Harbaugh's full presser is up:
Also available on ESPNU, I believe.
I can't wait....
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problem is that the video have no subtitle.
I'll probably be finishing a meeting and getting ready to head out for lunch around 10:50
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Jerry Kill just moved up in my book. Subtle troll of Dantonio, calls him "Danantonio". Sounds like Goodell saying Marcus Mariodo.
-TONIO
Mr. Fruit at the bottom
Harbaugh coming up any minnute now!
HA! What an awkward ending, poor guy.
Starting off with a Harbaughkward™exchange.
Did he bring that Ditka jersey for this press conference or does he just carry a collection of football artifacts around with him all the time?
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considering the almost everybody call OSU, Ohio, which is still the dumbest thing that I've ever heard. There's Ohio University and there's Ohio State University.
Oh don't forget that they call it THE ohio state university. Are there other imposter ohio state unversities running around trying to impersonate them?
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Well, since OSU marches a script "Ohio", they spell out OH-IO and wear an "O" on their hats, mabye calling them Ohio isn't the "dumbest thing" since they already do it themselves all of the time.
thing was brought to its natural conclusion after we lost to the actual Ohio in the NCAA tournament.
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This is the one of the things Brady Hoke was right about and I have posted this before:
The one thing I still don't understand about the fans of "The Ohio State University" is their level of anger and animosity when Brady kept calling them Ohio!
1) But when they score a touchdown, their cheerleaders bring out flags on the field that spell:
2) There fans spell:
3) Their band spells out a script:
4) Their stadium is called:
5) Their fight song says…”Fight the team across the field, Show them Ohio's here….”
So if they want to be called Ohio State, can't they just spell the extra 5 freakin' letters!
I have no idea why it bothers them so damn much, but since it does, I'm happy to continue to refer to them as Ohio.
Or the Columbus cousin fuckers.
In fairness and out of respect we should call them THE ohio or the cooler poopers.
I personally think it's stupid. But the fact that it upsets them so much makes it the cleverest thing I have ever heard.
You are insulting them by calling them what they call themselves.
They hate it, but they can't really call you out on it. It's the ultimate troll.
at a home game to honor their guests. [You band historians can authenticate this, and exactly when. And whether it was to honor or troll.]
OSU's insistence on using the "The" came later, but I wouldn't want Michigan State called "Michigan" -- so I'm with adding at least the State to the Red School Below the Border. (Out of respect for The Ohio University, of course.)
Love hearing Jim talk about his commute into work, you can tell he is hoMe.
What was the question? ...I can't watch from work.
He asked what kind of cultural changes were necessary upon taking over the position. Basically trying to get him to say Hoke left him a mess.
what was the one thing that you needed to change when you first took the Michigan job? The phrasing, and it being from a Columbus reporter, made the question sound like a shot at Hoke.
"I don't have that list in front of me" -- love that line!
If a question starts with "Good Morning" Harbaugh smiles and engages. If they start with a long, drawn out, confusing question, they get "I don't know".
He talked about living 5 doors from Bo's old house, buying a Ditka jersey yesterday, Baxter and special teams, relationship with Chryst and Riley.
Running backs: 3-4 will have a chance to "assert themselves"
Current talent level: work in progress, coming along, rebirth of season
Paris trip: Eight years since JH and wife spent time alone, enjoyed trip, hopefully she enjoyed it
No QB questions
Good summary.
It definitely sounds like the key to engaging with Harbaugh is observing basic cordiality. Rambling a statement to him as a faux question vs being polite and asking a succinct question will elicit 2 different responses.
That vacation question was stupid and obnoxious. To paraphrase, it was basically, "So you went to Paris. What, you could just not be a coach for awhile? Did you learn anything relevant there?"
Harbaugh answered it much more gracefully than I would have. He talked about how he and Sarah hadn't spent much time together without kids or football in years, wanted to change that, and this was where she wanted to go. I probably would have said, "It's a fucking vacation."
I don't think he bought the Ditka jersey, Yo, he and Sarah had dinner with Ditka and his wife last night at Ditka's restaurant and Ditka gave him the jersey.
Honestly surprised by all the random questions about Harbaugh and his life and basicaly no questions about the team itself. I mean, you're asking why a dude went on vacation with his wife? C'mon man
I welcome it. Deflects the pressure off the team, Harbaugh can handle the questions.
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I wonder if the reporters are intimidated away from asking team-related questions in fear of getting a prickly response.
Yes.