Jim Harbaugh 'All Good' With Michigan Players Planting Flag on Ohio State Logo

Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh had zero issues with his players running around the Ohio Stadium field waving a Michigan flag and then planting it at midfield following Saturday's 45-23 win over the Buckeyes.

"I think there's already plenty of fuel to the rivalry," he told reporters. "They have songs, the one about they don't give a damn about the whole state of Michigan. It's all good, it's been going on for a century, don't you think? It's all good."

Michigan players didn't just plant the flag, they did so as Ohio State was walking off the field, with some of the Wolverines waving them goodbye:

"I've been thinking about that since January," senior defensive back Mike Sainristil told reporters regarding the flag planting.

Suffice to say, it was a topic of conversation after the game among Ohio State and Michigan fans and alumni alike:

For Harbaugh, however, all's fair in love, war and college football rivalries.

"I want to get that flag," he told reporters. "I want to get that flag and put it in our museum."

The Wolverines went into the half trailing 20-17 but outscored the Buckeyes 28-3 in a dominant second-half performance. It's the second straight year Michigan has beaten Ohio State after the Buckeyes rattled off eight straight wins in the rivalry and 17 wins out of 19 (one of those victories was vacated).

So yes, the past two years have been cathartic in Ann Arbor.

But the game also set up the Wolverines to potentially win a Big Ten title and earn a berth in the College Football Playoff, while the one-loss Buckeyes may find themselves on the outside looking in.

Michigan will face Purdue on Saturday in the Big Ten Championship Game.