The 2023 Michigan Wolverines will play for the College Football Playoff Championship next week. It’s likely that Michigan wouldn’t have gotten to Houston without the stellar play of their defense in the Rose Bowl Game. Michigan’s defense was ferocious against Alabama, sacking quarterback Jalen Milroe multiple times and keeping them in check. The Wolverines won an overtime thriller where the defense had to make a stop on 4th and Goal and did.
So, it was not surprising to hear head coach Jim Harbaugh praise the defense. In particular, the Michigan head coach sung the praises of defensive coordinator Jesse Minter.
During a teleconference on Wednesday, Harbaugh had nothing but good things to say on Minter.
“Speaking on a conference call on Wednesday, head coach Jim Harbaugh had no shortage of praise for Minter and the job he and his unit did,” On3 Sports wrote. “It was so good that Harbaugh considered Minter worthy of a game ball from the win. ‘Yeah, phenomenal, Harbaugh said.
‘The job that – game ball, Guardian of Victory, I’d give one to Jesse Minter. The coaching in the game, the play calling. Sherrone Moore, same thing. The coaching, the play calling, the pressure moments. I mean the pressure moments, the calls they made, the rest of their lives they can go back and go ‘Man, I did it. In some of the most high-pressure moments.'”
Harbaugh and Michigan will need one more great game called by both Minter and Moore. If they do, Michigan will be National Champions.
