INDIANAPOLIS — There will be plenty of time to dissect the intricacies of the matchup, the ramifications of each potential result and where this head-to-head showdown of not only two of the sports greatest programs, but its most famous coaches, will rank all-time in the history of Michigan football games.
But for now, just a handful of hours after Jim Harbaugh found out his Wolverines were the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff — on the heels of their third straight Big Ten championship — he allowed himself to soak in the moment.
“It’s what we dreamed about, what we hoped for, what we worked for, what our guys prepared for,” he said on teleconference on Sunday to preview the national semifinal. “We put ourselves to be in position to be in position to win it all.
“We’ve accomplished many of our goals, now winning it all is what we’ve also put on our goal sheet, so we turn our one track mind to this next opponent and play Alabama.”
MICHIGAN VS. ALABAMA: Scouting report, prediction for CFP semifinal & Rose Bowl
Michigan running back Donovan Edwards celebrate U-M’s 26-0 win over Iowa in the Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023.
Michigan became the first Big Ten team to be named the No. 1 seed in the CFP, but shortly thereafter videos of the Wolverines’ apparently tepid reaction to learning of their matchup with the Crimson Tide made the rounds online.
Some believed U-M’s body language implied it did not want a matchup with Alabama, but rather a snubbed and hobbled Florida State team, while its defenders said it was merely the shock of seeing which way the committee went with the final spot in the four team field.
However for Harbaugh, who sports a 1-5 record in bowl games during his time in Ann Arbor and is 0-2 in the last two College Football Playoffs, he’s excited there…
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2023-12-04 11:10:07
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