Paul Finebaum calls Michigan's Jim Harbaugh 'crazy' for his 'biblical' quarterback decision

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh surprised many around college football with his plan at quarterback. Cade McNamara will start Week 1 against Colorado State and JJ McCarthy will start Week 2 against Hawaii before a full-time starter will be named in Week 3.

SEC Network host Paul Finebaum made his thoughts on that decision quite clear.

Finebaum appeared on “First Take” alongside Stephen A. Smith and criticized Harbaugh’s plan at the position. In fact, he said the Michigan headman should be on the Artemis spacecraft that’s heading to the moon this week.

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“I think we’re making a mistake allowing Harbaugh to live on this Earth,” Finebaum said. “We’re about to send up a mission to the moon and he should be on it. He’s crazy. You have to admire his comparisons to the Bible. I like that.

“But the good news for him — and everyone’s overreacting — he’s got some easy games to start the season. It really doesn’t matter what you do in game one. He’s having some fun. I don’t know why he’s doing it. I don’t know why Jim Harbaugh does anything, guys. But he went to the playoffs last year, he bought himself a life insurance policy in Ann Arbor. Good for him.”

Harbaugh discussed why he’s going about the quarterback competition this way and citied a biblical inspiration in a press conference this week. It sounds like a two-quarterback system could be on the horizon for the Wolverines for the second straight season. At least, to start.

“It’s a process,” Harbaugh said. “For me to stand up here, no person — that’s biblical — knows what the future holds. It’s a process based on performance. But we’re not going to withhold any good thing. Both have been tremendous quarterbacks. We think that both are capable of leading our team to a championship.

“That’s good. We’re going to keep cultivating that. People have asked, ‘how have you come to that decision? Was it based on some kind of NFL model?’ No. It’s really biblical. Solomon, who was known to be a pretty wise person.”