One of the fun ancillary parts of Michigan losing to Ohio State year after year after year after year after year is seeing how various Michigan alum in the NFL are forced to bend the knee to their Buckeye teammates in the form of our greatest means of social death: wearing the jersey of your most hated rival.
Tom Brady has been one of the most gleeful targets of this time-honored tradition, in part because he's Michigan's most visible alum, and also in part because he looks like a gigantic goober whenever he's not throwing a football real good.
Anyway, in case you missed it, my favorite running back and yours, J.K. Dobbins, got drafted by the Baltimore Ravens. Then, linebacker Malik Harrison joined him. The Ravens are coached by John Harbaugh, brother of Jim Harbaugh, current coach of the Michigan Wolverines. Upon drafting the Buckeyes, the elder Harbaugh was asked whether or not he'd be forced to don the scarlet and grey anytime soon (because Michigan can't beat Ohio State and doesn't seem likely to do so in the near or distant future):
Ravens head coach John Harbaugh on picking Ohio State players in the NFL Draft despite his brother being the head coach at Michigan. Said it will create some good rivalries next year.
— Patrick Murphy (@_Pat_Murphy) April 25, 2020
I promise you I wont be wearing any Ohio State gear, no matter what. pic.twitter.com/JOO1phM210
"I guess it'll make for some good bets, you know, in the season next year, when those games come up," said the increasingly nervous man, realizing that there is no way in hell that Dobbins or Harrison would be forced to wear Michigan apparel anytime soon.
"We'll have some good rivalry games. But I promise you I won't be wearing any Ohio State gear, no matter what."
Okay, well...
.@Jkdobbins22 on playing for a Harbaugh coming from @OhioStateFB pic.twitter.com/u9oLMuRUSl
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) April 25, 2020
John Harbaugh went on to say that Ohio State football is a "great program" with "a lot of success" which is true. And also why he's too much of a weenie to make any jersey bets.
