Harbaugh LITERALLY 1 win from 3 playoffs
Im not sure most of the people on this board realize; Jim Harbaugh is one win away from making the college playoffs in three different seasons .
1) Once in a lifetime muffed punt vs MSU
2) Bad spot vs OSU and on the last drive (from 30) Taylor Decker had a MASSIVE non holding call on 3rd and 15 (on a Braxton Miller scramble) ,shouldve been called and replayed the down from the 40 yd line with a 3rd and 25 .instead of a 18 yd scramble and first down
3) Ohio St blowout win
January 8th, 2021 at 5:03 PM ^
Yeah but we didn’t win them.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:11 PM ^
Well if the multiverse theory is correct, maybe we did.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:14 PM ^
I hope in that multiverse I can run a 4.3 forty and dunk, that would be cool
January 8th, 2021 at 5:26 PM ^
I read this as run a 4.3 forty while drunk....I gotta pull it together.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:48 PM ^
that's in a DIFFERENT multiverse
January 8th, 2021 at 5:26 PM ^
You can't. But you can make the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:42 PM ^
How about married to a super model?
January 8th, 2021 at 6:24 PM ^
Yes, thank you. I also was in a different universe with the first alternative that came to mind.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:15 PM ^
Not winning them isn't the issue here. The issue is, that while his teams were good enough to get there, he no longer seems to be the same dude that coached those teams.
If he can get back to the coach that is capable of producing solid football teams every year that have a chance to win the B1G and get in the playoff, then that is all I could ask for from any coach.
January 8th, 2021 at 6:25 PM ^
I just missed out on marrying Olivia Munn.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:03 PM ^
That is LITERALLY 3 wins from 3 playoffs
January 8th, 2021 at 5:07 PM ^
Imagine if you could go to 3 playoffs from 1 win.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:04 PM ^
LITERALLY 1 win from beating Ohio State....
January 8th, 2021 at 5:05 PM ^
Soooo...If I am reading this correctly, he hasn't been to the playoff. Gotcha.
January 8th, 2021 at 6:45 PM ^
When I think about all the teams that were one win away from the playoffs over the last 10 years... Does Harbaugh qualify as the best “I was thisclose” coach in college football?
January 8th, 2021 at 5:05 PM ^
Ummm, you realize that 2015 team had 3 losses in the regular season right? They sure as hell were not getting into the playoff as a two loss team coming off a blowout loss.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:09 PM ^
Only thing beating MSU would have done is sent OSU to the playoffs. And deprived us of watching Bama murder MSU
January 8th, 2021 at 5:14 PM ^
Not only that, but even if we beat MSU, which we should have, we still lost to osu 42-13, we weren't going to any playoffs anyway.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:40 PM ^
He's also forgetting we would have had to win the Big 10 championship game each of these years, which was far from a gimme.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:43 PM ^
Counterpoint: The West has basically never won a B1G Championship game.
* Looked it up. Since realignment to East and West:
Iowa 0-1
NW 0-2
Wisconsin 0-4
January 8th, 2021 at 6:41 PM ^
January 8th, 2021 at 6:49 PM ^
That is because OSU almost never loses unless they play Clemson or Bama
January 8th, 2021 at 6:00 PM ^
January 8th, 2021 at 9:46 PM ^
Okay, but they were LITERALLY one win from being LITERALLY one more win from being in the playoffs in two of those three years.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:06 PM ^
Yeah. Agreed. Also, if your aunt had balls, she'd be your uncle.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:50 PM ^
Not necessarily in today’s world...
January 9th, 2021 at 8:19 PM ^
Mind boggling how much things have changed ..... uuugh
January 8th, 2021 at 5:06 PM ^
The loss against Ohio State in 2015 still would have eliminated us. Even if we won the MSU game that year. Ohio State would have one loss and they would have been in the Big 10 championship game that year.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:09 PM ^
This thread is gonna go some places
January 8th, 2021 at 5:15 PM ^
In the face!
Sorry I'm a big Coming to America fan
January 8th, 2021 at 5:30 PM ^
Waiter, taste the soup.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:10 PM ^
When are we going to hang our 2018 co-champion of the B1g East Division banner?
January 8th, 2021 at 5:11 PM ^
Nonsensical post riddled with errors
1. Was a dropped snap, not a muffed punt. Winning that game would not have put us in the playoffs. OSU destroyed us to end the year and we would've tied for the division with them, which they would've won the tiebreaker. Two loss Michigan with no big ten title game does not make it
2. Braxton Miller only played against Harbaugh in 2015. He was not a quarterback in 2015. That game was a 29 point loss, so I doubt any single play decided the game
3. You could be describing any one of 4 different Michigan OSU games and I have no idea which one that is. That's the problem
January 8th, 2021 at 5:12 PM ^
Another flaw with the 4-team playoff. A top 15 finish with Lloyd was a good thing. Preseason top 10 was a contender. Caveat that Lloyd pretty consistently beat OSU before Tressel. A 16-team playoff sets coaching expectations at a reasonable level.
Although whoever it was with the 10-team playoff idea a couple weeks ago, I was very intrigued by that. That was a good line of thought.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:12 PM ^
so participation trophy?
January 8th, 2021 at 5:13 PM ^
You are also assuming we win the associated Big10 championship game. Which is not too big of stretch, but still not LITERALLY.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:15 PM ^
I've been saying and screaming this forever. People want to beat OSU, and that's the only thing keeping this program from being great.
The only damn thing.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:18 PM ^
Below .500 record against PSU, Wisconsin and MSU says hi.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:22 PM ^
I mean, if we stop losing those B1G games before losing to OSU, maybe you'd be right?
January 8th, 2021 at 5:26 PM ^
We lost to a fucking Will Muschamp coached South Carolina team.
January 9th, 2021 at 12:07 AM ^
...and were the only B1G ten to lose a bowl game that year.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:28 PM ^
1-3 vs msu at home
3-3 vs Penn State
2-3 vs Wisconsin
But sure, the only thing
January 8th, 2021 at 6:09 PM ^
You need to start selling those t-shirts man.
Big block M surrounded by:
The Only Damn Thing
Could even put a cute monkey on the back .
Keep screaming forever.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:15 PM ^
I like your attitude & perspective, even if your info isn't exactly on the money. Go Blue!
January 8th, 2021 at 5:18 PM ^
Shoulda. Coulda. Woulda.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:20 PM ^
I don't want to write this post correctly for OP, but if you wanted to make an enticing argument:
- Harbaugh was one inch away from beating OSU in 2016. That's a rivalry win, a division title, and a big ten title game with a chance at a playoff spot
- Harbaugh in 2015 was one improbable MSU play away from a rivalry win and a top ten win in his first year. Would've helped a lot to fight the narratives against him
- Harbaugh in 2018 was one terrible Maryland two point conversion attempt away from a division title, a spot in the big ten title game, and a possible rose bowl bid
Obviously none of this happened. I think that is terrible luck that is not Jim Harbaugh's fault. That said, he has had terrible games and terrible seasons that were his fault and not a result of bad luck. I think that his window has closed. It's a cosmic joke to have all that shit happen against you, but it did. And we need to move on
January 9th, 2021 at 8:49 PM ^
I would also add one J.T. Barrett injury away from defeating Ohio State in 2017. I feel that if J.T. Barrett had not been injured causing Ohio State to bring in RS Freshmen Dwayne Haskins that John O'Korn wins that game. The Michigan defense still hasn't recovered from that 2017 injury where Ohio State went to the crossing/mesh routes they kill Michigan with now.
January 8th, 2021 at 5:20 PM ^
Wouldn't each of those examples require a 2nd win in the Big Ten Championship game to make the playoffs? So that would be 6 wins away
January 8th, 2021 at 5:21 PM ^
Dating Angelina Jolie's neighbor technically puts you one house away from dating Angelina Jolie.
January 8th, 2021 at 7:18 PM ^
I’m only 2 degrees away from Kevin Bacon....so there’s that