Michigan Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore had to have felt great about his chances of replacing Jim Harbaugh when the latter skipped town for another shot at a Lombardi Trophy with the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers.
After all, Moore arguably had one of the best on-the-job interviews of all time in his four games as Michigan’s interim head coach this past season.
Covering for the suspended Harbaugh, Moore was 4-0 as Michigan’s head coach. He led Michigan to a win over Bowling Green in Week 3 and then carried the Wolverines through a three-game Big Ten gauntlet of No. 10 Penn State, Maryland and No. 2 Ohio State to end the season.
The Penn State and Maryland games were impressive wins because they came on the road, but it was that win over the rival Buckeyes in Ann Arbor that really sticks out for Moore now that he looks back on what he accomplished.
“It meant everything, I mean just winning that game regardless of whether you’re the head coach or the offensive coordinator, o-line coach, defensive coordinator. It means everything, that’s everything we work for all year,” Moore recently explained to Rich Eisen (h/t On3).
Michigan beat Ohio State, 30-24, to finish the regular season 12-0 and 9-0 in-conference. The Wolverines went on to beat Iowa to win a third-straight Big Ten championship and they continued their run with wins over No. 4 Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl and then No. 2 Washington in the CFP National Championship game.
Michigan finished with a perfect 15-0 championship season, but had the Wolverines won it all with the only blemish being a loss to Ohio State at the end of the regular season, it wouldn’t have felt as special in Ann Arbor.
Per Moore, winning “The Game” is the expectation and standard. It was that way with Harbaugh, and it will be the same at Michigan now that he’s head coach.
Michigan finished with a perfect 15-0 championship season, but had the Wolverines won it all with the only blemish being a loss to Ohio State at the end of the regular season, it wouldn’t have felt as special in Ann Arbor.
Per Moore, winning “The Game” is the expectation and standard. It was that way with Harbaugh, and it will be the same at Michigan now that he’s head coach.
“That’s the standard we uphold ourselves and that program and will continue to do so. We know everything we do and we work for we’re trying to beat them every single day. So it meant everything and that’s the game we work for and was super excited for that moment for our players, for our fans, for the university to continue what we’ve been doing and we look to continue to uphold that standard,” Moore said.