What Jim Harbaugh said following Michigan’s blowout win over SMU

Michigan is starting to find its groove heading into B1G play next weekend.

The Wolverines started sluggish against SMU in Saturday’s game, but a pick-six at the end of the first half ignited the team. They would roll to a 45-20 win with a big second half behind an accurate and electric Shea Patterson.

Michigan is now 2-1 on the season and will likely feel a little bit better heading into conference play following blowouts over Western Michigan and SMU. The offense is beginning to click while the defense remains solid under head coach Jim Harbaugh.

Here’s what Harbaugh had to say following the big win:

Harbaugh on Shea "He's making really good decisions." talked about how DPJ and Gentry helped him out.

— Brandon Knapp (@BKnappBlogs) September 15, 2018

#Wolverines Harbaugh on Patterson “accuracy…he’s making really good decisions…everybody is running good routes…playing the position really well “on his efficiency pic.twitter.com/VAYU8UBZB2

— Sky Kerstein (@SkyKersteinSJSU) September 15, 2018

Harbaugh on targeting call that ejected Hudson: "My though on that is … I don't know … are we going down that road? Are we going to review every play in the box? Running backs are going to go through their and lower their head and defenders are going to try to get lower."

— Brandon Justice (@BrandonJustice_) September 15, 2018

Harbaugh on the targeting call: "Seems like a really high level of scrutiny to be placing on a play between the tackles."

— Theo Mackie (@theo_mackie) September 15, 2018

Harbaugh talks positive about 4th down conversions, Michigan went 3/3 on the day with it.

— Brandon Knapp (@BKnappBlogs) September 15, 2018

#Wolverines Harbaugh on Higdon was a game time decision, didn’t feel like he could go, he says they’ll see about the strain with Evans

— Sky Kerstein (@SkyKersteinSJSU) September 15, 2018

#Wolverines Harbaugh “Definitely seeing progress and there is more to be had. Can’t wait to attack it this week.”

— Sky Kerstein (@SkyKersteinSJSU) September 15, 2018

Harbaugh says team is close to being really good, but still isn’t quite there yet

— Anthony Broome (@anthonytbroome) September 15, 2018

#Wolverines Harbaugh “it was a hard fought game”

— Sky Kerstein (@SkyKersteinSJSU) September 15, 2018

Harbaugh: "I thought the pass protection went really well today … coming along steadily."

— Brandon Justice (@BrandonJustice_) September 15, 2018

Harbaugh on upcoming Big Ten games: "They're big games. Almost count as two."

— Aria Gerson (@aria_gerson) September 15, 2018

Paul Harvey

Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.