December 14th, 2020 at 2:36 PM ^
Interesting to see what happens with all the details, but still...
"There are no rules here."
December 14th, 2020 at 2:48 PM ^
but still... allows us to be further humiliated under Harbaugh going to 2-7 (worst than any RR or Hoke team). Yeah, lets do it, then give Jim a well earned extension!! Michigan... "The Leaders & Best"
December 14th, 2020 at 2:52 PM ^
It extends when the last game is for longer negotiations. Maybe they will schedule Michigan-Rutgers 2, the Real Rivalry, then give Harbaugh an extension for beating his newfound rival.
December 14th, 2020 at 3:03 PM ^
In fairness Brian Kelly was 4-8 in his 7th season at ND, I am guessing they are glad they stuck with him.
December 14th, 2020 at 3:12 PM ^
Meh.... ND is only ok this year because they are playing a very easy ACC schedule and caught Clemson without their QB and four of their best defensive starters.
I think Clemson is going to be motivated and kick ND's dick in the dirt.
December 14th, 2020 at 3:15 PM ^
Kelly took the Irish to the CFPlayoff in his 3rd year finishing 12-1. If Harbaugh had done that or had defeated OSU even once, he would be allowed some slack. No B1G titles, bad bowl record, no wins on the road against top 15 opponents. Time to tap out, move on!!
December 14th, 2020 at 3:34 PM ^
Well, that 12-1 was retroactively changed to 0-1 because ND had multiple ineligible players on that team due to academic violations, including their starting QB. So, you know, maybe not the greatest analog for Michigan unless such violations + a dead student are worth being on the periphery of the playoffs.
December 14th, 2020 at 3:44 PM ^
Kelly did not take ND to the playoffs. The 2012 season was still the BCS and if you remember back, ND had NO BUSINESS being in that game. Alabama kicked the shit out of ND and even basically stopped trying to score halfway through the third quarter as an act of mercy.
ND is going to lose this weekend and it will be bad.
December 14th, 2020 at 4:55 PM ^
I wonder what it's like to be a fan of a team that gets to play in a National Championship game. Hell, I wonder what it's like to be a fan of a team that gets to play in a conference championship game.
December 14th, 2020 at 9:41 PM ^
also that was denards senior year when our staff criminally lost that game trying to force denard to be a drop back QB..
ND was gifted into the BCS title that year
December 14th, 2020 at 3:42 PM ^
That ND team only lost games by one score, except for the last game vs USC. They weren’t losing by double digits and looking uncompetitive
December 14th, 2020 at 5:02 PM ^
Oh wow! Using Brian Kelly's career as our new barometer it looks like we're due to win 12 games in 2022! Somebody tell me again about how Dabo's head coaching career started! These vague parallels definitely ensures good things are right around the bend for Harbaugh too! /s
The thing about that situation was that the 2016 ND team was prob more like a 7-win or 8-win team that kept falling on the wrong side of tight games. Michigan actually won their only tight game this year. They've just been getting soundly beat by everybody else. Also Brian Kelly got Notre Dame to a national title game and wins some bowls games so let's not pretend that Harbaugh has earned the kind of good will based on performance that Kelly has.
December 15th, 2020 at 9:31 AM ^
I agree, I'm tired of the coaching parallels. Instead of telling us how other coaches records went after a bad year, tell us how Jim can turn this around. Not because of what some other coach did but how is he going to start coaching players up, beating teams on the road, beating top 25 teams, beat MSU & OSU, and win bowl games? What in Jim's tenure at Michigan leads to the belief that he can ever beat OSU or have a shot at the CFP? I see no evidence that it can happen and if that's where the evidence leads then it's time to move on.
This year hasn't been just losing games, its the fact that they are nowhere near competitive. Some want to point at experience, well in 2019 we had the oldest team in the B1G, how did that turn out? Oh yeah, 9-4. With an experienced team a program like Michigan should have been looking at a playoff run and instead we got the average Harbaugh team. This year our QB's have little experience, again who do we throw shade at for the blame there? If this was year 3 or 4 maybe we could excuse some of these things but at the end of year 6 its pathetic how ill prepared the team seems to be, ill coached and unable to perform up to expectations which realistically at this point is just to win against bad teams. Something they seem incapable of now.
December 14th, 2020 at 4:50 PM ^
He’ll forever be remembered as the only UM coach in history to duck their rival, Ohio State.
Change my mind. Hit me with some moral superiority.
December 14th, 2020 at 9:47 PM ^
.....but wait, he did a great job of keeping his team covid free and played all their B1G games....oh....never mind.
December 14th, 2020 at 2:36 PM ^
Will this affect Michigan?
December 14th, 2020 at 2:45 PM ^
no. we didn't field a team this year.
December 14th, 2020 at 2:49 PM ^
No argument there
December 14th, 2020 at 2:36 PM ^
I highly doubt Michigan will take the opportunity against OSU, for some strange reason.
Maybe they can schedule Oregon State University to remember what it feels like beating an OSU again, but I don't think they'd win that either.
December 14th, 2020 at 2:59 PM ^
Haaa. 100
December 14th, 2020 at 5:29 PM ^
Hell just play a home game against eastern Michigan. No travel for the teams and hopefully end the season with a win
December 14th, 2020 at 5:40 PM ^
December 14th, 2020 at 9:27 PM ^
I did say hopefully
December 14th, 2020 at 5:55 PM ^
We are winless at home, better that we travel to Rynerson as we are undefeated on the road.
Welcome to Harbaugh year 6!!!
December 14th, 2020 at 9:01 PM ^
His home record now resembles his road record... balance has been achieved
December 14th, 2020 at 2:38 PM ^
That doesn't mean the Big Ten will allow it.
December 14th, 2020 at 2:44 PM ^
Michigan vs Tennessee in the "Will We Ever Be Relevant Again Bowl" presented by Blockbuster.
December 14th, 2020 at 3:03 PM ^
Let's just setup a 4 team playoff
Michigan
Nebraska
Tennessee
Miami
December 14th, 2020 at 3:25 PM ^
The Frosty and "Friends" Bowl?
December 14th, 2020 at 4:31 PM ^
"Island of Misfit Toys" Bowl.
December 14th, 2020 at 3:38 PM ^
Poor UCLA gets left out
December 14th, 2020 at 3:44 PM ^
...and Florida State has a pretty good gripe to be there. The Noles got jipped.
December 14th, 2020 at 6:42 PM ^
It is kind of amazing they won a NC only 7 years ago, a brief era sandwiched between a lot of dogshit teams
December 14th, 2020 at 7:02 PM ^
If only Michigan had a brief era. Right now we’re just dogshit. Gimmie the NC sandwiched between the dog shit!!!
December 14th, 2020 at 6:44 PM ^
Hmmm, no Texas in that 4 team playoff ...
"Texas is back!"
December 15th, 2020 at 1:24 AM ^
Texas can't bitch until they're 20 years removed from Vince Young.
December 14th, 2020 at 2:44 PM ^
Day wants to hang 100 pts on Harbaugh
December 14th, 2020 at 2:53 PM ^
Can we play Georgia tech? That way I'll be happy that at least one team I like wins.
December 14th, 2020 at 3:00 PM ^
Thank God OSU will have bigger fish to fry!
December 14th, 2020 at 3:02 PM ^
Dec. 26: Michigan v. OSU
Make it happen.
Make it happen!
MAKE IT FREAKING HAPPEN!!!
December 14th, 2020 at 3:10 PM ^
Honestly, they should do this.
As much as I would hate it.
December 14th, 2020 at 3:17 PM ^
Noooooo!!
December 14th, 2020 at 3:39 PM ^
+1 for including me in your meme. ...you know...for thinking of me. ;-)
I would gladly take a few spankings from daddy Harbaugh for that game to happen.
December 14th, 2020 at 7:14 PM ^
You are a very good sport.
not sure why your other comment got neg’d.
December 15th, 2020 at 2:41 PM ^
I know...it's a cute kittie!
December 14th, 2020 at 3:23 PM ^
If a 100-0 beatdown is what it takes for Manuel to come to his senses about Harbaugh, do it.
I was hoping it would be the MSU game, then the Indiana game, then the Wisconsin game, then the Rutgers game, then the Penn State game, now the Iowa game...
Sometimes you gotta take short-term pain for long-term success.
December 14th, 2020 at 5:03 PM ^
Im seeing most of the Harbaugh apologists insanely continue to show support for him. Lets see what they say after Iowa destroys us on Saturday prime-time. Iowa is favored by 14 pts, I think that's low. I see Iowa 48 - 17. We've lost our last 4 games at Kinnick. It will get ugly, fast.