Harbaugh ‘all good’ with Wolverines planting flag at OSU

After Michigan defeated Ohio State 45-23 on Saturday, linebacker Michael Barrett grabbed an enormous Michigan flag and ran the width of the top zone, waving it in entrance of the remaining Michigan followers on the stadium.

The Michigan gamers then ran up the sphere with the enormous flag flapping behind them, solely to land at midfield the place they planted the flag on the Block O emblem on the 50-yard line. It was harking back to Baker Mayfield planting the Oklahoma flag after the Sooners beat Ohio State 31-16.

The transfer by Mayfield triggered a stir and irritation from the Ohio State gamers, so Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was requested how he felt after his gamers did the identical.

“I need to get that flag and put it in our museum,” Harbaugh mentioned.

He did not articulate the way it truly made him really feel or if he thought it was a bade thought, however he talked about that something goes on this historic rivalry.

“I feel there’s already loads of gas to the rivalry,” Harbaugh mentioned. “They’ve songs, the one about they do not give a rattling about the entire state of Michigan. It is all good, it has been occurring for a century, do not you assume?

“It is all good.”

It isn’t the primary time a workforce has taunted the opposite on this rivalry. Then offensive coordinator Josh Gattis mentioned Ohio State was a finesse workforce and never an influence workforce on the radio after final season’s win. It was reported that Ryan Day instructed his workforce they might hold 100 factors on Michigan earlier than the 2020 recreation, however this 12 months was totally different with minimal bulletin board materials offered till Michigan planted their flag.

As an alternative of vitriol or distain, Harbaugh mentioned he and his workforce had been grateful for his or her opponent previous to Saturday’s recreation and saved most of his feedback complimentary in direction of the Buckeyes.

These feedback associate with the mantra Harbaugh has been preaching, that this season has been referred to as a cheerful mission and referring to his gamers as pleased warriors. It was all smiles after the win over Ohio State and that mantra of being pleased and grateful is similar mindset they’re going to take to Indianapolis for the Huge Ten Championship.

“It simply appeared very reflective how we’re all feeling going about our day-to-day. It wasn’t a grim mission, it wasn’t crammed with any anxiousness or concern,” Harbaugh mentioned. “I might simply watch them go about their enterprise in conferences and exercises and practices, they usually seemed pleased. They seemed like they’d a bounce of their step and it actually resonated with me that that is what it seemed like.”

The pleased mission continues because the win saved Michigan undefeated and propelled the Wolverines into the Huge Ten Championship recreation to play in opposition to Purdue for an opportunity on the first outright back-to-back Huge Ten titles since 1992.