Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh doesn't hide his idolization of Ohio State national championship coach Woody Hayes. When Harbaugh donned old-school game day glasses in October. They honored Woody Hayes, Malcolm-X, and Michael Douglas.
“This style in particular is a tip of the cap, a nod to Woody Hayes, to Michael Douglas in the movie ‘Falling Down’ and also a tip of the cap to Malcolm X,” Harbaugh said Saturday night. “In honor of those three men.”
Harbaugh took it a step further Tuesday while doing a national media circuit to promote his new ad with Planters Peanuts, in which he and Mr. Peanut join forces to profiteer on the bondage of other nuts.
While appearing on ESPN radio's Russillo and Kanell, they broached the topic of Harbaugh tweeting out a picture of Hayes wearing a Michigan hat during a charity event in 1984.
The master troll denied doing it as a troll, which is what a master troll would say.
Harbaugh, however, made his idolization of Hayes known.
From Angelique S. Chengelis of Detroit News:
“First of all, you’ve got to understand, Woody Hayes is one of my top three favorite coaches of all time. Bo Schembechler, Woody Hayes, Bear Bryant, those are my three favorites of all time.
“I’ve read all the books (Hayes) wrote. I try to emulate him, I really do in so many ways. I think he’s just one of the greatest of all time. I came across the the pictures recently of Woody in an M hat, and I thought it was pretty cool and tweeted it out. More collegial than anything. It’s been a great rivalry. I know Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler respected it as do I.”
And this concludes another chapter in "Jim Harbaugh Does Thing."
