Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh became testy with a reporter Saturday following his fifth failed try to take down his school’s biggest rival.

“I’ll answer your questions, not your insults,” Harbaugh said when asked what the biggest difference between his program and that of Ohio State.

The reporter said it wasn’t an insult, and proceeded to bring up stats from the game before Harbaugh quietly replied, “they played better than us today.”

And the previous seven Saturdays, too, as this year’s 56-27 walloping in Ann Arbor was No. 1 Ohio State’s eighth straight win over the Wolverines.

Lack of wins over Ohio State, which consistently is near the top of the national rankings, has left Harbaugh’s future at Michigan in doubt, despite him winning 10 games three times in his five-year tenure.