For a coach whose team isn’t scheduled to play an SEC squad during the 2016 regular season, Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh sure appears consumed with the conference.
Harbaugh continues to taunt the SEC on Twitter after the conference balked at the Wolverines’ plans to hold spring practice in the Sunshine State.
He took another jab at the SEC on Wednesday, tweeting about a Big Ten-Big 12 partnership, finishing the message with #CollegialSpirit.
Excited to announce that @CoachArtBriles will be kicking off our clinic on Thursday, March 10th. #CollegialSpirit pic.twitter.com/w1CHbzPvCJ
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) February 17, 2016
It’s just another hotly-contested issue — such as the coach’s involvement in summer satellite camps pitched in SEC backyards — since Harbaugh took over in Ann Arbor a little more than a year ago.
The fiery coach appears hell-bent on kicking sand in the SEC’s face. It will only be a matter of time before he takes matters personal and into his own hands.
Unfortunately, we predict things will escalate quickly. Reports soon will surface that suggest the coach is going all “Rambo” on some of the iconic symbols of the SEC and leaving a trail of destruction throughout the South in his wake.
A look at how we envision a Harbaugh rampage going down in the South, via mock Twitter reports.
A vandal has pruned a block “M” into the hedges of Sanford Stadium.
— Christopher Wuensch (@SECCountryChris) February 17, 2016
We can’t condone vandalism. But, you have to hand it to his handiwork and attention to detail in nailing the Victors font, which is unique to the University of Michigan.
LSU's campus is on lock-down after witnesses claim a cackling man wearing a Michigan hat released Mike the Tiger from his enclosure. 🏃🏼 🐅
— Christopher Wuensch (@SECCountryChris) February 17, 2016
That’s a pretty impressive feat on Harbaugh’s behalf, considering that the LSU mascot lives in some pretty sweet digs. The mascot’s new 15,000-square-foot-home comes replete with a live oak tree and waterfalls and everything a tiger could ask for … aside from its actual freedom.
In a shot aimed at Texas A&M fans, Jim Harbaugh has proclaimed via Twitter that he’s the original 12th Man.
— Christopher Wuensch (@SECCountryChris) February 17, 2016
Harbaugh is the master when it comes to using Twitter as a tool to jab a foe. He recently suggested the SEC are “masters of deception” and “whiners.”
Nashville authorities are searching for the miscreant who replaced Vanderbilt Stadium’s horn “The Admiral” with a slide whistle.
— Christopher Wuensch (@SECCountryChris) February 17, 2016
Not a cool move by the Michigan head coach on this one. He’s going to have to answer to the likes of former Commodore running back Zac Stacy, who finds pride and comfort in the haunting bellow of the horn that celebrates Vandy touchdowns.
Someone snuck into Faurot Field overnight and painted the stone “M” in the north end zone a maize hue.
— Christopher Wuensch (@SECCountryChris) February 17, 2016
Luckily, the rocks that form Faurot Field’s iconic “M” get an annual whitewashing by the student body. The “M” was originally constructed as part of a prank, but soon was adopted into lore and fiercely protected. Especially from the Nebraska fans who once reconfigured it into an “N” on the eve of a game.
Daily Gamecock reports khaki pants-clad man seen near Horse Shoe eating a bucket of chicken shortly after Sir Big Spur 's disappearance.
— Christopher Wuensch (@SECCountryChris) February 17, 2016
Turns out, Sir Big Spur and his fellow Old English black-breasted red gamecocks have a nice cushy life on a 30-acre South Carolina farm.
Deranged man leaves message threatening Al Del Greco spray-painted on wall of Toomer’s Corner.
— Christopher Wuensch (@SECCountryChris) February 17, 2016
Perhaps Harbaugh’s SEC angst can be traced to the only game he was ever a part of as a player against the conference. That came as a freshman as his Wolverines lost 9-7 to Auburn in the 1984 Sugar Bowl, courtesy of Del Greco’s three field goals.
Chris Wuensch is a contributing writer for Saturday Down South. He covers South Carolina and Tennessee.
