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Michigan’s 34-13 victory against Washington in the College Football Playoff championship game Monday night left little doubt as to what team was college football’s best during the 2023 season.
It was so convincing, in fact, that it was even able to mentally and emotionally sway one of Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh’s biggest, most outspoken critics.
In an appearance Tuesday morning on ESPN’s “Get Up!” longtime college football pundit Paul Finebaum offered a mea culpa to Harbaugh. He noted that he had been wrong about Harbaugh and added that the Michigan coach has “silenced all those who doubted him in the early days.”
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“I was cheering for him last night and I can’t explain it,” Finebaum said, to the visible surprise and amusement of his fellow panelists. “I’m sure it’s some weird thing back when I was a baby, but I don’t know if I’ve ever been more wrong about anything in my entire life. I didn’t think the guy would ever beat Ohio State, I said on your show a couple of years ago, if I live to be 150 and I’m getting close … but the point being: This is truly remarkable.
“I don’t want to be wrong about something. You never want to be wrong. But if you’re ever going to be epically wrong, out of this constellation, out of this universe wrong, I’ll take it.”
The national championship was Harbaugh’s first. It marked the first time Michigan had won at least a share of a national title since the 1997 season.
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Those comments were notable not just because of the sentiment they expressed, but who said them.
Since Harbaugh’s hiring at Michigan after the 2014 season, Finebaum has regularly poked at…
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2024-01-09 18:09:20
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