Well, I think every Michigan State Football fan saw this coming.
MSU went into the Big House this weekend and beat Michigan 27-24, and it was just a matter of time before Jim Harbaugh started with the excuses to justify his team losing a game in which they were favored by more than 20 points.
A big part of the Spartans victory was the stellar play of freshman wide receiver Ricky White, who hooked up with QB Rocky Lombardi for 196 yards and a touchdown on the day.
Harbaugh stuck by his cornerbacks and instead blamed the officials for the poor coverage of MSU’s athletic wideouts. Michigan corners Vincent Gray and Gemon Green were both called for holding and pass interference penalties in the game and Harbaugh was critical of these calls and inferred that he felt the game wasn’t being called the same way for both teams:
“Yeah, there was a couple calls early that you could, where, they’re technical,” Harbaugh said. “And it could’ve been like to see that same technical call be called both ways in the game but I think it affected how our corners played. And they definitely, gotta get some deep balls, five of them.”
Harbaugh went on to say that he feels that Vincent Gray is still his best cornerback on the team. To me, this is a bit of a cop out and inability to take responsibility for his team’s play and also the great play of his opponent, but I also understand a coach wanting to protect his guy.
