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Jim Harbaugh compares spring practice to exiting the womb

ByEthan Finkelstein|

Jim Harbaugh made an interesting comparison of spring football practice to that of child birth.

There is need to adjust your eyes. That is indeed the headline. Why? Well, it is almost exactly what recently hired Michigan Wolverines head football coach Jim Harbaugh said to reporters today. Yes. The former UM quarterback, Orange Bowl and NFC championship winning head coach compared his preparation for the 2015 NCAA football season to being born. It is certainly an interesting simile to say the least.

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Harbaugh has been one of the sport’s best coaches at both the professional and college level since his debut in 2004 with the University of San Diego Toreros at the FCS level of Division I. In 2010, he was thrust into forefront of the football world when he led the Stanford Cardinal to a 12-1 record and the no. 4 ranking in the final AP and Coaches polls.

He then proceeded to coach the NFL‘s San Francisco 49ers to the NFC championship game in three consecutive seasons, before losing his job following the 2014 campaign. It was his first year without a playoff appearance in the league.

Now Harbaugh is back where his career ultimately started, and is looking to turn around his alma mater, who finished 5-7 on the previous season. The program suffered its third losing season within the past seven years. The Wolverines enter the 2015 college football season with a somewhat lackluster recruiting class (40th) and have a bit of work to do to catch up to Big Ten conference powerhouses like in state rival Michigan State, and reigning national champion Ohio State.

But if anyone was ever destined to make things work again in Ann Arbor, it is Harbaugh. Stanford was 1-11 right before he took over the program. Four seasons later they won the Orange Bowl. With that in mind, the guy is walking into a much less gloomy scenario.

And if Harbaugh needed any more motivation, all he would have to do is look at his arch nemesis. Urban Meyer took just three seasons to turn a 6-7 Buckeyes squad into a national title winner.

H/T Dan Murphy

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