Three-point stance: Texas turnaround, Harbaugh
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I was quoted earlier this season that I didn't think Jim Harbaugh would
(not could) win a national title at Michigan. My main reasons were questions about
his ability to recruit nationally as well as
Urban Meyer, the
constant NFL coaching rumors that will surround him and the simple fact that
it's really hard to win a natty.
After three
straight shutouts, including one Saturday against a Northwestern team
that I raved about Friday, and a 5-1 start, I'm starting to change my tune. The impact of a coach like Harbaugh is clearly immeasurable as this isn't an overly talented team compared
to the others in Michigan's program history but everyone has bought
in and they believe they can win every game.
Maybe he's such a special coach,
and the job he did at Stanford and San Francisco certainly gave such indications,
that making Michigan relevant well ahead of schedule will bring the national
recruits, allow him to be such a hot commodity in recruiting that prospects
won't care about the NFL rumors and become the power in the Big Ten as the
Buckeyes have done. His impact on football teams is simply amazing.
3. Weekend that was
OklahomaClick Some quickies here, some of which I will expand upon later in the week.Here to view this Link.,
shame on you. I will have more to say about you later this week.
I
am clearly a curse in many ways. I apologize to Northwestern, Jared Goff,
Cody Kessler and whoever else I ruined this past week.
I
live in Connecticut and every UConn fan I know -- and there are a lot -- is so happy
that Randy Edsall has failed at Maryland and is on his way out it's
amazing. More to come.
Thank
God Nick Chubb's injury doesn't appear as bad as it looked. Yes it's
Jordan CanzeriClick probably bad, but it looked potentially career-ending bad. Here to view this Link., somewhere a relative of yours is laughing at me. I will explain
later.
Speaking
of Iowa, Kirk Ferentz congrats to you for finally relenting on an
offensive style that wasn't working. Paul Johnson at Georgia Tech, are
AlabamaClick you paying attention?Here to view this Link.
has quarterback problems, but the future looks good there with current youth and
Christian HackenbergClick a big 2017 commitment from Georgia's Jake Fromm.Here to view this Link. you are impressing me again and it's because you're playing with
ClemsonClick passion and anger, I love it. Keep it up.Here to view this Link.
fans, I promise not to use the term "Clemsoning" anymore.
unranked teams since you last did. There is no bigger believer in the talent of
this current team than me.
USC,
BaylorClick I haven't gotten to you yet. Here to view this Link.
is the best team in the country and I will rank the unbeatens later.
Man
did you need that win Butch Jones, that was huge for everything from
Mark RichtClick job security to the sanity of the fan base to recruiting the state of Georgia.Here to view this Link. I respect you as a classy, professional coach and good man as much as
anyone, but my goodness being a fan of UGA must be maddening.
Never
OregonClick Leonard FournetteClick spike the ball on fourth down, just don't do it.Here to view this Link. not only are you awesome, but you are a class act.Here to view this Link.,
UCFClick your program might need more than cool uniforms.Here to view this Link.
is the worst FBS team around. Hold your head proud Kansas.
Mike Farrell
National Recruiting Director