11 months, 2 weeks ago

Jim Harbaugh focusing on Michigan’s championship, not his future: ‘Going to just enjoy this’

HOUSTON – Jim Harbaugh has a victory parade in his future. Beyond that, Harbaugh said he’s focused on enjoying Michigan’s national championship and not on seeking out his next challenge, whether that’s chasing another title at Michigan or returning to the NFL. “People want to look at the past or look at the future,” Harbaugh said Tuesday at Michigan’s championship news conference. Three or four years ago, when people wanted me to get rid of him, I didn’t because I believed it then and I believe it now.” GO DEEPER Olson: In a sport dominated by SEC superpowers, Michigan figured out how to beat the house Harbaugh just completed his ninth season at Michigan after going 44-19-1 in the NFL and leading the San Francisco 49ers to a Super Bowl in 2013 against his brother John Harbaugh’s Baltimore Ravens. But it felt great.” Harbaugh didn’t tip his hand about his future but used his championship news conference to reiterate his calls for revenue sharing with players.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rematch of last season’s College Football Playoff championship game highlights Big Ten slate

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ET It’s a rematch of last year’s national championship game that Michigan won 34-13, but a whole lot has changed in the nine months since. Sherrone Moore’s Wolverines are relying on a Kalel Mullings-led rushing attack, as they totaled just 118 yards passing the last two …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Quarterback job still up for grabs as No. 9 Michigan prepares to defend title

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Sherrone Moore hasn’t decided yet who will start at quarterback when the defending national champs open their season at home against Fresno State. “We’ll just see who practices better these next couple of days and then we’ll make a decision, …

4 months ago

No. 9 Michigan will try to repeat as national champions without Harbaugh, McCarthy and Co.

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — College football’s defending national champions have a lot of new faces in important places. “There’s a lot of hype about both of our teams that are historically great programs,” said preseason All-America defensive tackle Mason Graham. “I look forward to those big-time …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

NCAA hands former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh a 4-year show cause order for recruiting violations

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The NCAA said Harbaugh, who left his alma mater to coach the Los Angeles Chargers after last season’s undefeated national championship, “failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance and violated head coach responsibility obligations.” “Harbaugh engaged in unethical conduct and failed to cooperate when he denied …

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Michigan, Washington field overhauled teams in quest to return to national championship game

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! INDIANAPOLIS — When Michigan and Washington arrived at Lucas Oil Stadium on Thursday, it marked the first time they’d been on the same field since January’s national championship game. “It’s cool,” Washington quarterback Carson Bruener said when asked about reuniting with Michigan at Lucas Oil Stadium …

10 months, 4 weeks ago

The rise, fall and rise again of Jim Harbaugh shows how quickly college coaches go from hot to not

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! When Jim Harbaugh took a pay cut from Michigan after the 2020 season, getting another chance to be an NFL head coach seemed like a long shot for him. “Jim Harbaugh didn’t forget how to coach a couple years ago and then say, ‘Oh, I remember …

10 months, 4 weeks ago

Jim Harbaugh won a title, revived the Ohio State rivalry — stop with the ‘cheating’ crying

New York Times

Five years ago, I sat in the Michigan Stadium press box following Ohio State’s 56-27 blowout of Michigan. It’s funny to look back at days like that given what we now know about Jim Harbaugh, the national champion and the new head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. You can’t mention Michigan’s national title run this year without also acknowledging …

10 months, 4 weeks ago

What does Jim Harbaugh leaving Michigan for the Chargers mean for Big Ten football?

New York Times

Jim Harbaugh is officially off to the NFL with the Los Angeles Chargers. So what does Harbaugh’s departure mean for the Big Ten after Michigan won three consecutive conference championships? Several of The Athletic’s Big Ten writers put their heads together to try to figure out what to make of Harbaugh’s tenure at Michigan and where the conference stands without …

11 months ago

Chargers pull off a stunner, hiring Jim Harbaugh as their new coach

LA Times

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh watches his players warm up before the Wolverines’ win over Alabama in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. The Chargers made one of the most notable additions in their franchise’s 65-year history Wednesday by agreeing to terms with Jim Harbaugh to be their coach, the team announced. Being back here feels like home, and it’s great …

11 months ago

Jim Harbaugh’s last act at Michigan before leaving for Chargers made it all worthwhile

New York Times

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh had everything he could have wanted at Michigan: an adoring fan base, a house next to his parents, a program contoured to his specifications and, as of two weeks ago, a national championship. The real question is what went right during these past nine years that allowed Michigan to do what none of Harbaugh’s …

11 months, 1 week ago

What’s next for Michigan? Replacing J.J. McCarthy, Jim Harbaugh’s future and more thoughts

New York Times

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan and its fans waited 26 years for a victory parade. Thousands of fans lined the freshly plowed streets of Ann Arbor on Saturday to celebrate Michigan’s national championship. It was the clip of Corum in the same arena, delivering the following message to Michigan fans: “All I’ve got to say is, we’re going to run …

11 months, 1 week ago

J.J. McCarthy entering NFL draft, skipping senior season after leading Michigan to national title

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — J.J. McCarthy, Michigan’s national-championship winning quarterback, is skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft. Many Michigan players have announced they’re going pro, including senior running back Blake Corum, who potentially could have returned for a fifth season, and junior linebacker …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Charlie Baker says Michigan won title ‘fair and square,’ stands by NCAA looping in Big Ten

New York Times

PHOENIX — NCAA president Charlie Baker watched on television as Michigan football won the national championship on Monday night and came away impressed. During a meeting with a small gathering of reporters at this week’s annual NCAA convention, Baker said that the Wolverines were clearly “the better team” and won their title “fair and square”. “I don’t regret doing it …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Michigan’s ability to contend for repeat national title hinges on decisions by Harbaugh, key players

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “So I’m just ready to keep enjoying this while I can and get back to work whenever we get started again.” Oddsmakers aren’t forecasting a repeat for the Wolverines. “We stood tall, upright and innocent.” Going 15-0, he said, was the result of “good old-fashioned, roll-up-your-sleeve …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Michigan football vs. Washington Huskies: Wolverines win college football national championship the old-fashioned way.

Slate

The Michigan Wolverines returned to college football’s pinnacle on Monday night by beating Washington in the national title game in Houston, 34–13. Most national champions play offense one way now, and Michigan’s opponent on Monday appeared to have mastered that method. In 2021 and 2022, Georgia’s team identity was certainly not the passing game, but quarterback Stetson Bennett became an …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Michigan Wolverines Overpower Washington Huskies 34-13 For National Championship

Huff Post

HOUSTON — Blake Corum ran for 134 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns as Jim Harbaugh and No. The Wolverines sealed their first national title since 1997 when Corum, who scored the winning touchdown in overtime against Alabama in the Rose Bowl semifinal, blasted in from the 1-yard line with 3:37 left to put Michigan up by 21 and set off …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

What’s next for Jim Harbaugh? Michigan coach faces decision on whether to stay or go back to NFL

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! HOUSTON — Michigan’s climb back to the summit of college football ended with its 34-13 win over Washington in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday night. “Does it always have to be, ‘What’s next, what’s the future?’” Harbaugh looked into NFL jobs the last …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

College Football: Michigan Wolverines beat Washington Huskies to win national title

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! It went exactly how we wanted it to go.” The Wolverines sealed their first national title since 1997 when Corum, who scored the winning touchdown in overtime against Alabama in the Rose Bowl, blasted in from the 1-yard line with 3:37 left to put Michigan up …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Michigan turned Jim Harbaugh’s ‘Run the Damn Ball’ vision into national championship reality

New York Times

HOUSTON — Michigan’s offensive linemen showed up at the Orange Bowl two years ago wearing T-shirts that read “Run The Damn Ball.” That was more than a fashion statement; it was a motto for the entire ethos of the program Jim Harbaugh wanted to build. We weren’t going to shy away from it.” Plenty of people responded with skepticism when …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Jim Harbaugh says he can sit at ‘big person’s table’ with family after national title win

New York Times

Move over Jack and John, there’s a new champ in the Harbaugh house. After Michigan defeated Washington 34-13 to win the 2023 College Football Playoff national championship on Monday night, Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh joked that he’s now earned his place setting among his dad and brother, who have both won championships as head coaches, during family dinners. “I can …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Jim Harbaugh and Michigan prove there’s more than one path to the top of college football

New York Times

HOUSTON — Jim Harbaugh’s way worked. The Wolverines’ 34-13 victory over Washington and triumph over everyone else who stood in their way to a national title is the culmination of nine challenging years of building a program with a certain purpose. Does it always have to be what’s next, what’s the future?” — Max Olson January 9, 2024 This team …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

‘We’re legends’: Michigan caps undefeated season with national title triumph

LA Times

Fittingly, the last football game in the history of the Pac-12 Conference was played in the unmistakable style of the brawny Big Ten. Chants of “It’s great to be a Michigan Wolverine” echoed throughout Houston’s NRG Stadium, where coach Jim Harbaugh’s family motto became realized as an undeniable fact across the land: Who has it better than Michigan? Natty champs!” …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Wasserman: Michigan’s quirky, title-winning season is a perfect reflection of Jim Harbaugh

New York Times

HOUSTON — There was something about this Michigan football team, even in the darkest times this season, where it just felt like its coaches and players knew this was all going to end with confetti falling on them in NRG Stadium. All season, long before Michigan beat Washington 34-13 on Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Michigan stymies Michael Penix Jr., Washington to claim first national championship since 1997 season

New York Times

By Lauren Merola, Max Olson, Austin Meek, Jim Trotter and Nicole Auerbach It’s been 26 years, but finally, no one has it better than Michigan. The win marked Michigan’s first national title since 1997 and the completion of a long-anticipated return to the top of college football under head coach Jim Harbaugh. Michigan running back Blake Corum finished with 134 …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 2 Washington for CFP title caps season of realignment, transfers and Harbaugh

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! HOUSTON — Michigan vs. Washington is just about the perfect way to end the 2023 college football season, a matchup of unbeatens that hits all the major themes and storylines of the past five months from conference realignment to the transfer portal — with Jim Harbaugh …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Washington and Michigan share 'super weird' feeling in CFP final

LA Times

As the Washington Huskies surveyed the scene at the College Football Playoff media day inside Houston’s downtown convention center, you couldn’t have blamed them for feeling a bit as if they were straddling two worlds. “We might have Pac-12 logos on our jerseys still, I don’t know, for me I would say we’re the Pac,” Washington wide receiver Rome Odunze …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Meet Jim Harbaugh’s assistant, sounding board and Michigan’s team chaplain

New York Times

HOUSTON — Wherever Jim Harbaugh goes, Robby Emery usually isn’t far away. “If these men and coaches don’t find the thing they lose, it’s really hard for them to move on to their next,” Emery said. That’s a great sign of leadership.” There’s been talk that Monday’s national championship game could be Harbaugh’s last at Michigan. “I’ll gladly talk about …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Harbaugh’s future at Michigan is subplot to CFP title game as Washington tries to lock up DeBoer

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think before the season, after the season is where they really like to iron out details.” If Harbaugh’s future is the main subplot to the national title game, the subplot to the subplot is whether DeBoer would be a candidate to replace him? That salary …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Michigan vs. Washington: Five things to know about the CFP championship

LA Times

In September 2021, the second Saturday of college football featured a prime-time matchup between the Michigan Wolverines and the Washington Huskies in Ann Arbor, Mich. Then-Washington athletic director Jennifer Cohen, now in the role USC, fired Lake before the Huskies’ disastrous 4-8 season was complete. By season’s end, the Wolverines’ revamped physical style led them to a resounding win over …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mandel’s Mailbag: Why a Michigan national championship would be an undisputed achievement

New York Times

Well, folks — have we recovered? So while the Committee on Infractions could come back a year or two from now and decree that Michigan has to vacate past victories, it can’t order a championship banner be taken down. What would’ve been your reaction if somebody said after 2020 that Michigan would play in this year’s title game, or after …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Harbaugh’s Michigan Wolverines to play for national title after stopping Alabama 27-20 in OT

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Harbaugh’s Wolverines will play for their school’s first national title since 1997 against Washington on Jan. 8 — but only after a fourth-quarter comeback and a hair-raising finish when the two winningest programs in college football history played just the second overtime game in the 110 …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Does NFL want ‘quirky’ Jim Harbaugh? ‘He’s won everywhere he’s been, but what comes with it?’

New York Times

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is closing out a controversial season in pursuit of an elusive national championship, but the spotlight isn’t expected to dim after the season. “He’s won everywhere he’s been, but what comes with it?” GO DEEPER NCAA notifies Michigan of Level I charge against Jim Harbaugh After successful stints as the head coach at the University …

1 year, 1 month ago

The Game has high stakes as No. 2 Ohio State travels to face Jim Harbaugh-less 3rd-ranked Michigan

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “And, we don’t plan on being on the other side of that at all anymore.” Jim Harbaugh will not be on the sideline with his team for the third straight Saturday, serving the final game of a Big Ten suspension for being in charge of a …

1 year, 1 month ago

Jim Harbaugh leans on ‘Ted Lasso’ to deal with challenges for No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 2 Ohio State

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Despite that noise, our locker room’s in one piece,” Harbaugh said Monday before borrowing a line from the fictional soccer coach in a comedy series. “We’ve got that, and it’s amazing.” Harbaugh sidestepped a handful of questions at his weekly news conference, including sharing his take …

1 year, 1 month ago

Harbaugh to serve out suspension, Big Ten ends Michigan sign-stealing investigation in settlement

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan announced Thursday that football coach Jim Harbaugh will serve the remainder of a three-game suspension from the Big Ten in return for the conference ending its investigation into a scheme to steal opponents’ play-calling signals. The university continues to cooperate fully …

1 year, 1 month ago

Jim Harbaugh accepts 3-game suspension as Michigan, Big Ten resolve litigation

New York Times

Jim Harbaugh won’t have his day in court after all. “The university continues to cooperate fully with the NCAA’s investigation.” The Big Ten announced Harbaugh’s suspension Friday afternoon as the team was traveling to State College, Pa. “Today’s decision by the University of Michigan to withdraw its legal challenge against the Conference’s November 10th Notice of Disciplinary Action is indicative …

1 year, 1 month ago

Jim Harbaugh won’t comment on Michigan’s legal battle, calls Wolverines ‘America’s team’

New York Times

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh opened his weekly news conference by saying he didn’t intend to comment on Michigan’s legal battle against the Big Ten until Friday when the two sides are set to present arguments in front of a Washtenaw County judge. He was pretty upset that he heard it through social media and not through the Big …

1 year, 1 month ago

No. 2 Michigan stays unbeaten as coach Harbaugh serves ban in 24-15 win over No. 9 Penn State

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! He didn’t have a huge game — three catches for 34 yards — but the touchdown reception in the opening minute of the fourth quarter was a reminder of what he means to the offense. 3 OHIO STATE 38, MICHIGAN STATE 3 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Marvin …

1 year, 1 month ago

Michigan plays without coach Jim Harbaugh, beating Penn State after no court ruling to lift his ban

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! About 90 minutes before kickoff, Michigan confirmed Harbaugh would not be at Beaver Stadium with the team and that a hearing in the school’s lawsuit challenging the Big Ten’s punishment was scheduled for Nov. 17. “We look forward to presenting our case next week where we …

1 year, 1 month ago

The Big Ten Picks a Risky Fight With College Football’s Most Litigious People

Slate

The Big Ten’s three-game suspension of Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, which the conference levied on Friday, is one of the splashiest college football stories ever. College sports’ richest conference is heading down a legal rabbit hole with one of its two most powerful institutions, and the gloves were all the way off even before Michigan accused the Big Ten of …

1 year, 1 month ago

Is Jim Harbaugh’s suspension a surprise? What about Michigan’s response? Big Ten reporters weigh in

New York Times

Updated with Saturday’s news of Harbaugh’s absence at Michigan-Penn State. In one of college football’s more memorable Friday news dumps, the Big Ten suspended Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh from being on the sideline for games through the end of the regular season as punishment for Michigan’s in-person scouting and sign-stealing scandal. Before Michigan’s plane touched down at State College …

1 year, 1 month ago

The Big Ten’s punishment of Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh was sloppy, rushed and pleases nobody

New York Times

The Big Ten felt like it had to make something up. The Big Ten suspended Harbaugh from the sideline of the Wolverines’ three remaining regular-season games, which includes the season-finale against Ohio State. Do the Big Ten coaches and administrators, who have been livid about Michigan’s sign-stealing enterprise, win with this sloppy, abrupt and made-up punishment that happened after Harbaugh …

1 year, 1 month ago

Coach Jim Harbaugh banned from 3 games over sign-stealing allegations. Michigan asks judge for stay

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The Big Ten Conference banned Jim Harbaugh from coaching at Michigan’s three remaining regular-season games on Friday, escalating an extraordinary confrontation with college football’s winningest program over a sign-stealing scheme that has rocked the sport. “Today’s action by Commissioner Tony Petitti disregards …

1 year, 1 month ago

Jim Harbaugh’s turbulent Michigan 2023 timeline: From NFL rumors to multiple suspensions

New York Times

The 245-day-long Michigan football offseason started with worries that coach Jim Harbaugh may leave the program for the NFL and ended with Harbaugh serving a three-week suspension to begin the season. Harbaugh will end the regular season in a similar way after the Big Ten suspended the coach from games as punishment for Michigan’s in-person scouting and sign-stealing scandal. @SandoNFL's …

1 year, 1 month ago

Mandel’s Mailbag: College Football Playoff scenarios and the fall of Michigan Man

New York Times

Sign up for the Until Saturday newsletter | Jayna Bardahl and The Athletic’s college football staff deliver expert analysis on the biggest CFB stories five days per week. Let’s say Michigan annihilates Penn State this weekend, does the same to Maryland, beats Ohio State by 17 points and drops a 40-point beatdown on Iowa in the Big Ten title game. …

1 year, 1 month ago

Connor Stalions: Does Michigan football’s sign-stealing scandal upend what Jim Harbaugh represents?

Slate

The world of college football is charged with potentially fatal voltages of schadenfreude at the moment. The two-time defending Big Ten champion University of Michigan football team, the avatar of a school known for its arrogance about doing things the quote-unquote right way, is being investigated by the NCAA over allegations that a team staffer—a twentysomething Marine veteran and lifelong …

1 year, 1 month ago

Big Ten football coaches frustrated with conference stance on Michigan: ‘We want something done now’: Sources

New York Times

For the past two weeks, coaches across college football have been riveted by the alleged Michigan sign-stealing scheme, but inside the Big Ten, the topic has been more than just a curiosity. On Wednesday’s Big Ten coaches video call with commissioner Tony Petitti, and after Jim Harbaugh left the call, that frustration was voiced loud and clear, according to conference …

1 year, 2 months ago

College football contenders: Who has a legit national title shot?

LA Times

After Michigan’s 49-0 evisceration of in-state rival Michigan State on Saturday night, the Wolverines find themselves in an unprecedented situation — within the annals of their storied program and college football history. Michigan is now the betting favorite to win the College Football Playoff national title, jumping ahead of two-time defending champ Georgia. The NCAA is looking into whether Michigan …

1 year, 4 months ago

No. 2 Michigan aiming for its 1st national title since 1997 behind QB J.J. McCarthy, RB Blake Corum

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan might have its best team in nine years under Jim Harbaugh as the second-ranked Wolverines aim for their first national title since 1997. J.J. McCarthy returns as the staring quarterback along with All-America running back Blake Corum and perhaps one of …

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Season sweep of Broncos! Jim Harbaugh has changed the Chargers

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The Chargers celebrate a 34-yard catch and run for a touchdown by Hassan Haskins that clinched a comeback victory over the Broncos. “Our guys,” coach Jim Harbaugh said, “really just stayed the course.” The Chargers are 9-6, and short of a one-in-a-billion disaster, they will reach the playoffs. Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh hugs Hassan Haskins, whom he coached at Michigan, …

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