Jim Harbaugh Had Fans Sounding Off on His Comparison of Michigan Football to Field Corn

This was definitely a new one.

MIchigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh has produced his share of great sound bites over the years. In his weekly Monday press conference, he may have added another all-timer to the collection.

Harbaugh used a wild analogy, comparing his undefeated Wolverines team to field corn rather than a house plant to illustrate his team’s resiliency this season.

Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh looks on during the second quarter against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Huntington Bank Stadium / Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports

“Nothing against house plants. They have their function,” Harbaugh said. “They can be beautiful in the home. They can bring great beauty and value to a home. But the field corn: Just drop a seed in a crack of a sidewalk and it'll burrow down and come up with any energy that it can find and then rise up in a stalk-like fashion and just start producing. I would say that’s what our team is more like.”

Jim Harbaugh compares the Michigan football team to “field corn as opposed to being a houseplant.”

Nothing against house plants. They have their function. They can be beautiful in the home. They can bring great beauty and value to a home. But the field corn: Just drop a seed in… pic.twitter.com/2Dbbc29NDU

— Alejandro Zúñiga (@ByAZuniga) October 30, 2023

Never change, Jim.

Watching Harbaugh piece together the comparison as reporters attempt to ask questions is hilarious though, and fans made their share of jokes about the Wolverines head coach’s comments.

Every Iowa, Nebraska, MSU, Indiana, and Illinois fan who has ever *actually seen* corn growing is cackling at this.
That's not how field corn grows, Jim. Those are weeds. https://t.co/qsN5bKq3Mj

— Jeffrey Kinney (@kinney_jeffrey) October 30, 2023

Buddy,,, that’s how weeds grow, not corn https://t.co/n1teqELJwr

— Madeline Kenney (@madkenney) October 30, 2023

I… I don’t think Jim Harbaugh knows how corn works.

What he is describing is a weed. Yes, Michigan football is like a weed. I concur. https://t.co/5OXwaYxBeR

— Matt Burnell (@mdburnell) October 30, 2023

Coach Harbaugh has clearly been studying field corn. At @B1Gfootball media days he told me his chickens are “the field corn of the animal kingdom”. Praised their “productiveness”. https://t.co/j7R50IIbHo

— Ben Hartsock (@BenHartsock) October 30, 2023

Wake up babe new Harbaughism just dropped https://t.co/okNEWAE1Ep

— Championship Connoisseur (@UMvsEveryone) October 30, 2023

This is beautiful https://t.co/6ZsCuhRKjw

— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) October 30, 2023

As a committee member who both works with corn and is a Michigan fan, this brought a tear to my eye https://t.co/h1rPvgxVmf

— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) October 30, 2023

watering my houseplants and telling them they’ll never be as good as blake corum https://t.co/1uKHUyxdUx

— dread lobster (@seltzermom) October 30, 2023

we are so back https://t.co/LK7mwDTHP3

— Robert O'Neill (@RobertONeill31) October 30, 2023