Wolverine TV: Sherrone Moore reacts to emotional Michigan football win over Penn State
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Michigan Wolverines football interim head coach Sherrone Moore met with the media following an emotional 24-15 win over Penn State Saturday at Beaver Stadium. He discussed the game, the whirlwind of a 24 hours and more.
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Big Ten-suspended Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh did not receive an injunction from the court in time for the game and will have a hearing Friday. He shared a message to the team Friday night and watched from Happy Valley Saturday.
“Play for yourselves, play for the team, and play for Michigan,” Moore said of the message. “That’s the constant message. We didn’t make it about him. Just play for everybody that you’ve always played for. Think about this game as you’re in the backyard with your boys; with your friends. You’re just going to go win. This was a tournament game for us, a playoff game for us. We knew we had to do whatever we needed to do to win.
“It’s been a crazy 24 hours, but at the same time, our team is built for this; our staff is built for this. We’re all built for this.”
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Michigan did not have a pass attempt in the second half. The Wolverines ran 32 straight times to close things out.
“We’ve got two of the best backs in the country,” the Michigan coach said. “At the end of the day we do whatever it takes to win. Sometimes it’s throwing more. Sometimes it’s running more. We’re going to do whatever we can in that game to win. We thought as we got into the game, obviously the running game became a priority and I think our guys up front really asserted themselves to be dominant, and those backs ran super hard. So, I was really excited about that.”
Moore was emotional after the win and discussed the release that he experienced.
“I’m a pretty calm guy, but there are a lot of emotions,” the Michigan assistant noted. ‘Being here six years, I feel like this place is home. What Coach Harbaugh has done for me, just giving me the opportunity to be here and this whole university, and these players, these fans. This place is like home to me. Home to my family. So …. It’s very deep. I wear my heart on my sleeve, work extremely hard as we all do. So, it means a lot for us to get this win in this situation, to show that and make it about the players. The players … we have elite players, elite university, and I’m’ just so happy for them.”
