December 29th, 2014 at 12:33 AM ^
...just runs right past the ref and onto the field of play to celebrate with Leach.
If you watch the video closely you can see that Harbaugh was standing with his toes right on the sideline for the entire play, barely able to contain himself.
The second Leach crossed the goal line, Harbaugh is on the field.
Rick Leach must have been thinking 'What the heck is Jimmy Harbaugh's doing on the field of play?'
December 28th, 2014 at 11:35 PM ^
That is SO sweet. Never get tired of seeing it. Welcome home Jim.
December 28th, 2014 at 11:35 PM ^
God, I hope he's really in this. It might be silly, but part of me thinks he might be taking this opportunity for a stable couple of years before heading back to the NFL. If he's truly convinced himself that he's best fitted for the college game and is in it for the long haul, we could have an all-time great coming to Ann Arbor.
December 28th, 2014 at 11:42 PM ^
until he builds the program to a top level. And he will definitely groom his successor if he wants to return to the NFL.
December 29th, 2014 at 12:00 AM ^
so they don't have to keep uprooting their kids. That was one reason why they chose to come to AA. Also, if he were just coming for a couple of years, his 75 y/o father would not be moving to AA with him (reportedly). FWIW, I read somewhere too that the agreement with the 49ers precludes him from returning to the NFL for a given number of years.
December 29th, 2014 at 12:15 AM ^
He's not leaving.
December 29th, 2014 at 12:15 AM ^
He's not leaving.
December 28th, 2014 at 11:36 PM ^
Am I seeing things or are those pants really unpleated?
December 29th, 2014 at 12:16 AM ^
Yeah well, Kal-el didn't always wear his cape and red patent leather boots either.
December 29th, 2014 at 12:15 AM ^
Incredible...What a coincidence that a young Harbaugh would appear in a photo of Michigan playing the school from whom we would someday poach our new head coach, David Cutcliffe.
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December 29th, 2014 at 12:18 AM ^
The Autumn Wind is blowing!
(it's a gas leak in Oakland).
December 29th, 2014 at 12:26 AM ^
Never get tired of that picture. Bo said in his book that he used to yell at the coaches to keep that Harbaugh kid out of the way and off the field all the time.
December 29th, 2014 at 12:46 AM ^
He shoulda got the job after Lloyd retired
December 29th, 2014 at 4:46 AM ^
Jim had gotten in trouble in 2005. Michigan really couldn't have hired him in 07 not enough of a time lapse there.
December 29th, 2014 at 12:53 AM ^
I was at this game in 86. Our tickets said "Block O". Turned out it was the first row of the Ohio student section. We moved down on the field and watched the game a foot away from the endzone cone. Wilcher scored in the 4th quarter right in front of us. I was on TV when Brutus is dancing...
We walked past Speilman before the game, and I remember thinking how small he looked and how skinny his legs were. Then he went out and had about 22 tackles in the game...
December 29th, 2014 at 1:40 AM ^
Dude, get it straight. He was 13 when this game was played (his birthday's in December).
December 29th, 2014 at 6:30 AM ^
I was 12 when Leach graduated and I felt the same way watching him play. Jimmy had better seats than me, though.
One of the best pictures on the history of the program...never gets old.
December 29th, 2014 at 8:07 AM ^
When I was watching Jimmy Harbaugh score touchdowns. Awesome. Great memory.
December 29th, 2014 at 8:30 PM ^
What an awesome pic & clip!!!
Ufer was great also!!!