By Matt Hladik Going into Jim Harbaugh’s interview with the Vikings yesterday, it seemed like a mere formality that the Michigan head coach was heading to Minnesota. However, the Vikings never offered Harbaugh the position. Harbaugh wound up announcing he was returning to the Wolverines, and Minnesota is reportedly set to hire Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell to lead their team. It was an awkward series of events for Harbaugh, and ESPN’s Paul Finebaum, a frequent critic of the UM leader, criticized him for how he handled the situation. “He had everything going for him,” Finebaum said…