Harbaugh at Stanford Orange Bowl Story
Article this morning on....ugh, Bleacher Report, most of it is stuff we all know and they're just rehashing, but this part of the article is hilarious
Frank Beamer has one. The Virginia Tech head coach is sitting on a porch overlooking a golf course in Reynolds Plantation, Georgia, on a tar-bubbling summer afternoon—a lazy, storytelling kind of afternoon. As he puts down a glass of lemonade on a table, he says he has a tale to tell. It might just be, he claims, the weirdest damn story of his entire coaching career.
Beamer leans back in his chair and loosens a memory from late 2010. The Hokies of Virginia Tech, where Beamer has coached for the last 28 autumns, were preparing to play Stanford in the Orange Bowl. A few days before the Jan. 3 game, Beamer met the Cardinal head coach—Harbaugh—at an event in Planet Hollywood in Miami.
“After we take some pictures, we start talking, just the two of us,” Beamer said. “Jim says over and over how much respect he has for Georgia Tech. He must have said it five times. I’m just looking at him like, ‘Are you serious?’
“Finally, I’m joking with him and I say I can’t wait to tell my team that you called us Georgia Tech. Because, you know, we’re Virginia Tech.”
Harbaugh then threw his infamous shark expression at Beamer: mouth agape, eyes on fire, looking poised to chomp. Harbaugh’s assistants have seen this look for years; he sometimes holds it for about 30 seconds without speaking, causing everyone in eyeshot to wonder what is flowing through his mind—if anything.
Beamer continued to lock eyes with Harbaugh for a few moments, waiting for him to say something, anything. It may have been the most uncomfortable silence of Beamer’s life.
“Well,” Harbaugh finally told Beamer. “I can’t wait to tell my players that you said you were going to play Samford, not Stanford!” He then turned and walked away.
More than four years later, Beamer smiles at the memory, still befuddled by Harbaugh's response. “No question, Jim is a different kind of coach,” said Beamer, whose team lost in the Orange Bowl to Harbaugh and Stanford 40-12 in what was Harbaugh’s last college game.
“He’s either crazy...or he’s crazy like a damn fox.”
September 1st, 2015 at 10:34 AM ^
This story. I love it. Harbaugh is just the type of crazy that Michigan needs.
September 1st, 2015 at 10:44 AM ^
It's the type of crazy that will become legendary if he wins here, but that people will quickly grow tired of if he doesn't.
September 1st, 2015 at 10:51 AM ^
And my personal opinion is that he is going to win, and win a lot at Michigan.
September 1st, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
What is this "if he doesn't" thing you speak of?
September 1st, 2015 at 12:48 PM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 11:11 AM ^
It is all about winning at this point. The Harbuagh hype/fascination is so ridiculously over the top at this point. I just hope the team starts matching it on the field soon.
September 1st, 2015 at 6:38 PM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 10:53 AM ^
Could someone post a link to the full article?
September 1st, 2015 at 10:35 AM ^
Love our coach
September 1st, 2015 at 10:36 AM ^
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September 1st, 2015 at 10:41 AM ^
He should have pulled the ole
September 1st, 2015 at 10:38 AM ^
Did Beamer actually call them Samford or was Harbaugh just making that up?
September 1st, 2015 at 10:40 AM ^
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September 1st, 2015 at 10:40 AM ^
Pretty sure he just made that up
September 1st, 2015 at 11:11 AM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 11:43 AM ^
a liar????!!!!
September 1st, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 10:38 AM ^
I'd say I'm shocked but I'm not. These stories make me laugh but no more WTF factor now that we all know how strange (awesome) Harbaugh is.
September 1st, 2015 at 10:39 AM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^
Frank Beamer might be the only coach who will eventually successfully blend actual offense and cubism. I can see the discussion on a red zone play now:
"What's this, Frank?"
"It's a diagram of the run play I am about to call."
"No, seriously, what the hell is it? You've got offensive linemen all over this page and the running back is running into an irregular polygon defeneded by two linebackers. The slot receiver runs this weird out route, makes a 120-degree turn and runs into this representation of...I think that's the band. How can you score with that?"
"You must embrace the idea that the points exist first."
September 1st, 2015 at 10:40 AM ^
This man is a legitimate crazy person. And I love it.
September 1st, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^
Crazy is offensive to people with mental illnesses.
September 1st, 2015 at 11:06 AM ^
-1 Trolling
September 1st, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^
-1 Hypocrisy
September 1st, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
Seriously? Out of all the causes and problems in the world, being able to say "retard" is the hill you're going to die on?
Grow up
September 1st, 2015 at 11:07 AM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 11:20 AM ^
But I got chewed out for using an "offensive" word here once before.
And there are some people that find the word crazy to be offensive.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/arthur-gallant/mental-health-terms_b_1787156.html
September 1st, 2015 at 11:24 AM ^
And the mods, rightfully, nuked it. Because you were wrong then.
And now, just like then, you're trolling for obstinance's sake.
September 1st, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^
I have a family member with bi-polar disorder. The word crazy is offensive. Please refrain from using it. Thanks.
September 1st, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
I hope this is your idea of a joke. The word "mad" in your handle is a derisive term that is equivalent to crazy in the context of "The Mad Hatter." Yet "crazy" "offends" you.
Good "rib..."
September 1st, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
Could you be any more of a hypocrite? You gotta work harder on your trolling.
September 1st, 2015 at 12:14 PM ^
I'm just having a little fun with Bando.
I'm the last person on this blog that would get offended by any word in any context. Bi-polar family member or not (that bit is true btw).
September 1st, 2015 at 4:37 PM ^
Like 5 posts up, someone asked you if you were joking, and you said no. Now you're joking again?
September 1st, 2015 at 12:19 PM ^
why I love this blog.
September 1st, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^
I dont find crazy to be offensive, and I'd appreciate it if you stopped treated all of us like were too damn "crazy" to speak up for ourselves if we have an issue.
September 1st, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
theres always a certain % of assholes in any given group / situation or minority ready to spew truly rude, offensive comments - but people actively looking to be offended will have little trouble finding offense (at least in my experience)
September 1st, 2015 at 3:48 PM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 12:19 PM ^
I'm offended by people being offended
September 1st, 2015 at 10:41 AM ^
but he's our crazy. maize and blue crazy. and D-day starts in about 58 hours.
September 1st, 2015 at 10:44 AM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 10:49 AM ^
Hahaha, yes.
September 1st, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^
I could see him calling them Michigan Agricultural College, which would be much more awesome and enraging to Dantonio.
September 1st, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
Michigan Tech would be even better. There is one of those, you know.
September 1st, 2015 at 10:58 AM ^
Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College.
September 1st, 2015 at 11:03 AM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 11:03 AM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^
One of the many faces of Harbaugh, and perhaps the best part of the now famous Jameis Winston counseling video.