Check this out: Fox's Jim Harbaugh bus rolling out

The Fox Sports' Jim Harbaugh bus, crossing the United States the next two weeks leading up to U-M's Sept, 3 kickoff at Utah in Salt Lake City, is prepared and ready to roll out.

Fox released a video of the bus in action today and fans can see it in person this weekend.

The "Opening Drive" bus will debut Saturday in the Detroit area, starting at the Fox 2 studios at 8 a.m., then visiting Ann Arbor outside the State Street M-Den at 10:30 a.m., then to downtown Detroit for that night's Tigers game, a Fox Sports 1 broadcast at 7 p.m.

Following the trip through Michigan, the bus will stop in Chicago (Aug. 24), Cincinnati (Aug. 24), New York City and the Bronx (Aug. 26), Charlotte (Aug. 27), Atlanta (Aug. 29), Dallas (Aug. 30) and St. Louis (Aug. 31) before arriving in Salt Lake City on Sept. 2.

Fox offered a few details about the bus, which is now in action,.

• The bus is wrapped in 1,300 square feet of fabric – enough for 52 pairs of Harbaugh khaki pants.

• The fabric is stitched together with 1,100 feet of thread – enough to go the length of three football fields.

• The belt is 540 inches – enough width to make belts for the entire Michigan offense or 15 belts for Harbaugh.

• An equal-sized Sharpie could sign approximately 91,000 autographs.

• An equal-sized whistle would generate over 140 decibels – louder than a college football crowd or a jet engine.

• Six gallons of adhesive were used to apply the fabric – enough to fill a sideline water cooler.

• The application of fabric took 211 man hours – more than enough time to cover the opening week games for all 14 Big Ten teams.

Here's the video:

Contact Mark Snyder: msnyder@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @mark__snyder.

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