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    Don’t Cry for Jim Harbaugh

    Being punished for an alleged cheating scandal doesn’t make you a persecuted underdog.
    by Jemele Hill Nov 17, 2023 4 minutes
    Source: Jeff Haynes / Reuters / Redux

    Updated at 1:35 p.m. ET on November 17, 2023

    After Michigan’s impressive 24–15 win over Penn State last weekend, the offensive coordinator, Sherrone Moore, broke down in tears as he professed his loyalty to the head coach, Jim Harbaugh, who could not be present at the game. “I fucking love you, man,” he said in a live TV interview, choking back emotion. “I love the shit out of you, man. We did this for you.”

    Moore laid it on so thick, you would have thought Harbaugh was absent because of a life-threatening illness. In fact, he was serving a suspension for letting to surveil and sometimes film opposing coaches’ signals, in violation of NCAA rules. Last week, while the NCAA investigation was ongoing, the Big Ten, Michigan’s athletic conference, imposed a punishment of its own, suspending Harbaugh for three games.

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