprise Jim Harbaugh at practice

Coaches Bret Bielema and Mark Dantonio are joking about hanging out at Michigan practice.

You may have heard about Jim Harbaugh’s plans during Michigan’s spring break.

The Wolverines coach is holding practices at the IMG Academy in Florida, which has set off a firestorm of controversy as other coaches and conference administrators are very unhappy about the plan. The whole brouhaha reached its nadir when SEC coaches—one more time for emphasis, SEC COACHES—complained about Harbaugh’s recruiting tactics. 

Fortunately, Arkansas’s Bret Bielema and Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio have saved the day with some much needed humor, and the kind of subtweets even Harbaugh could love.

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After early meetings & lift tomorrow with our players. Thinking about heading to watch an open practice tomorrow at IMG with the staff. #WPS

— Bret Bielema (@BretBielema) March 2, 2016

Want to do lunch? #V4MSU https://t.co/5Us82hFySk

— Mark Dantonio (@DantonioMark) March 2, 2016

Could the coaches actually crash the practice? Michigan’s Friday session is open to the public, and IMG told ESPN’s Andrea Adelson it would allow coaches to sit in the stands with everyone else.

Maybe Bielema and Dantonio can do some scouting over a soup and sandwich.

UPDATE: Bielema can’t go.

Just found out from NCAA office we can't go to IMG open practice because in NCAA football it's a quiet period 😳

Maybe next year #Jamaica

— Bret Bielema (@BretBielema) March 3, 2016

Better luck next year.