Jim Harbaugh says he and dad wrote James Earl Jones Intro
Alejandro Zúñiga of the Michigan Insider posted on twitter and transcribed coach's postgame press conference. He highlighted this little nugget:
Other things, I mean to get to a thousand wins this year, that was such a thing. We were just for a couple years now we've been counting that down. To do it this year, do it in this fashion, now have 1,004 wins -- no team's won more.
It's in the video that we -- my dad Jack and I wrote back in like 2015, that James Earl Jones narrated. No team has won more. No high school team has got to a thousand wins. No pro football team, no college team.
I suppose there's a little ambiguity here but it looks like JH is saying that Jim and Jack wrote the script for the intro video they've been playing before each home game, full of bold boasts like "We are the best University in the world" that would have seemed over the top if anybody but Jim Harbaugh wrote them and anybody but Darth Vader recited.
January 9th, 2024 at 7:25 PM ^
That’s an amazing anecdote if true
January 9th, 2024 at 8:39 PM ^
The key giveaway "Enthusiasm Unknown to Mankind"
January 9th, 2024 at 7:39 PM ^
This was reported at the time the video started airing. I knew this years ago. Or at least that Jim did, I think his dad helping might be new info.
January 9th, 2024 at 8:08 PM ^
Well they are a team in all senses.
January 9th, 2024 at 8:12 PM ^
Rewrite it and remove the part about "proud members of the Big Ten Conference." Not even winning the National Title is going to make me forget that Tony caved like a stick of spaghetti in a boiling pot. Then to top it all off, like the coward he is, waited until coach was on the plane to suspend him.
January 9th, 2024 at 8:23 PM ^
And let's face it, it's badass when Darth Vader says it.
January 9th, 2024 at 8:26 PM ^
Amazing. Love that distinctive intro by James Earl Jones at the home games.
January 9th, 2024 at 8:55 PM ^
I recall hearing this a few years back. Tbh, prose sounds exactly like Jim Harbaugh. It’s a bit awkward, and James Earl is probably one of the few voices who could’ve pulled it off as well as has been done.
January 9th, 2024 at 9:04 PM ^
This is so great.
That video and narration is etched into my soul.
GO BLUE!
January 9th, 2024 at 9:21 PM ^
Amen!
January 9th, 2024 at 9:52 PM ^
This is pure gold if true. How is it possible that 8+ years have gone by without us knowing this?
January 9th, 2024 at 11:00 PM ^
There was plenty of press about it at the time. At least you know now.
January 9th, 2024 at 10:47 PM ^
One thing I love the most about this season is Harbaugh bringing his Dad into the spotlight
January 10th, 2024 at 7:39 AM ^
I think most hype videos are kind of lame and I tire of them after watching them more than once. The James Earl Jones video is the exception - it still feels fresh and I never tire of it. I knew that Harbaugh wanted James Earl Jones to narrate the video but I didn't know until now that he and his dad wrote the script.