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East Carolina’s HC calls Jim Harbaugh’s three-game suspension 'silly'

The Michigan Wolverines kick off their regular season against the East Carolina Pirates on Sept. 2 at the Big House, but Jim Harbaugh will not be on the sidelines coaching. He’ll be serving the first of his three-game suspension.

A lot has been said about the validity of the suspension, both when it was being brought down by the NCAA, and now by the program. But for the first time, one of the Wolverines’ opponents’ head coaches has made some comments about not seeing Harbaugh on the other sideline.

East Carolina head coach Mike Houston told reporters earlier this week he thought the situation was “kind of silly, to be honest.