Jim Harbaugh has hilarious response when asked about Hassan Haskins' stellar run vs. Northwestern
Michigan is 7-0 4-0 in B1G play and the No. 6 team in the country. Michigan blew out Northwestern 33-7 last Saturday afternoon.
Head coach Jim Harbaugh spoke on his radio show about his offensive line and RB Hassan Haskins in a particular play on Saturday. When a run appeared to be stopped for about a 2-yard gain, Haskins kept driving his legs and was able to move a sizeable pile across the 1st down marker.
Harbaugh had an odd way of talking about the run. Angelique of the Detroit News provides more context:
Harbaugh on the Haskins scrum run (he mentions GIF and “chuckling like the dickens”) From Inside Michigan Football radio show with @JonJansen77 pic.twitter.com/l8I4ijz7Q2
— angelique (@chengelis) October 26, 2021
“I told the guys in the O-line room, they should get a GIF, it’s a GIF right? You know what I mean? Graphic Image Formatting or something like that,” Harbaugh said. “That got everybody going. Got the fans going, got the team going, coaches going, everybody.
“I watched it a half dozen times just chuckling like the dickens. It was fun to watch and something that sparked us.”
Here is the play Harbaugh is referring to:
Look at @UMichFootball‘s Hassan Haskins move that pile. 😱 pic.twitter.com/ejojmZ5aTS
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) October 23, 2021
Haskins on the day was excellent; he carried the ball 23 times for 110 yards on 4.8 yards per carry and 2 touchdowns.
Haskins on the season has 124 carries for 602 yards on 4.9 yards per carry and 10 touchdowns.
Michigan goes on the road for a massive showdown with No. 8 Michigan State at noon ET on FOX.