The Michigan Wolverines rattled off a double overtime 24-21 victory against the Army Black Knights on Saturday, and Jim Harbaugh answered questions about Michigan’s performance at his post-game presser. Among the topics discussed, Harbaugh spoke about what into the rationale of going for it on 4th down, his overall thoughts on the game, pass protection, and more.
Going for it on 4th
Jim Harbaugh explains the thinking of going on fourth down late in the game instead of kicking the field goal pic.twitter.com/JoTtDhTMjr
— Anthony Broome (@anthonytbroome) September 7, 2019
- “The analytics said that the best thing to do if you got in that situation, 4th and 3, that distance, was to go for it.