Jim Harbaugh reveals how his dad trash talked him ahead of Michigan vs. Bowling Green

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh has been getting some tough love from his father — Jack Harbaugh — ahead of Saturday’s game against Bowling Green.

Jim shared with WXYZ that Jack has been trash talking him leading up to this weekend’s game. Jack Harbaugh played at Bowling Green and spent time as an assistant coach there.

Bowling Green and Michigan will face off Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Ann Arbor.

“It’s begun. It was a couple of weeks ago. I mean, it’s, ‘Bowling Green’s coming. The Falcons are coming. And they’re going to kick your butts,’” Jim Harbaugh said. “So he’s getting us ready.”

Jim Harbaugh obviously doesn’t expect Michigan to lose this weekend, but he did say that he is impressed by what he has seen from Bowling Green on film.

The Falcons are 1-1 on the season with a loss to Liberty and a win over Eastern Illinois. They finished 6-7 (5-3 in the MAC) a season ago.

“You turn on the tape and you watch it – Scot Loeffler’s got a heck of a team,” Jim Harbaugh said. “The offense – their throw game is tremendous. I think there are some things that we can glean from it. Done a really nice job in the running game, too. Very similar to our offense. Hopefully that’s an advantage for our defense. They’re going to see a lot of the same kinds of concepts and gap schemes in their running game. But it’s well coordinated, well called. Scot’s a great coach, and we know we’re going to get their very best.”

Jim Harbaugh sees ‘NFL-caliber’ throws from JJ McCarthy through two weeks

While Jim Harbaugh believes Bowling Green has an offense that will challenge his defense, he also loves what he has seen from the Michigan offense so far this year.

Everything starts with quarterback JJ McCarthy, who has been excellent early on this season.

“The offense started extremely fast,” Harbaugh said of the Week 2 performance. “I just loved the way we were coming out, how we’re starting these football games, long drives. So explosive in the passing game, JJ is phenomenal.

“So on fire, so on point, the throws that he is making from the pocket, doing severe damage when he leaves the pocket, keeps his eyes downfield and getting big chunk plays and yardage. Receivers, the explosive plays plus fifteens, are just huge.”

McCarthy finished the Week 2 win over UNLV 22-of-25 passing for 278 yards and two touchdowns. In two games, he is 48-of-55 passing (87.3%) for 558 yards, with five touchdowns and zero interceptions.