Heading into The Game against Ohio State, Jim Harbaugh said his team was extremely prepared, and that Michigan had been preparing for the Buckeyes each and every week of the year. Well, the Wolverines not only beat the Buckeyes but they ran them out of their own building by the score of 45-23. During the game, the Wolverines ran a trick play that resulted in Kalel Mullings throwing a jump pass to TE Luke Schoonmaker for a huge first down.
What did Jim Harbaugh say about the trick play Michigan ran vs. Ohio State?
In case you missed the play, here ya go.
Following the game, Harbaugh said the trick play is something they had been working on, and that they had saved all year long just for Saturday’s game. Here is everything Harbaugh had to say about the trick play that was run against Ohio State.
Via Wolverines Wire:
That’s a play we were working on. You could tell they were really crowding the line of scrimmage. No depth to the defense and it’s a play we saved for the entire year. Really built up for it. It was a Blake Corum play. He’s had the most reps on it. But with Kalel kind of auditioned, it was just felt like he was the best one to throw it. So very few reps that he had. But I mean what a guy. There’s no one who will do more for the team than Kalel Mullings. Running back, linebacker. We brought about over the running back early in August to really be a big back for us. And then Nikhai Hill-Green got hurt. So we had to just keep Kalel at linebacker. And then this week brought Kalel back to the offensive side. And about two, three days into practice, you could see that he was getting back to that form that he was in in August. And also liked the way he was throwing the ball better than anybody else. But he just executed it really good.
What we saw was just how tight they were playing to the line of scrimmage. A great job by Schoony adjusting the ball.
What’s next for Harbaugh and Michigan?
Up next for Michigan is the Big Ten Championship Game against Purdue. That game will be played on Saturday with the winner being crowned the 2022 Big Ten Champion.
Nation, do you think the Wolverines will take care of business against the Boilermakers?
