{"id":19091,"date":"2023-10-10T01:39:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T06:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=19091"},"modified":"2023-10-10T01:39:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T06:39:24","slug":"jim-harbaugh-on-michigans-most-physical-ol-from-minnesota-game-debate-with-kirk-campbell-on-j-j-mccarthys-biggest-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/jim-harbaugh-on-michigans-most-physical-ol-from-minnesota-game-debate-with-kirk-campbell-on-j-j-mccarthys-biggest-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Harbaugh on Michigan\u2019s \u2018most physical\u2019 OL from Minnesota game, debate with Kirk Campbell on J.J. McCarthy\u2019s biggest strength"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan Wolverines football<\/a><\/strong> may have found its starting offensive line combination. <\/strong>Over the last two weeks, which have included a 45-7 win over Nebraska and 52-10 victory over Minnesota, the Wolverines have started graduate LaDarius Henderson<\/a><\/strong> at left tackle and graduate Karsen Barnhart<\/a><\/strong> at right tackle. Previously, senior Myles Hinton<\/a><\/strong> opened the first four contests at right tackle, while Barnhart started on the left side.<\/p>\n

Host Jon Jansen<\/strong> asked coach Jim Harbaugh<\/a><\/strong> on the \u2018Inside Michigan Football\u2019 radio show to assess how Henderson played in the last game against Minnesota, to which the ninth-year head man responded that he\u2019s \u201cplaying really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wolverines rushed for 191 yards and 4 touchdowns on 33 carries, after gaining 249 yards on the ground at Nebraska. Michigan also didn\u2019t allow a sack in either contest and has only given up 3 all season. Harbaugh has seen improvement with the offensive line as a whole and highlighted what he liked about the group\u2019s performance against Minnesota.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Graduate center] Drake Nugent<\/a><\/strong> had a really good game,\u201d the Michigan coach continued. \u201c[Senior right guard] Zak Zinter<\/a><\/strong> was the most physical. Bodies were moving all over the place around him. Keegs [graduate left guard Trevor Keegan<\/a><\/strong>], exceptionally well, Karsen Barnhart \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were throws in that game that J.J. made that you couldn\u2019t have better \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s as good of a looking pocket as you could have.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd all that said, every week is a new week. It\u2019s not just like, \u2018Oh, well, we\u2019ll just pick up where we left off.\u2019 It\u2019s a new scheme every single week, it\u2019s different players \u2014\u00a0adjusting to their moves, what they do well \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s a whole new game plan that has to be devised, practiced. Gotta be locked in. It\u2019s every single day, because the next week it\u2019s all changing once again. All those things that you gotta prepare for, and it\u2019s on a weekly, new basis. There\u2019s definitely carryover, but it does start new.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michigan senior running back Blake Corum ripped off a 40-yard run early in the second quarter, setting up a touchdown run later in the drive. On that play, Keegan and Zinter pulled around to the left, and Barnhart \u2014\u00a0all the way from his spot at right tackle \u2014\u00a0was down the left sideline blocking men dozens of yards past the line of scrimmage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all about it,\u201d the Michigan coach said of the extra effort plays. \u201cIf you don\u2019t have the ball, you\u2019re a blocker. And the quarterback is sometimes not a blocker, but he\u2019s carrying out a fake and trying to make a block, in essence, by having a defender chasing him, which has been effective, too. The pursuit \u2014\u00a0we want to be the second-best pursuit unit in the Big Ten, right behind our own defense.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd our guys are doing a good job of that. Getting better blocking on the perimeter. That\u2019s continuing to show up. [Senior] tight end AJ Barner<\/a><\/strong> really needs to be highlighted for the level of his play and his blocking. [Junior] Max Bredeson<\/strong>, the tight ends, Cole [sophomore Colston Loveland<\/a><\/strong>] and all the guys.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere can we get better? It\u2019s just everything, right? Everything, you\u2019re trying to get better and better at.\u201d<\/p>\n

Debate between Jim Harbaugh, Kirk Campbell on J.J. McCarthy<\/h2>\n

Michigan junior quarterback J.J. McCarthy<\/a><\/strong> is excelling in a bevy of areas this season, widely viewed as one of the best signal-callers in the country and a potential first-round NFL Draft pick next spring. McCarthy ranks third nationally with a 77.6 completion percentage and eighth with 10.3 yards per attempt. His 70 completion rate against Minnesota \u2014\u00a014-of-20 passing \u2014\u00a0actually caused his season mark to take a dip, showing how efficient he has been.<\/p>\n

Harbaugh and quarterbacks coach Kirk Campbell<\/a><\/strong> have actually been arguing about McCarthy\u2019s best attribute.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother game well above 70 percent [completion rate], plus a few drops in the game,\u201d the Michigan head coach said. \u201cAnd I keep raving about the playmaking ability. J.J. has a lot of great attributes \u2014\u00a0accuracy, athleticism. I just go \u2018playmaking\u2019 \u2014\u00a0that\u2019s like his best one.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then Kirk Campbell, he thinks that it\u2019s just how well J.J.\u2019s seeing the field and processing the information. That\u2019s good that we\u2019ve got a debate about that. That\u2019s a really good thing for a quarterback.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll those good things \u2014\u00a0make it all the best, make it all the strength. That\u2019s when you say, \u2018What can you improve on?\u2019 I know that\u2019s J.J.\u2019s mindset. He\u2019s constantly trying to chase perfection in all those areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

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