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J.J. McCarthy’s ‘Free Harbaugh’ shirt sends perfect message about suspension

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is currently serving a three-game suspension, self-imposed by the university.

While athletic director Warde Manuel claims the suspension is Michigan’s “way of addressing mistakes” Michigan has agreed to in an attempt to further the process of an NCAA investigation, Jim Harbaugh said earlier this week that the suspension “feels like a baseball bat to the kneecaps”.

Before Michigan’s season opener against East Carolina, quarterback J.J. McCarthy wore a shirt to stick up for his head coach who won’t be on the sideline during the game. The shirt said “Free Harbaugh”.

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