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What Jim Harbaugh said following Michigan’s big win over Washington
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Michigan came away with a big win against Pac-12 North’s Washington Huskies in primetime last night with a 31-10 win.
Michigan starts the season 2-0 and has one more tune-up game against the Northern Illinois Huskies before conference play opens with a home game against Rutgers.
Head coach Jim Harbaugh seemed pleased after the win against Washington.
Harbaugh talked a lot about the run game and the Wolverines’ OL play in the win over the Huskies.
Jim Harbaugh, “The oline was the difference in the game” #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/A9bsDGP4IB
— Michigan Football – UMGoBlue (@UMGoBlog) September 12, 2021
Harbaugh raved about his defense and how well they played against Washington Saturday night.
Jim Harbaugh, “They couldn’t block Aidan (Hutchinson)…I’m really pleased with our defense. Washington ran everything known to man in the first three quarters.” #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/PBA3JYsGwa
— Michigan Football – UMGoBlue (@UMGoBlog) September 12, 2021
Washington is known for their defense, especially their DBs, and Harbaugh revealed why they were so run-heavy in the game.
Jim Harbaugh, “Coming into the game, we knew we weren’t going to win throwing the ball outside the numbers…we were going to run until they took it away.” #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/DC4Unr9etA
— Michigan Football – UMGoBlue (@UMGoBlog) September 12, 2021
Harbaugh credits Washington’s defensive backs for their play. Said they didn’t feel like going toe-to-toe with those guys would give them their best chance to win.
— Anthony Broome (@anthonytbroome) September 12, 2021
Harbaugh said they knew they wouldn’t win by throwing the ball outside the numbers. Ran the ball until Washington could stop it. They didn’t. So they ran.
— Anthony Broome (@anthonytbroome) September 12, 2021
Harbaugh gave an injury update on OL Andrew Vastardis:
Andrew Vastardis was cramping at the end of the game, per Jim Harbaugh.
— Anthony Broome (@anthonytbroome) September 12, 2021
The Wolverines face NIU next week at noon ET on BTN.