Harbaugh: McCarthy becoming ‘his own checkdown’ with recent scrambling success

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty ImagesHead coach Jim Harbaugh had a lot to catch up on after the Michigan Wolverines outperformed the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday evening. The assault in the tunnel postgame just added more to the tally in what has been a very busy weekend for Harbaugh and the athletic departments of both schools.

But when he joined the Inside Michigan Football Show with Jon Jansen on WTKA, he stuck mostly to what transpired on the field.

“I thought it was a tremendous effort.” Harbaugh said of the 27-9 win. “(We) clearly won all three phases thoroughly for 60 minutes.”

However, he did note this team still has some things to work on, particularly of the Wolverines’ red…