McCarthy wore a makeshift "FREE Harbaugh" shirt before the game started. Harbaugh is serving a three-game suspension for breaking NCAA rules. But at the end of the day, it was no coach ...

J.J. McCarthy. The junior quarterback arrived at Michigan Stadium for their season-opening game against East Carolina and went through warm-ups wearing a shirt that said "Free Harbaugh." ...

Michigan Wolverines quarterback J.J. McCarthy wore a "FREE Harbaugh" shirt before and after Saturday's game in a nod to coach Jim Harbaugh, who is serving a school-imposed three-game suspension.

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McCarthy showed up at Michigan Stadium wearing a blue shirt backward, writing “FREE” in black on white athletic tape and placing it on his chest above Harbaugh’s name. He put the shirt back ...

J.J. McCarthy smiled as he said it, a mischievous grin, a grin of protest to match the message of protest that he, the starting quarterback at the University of Michigan, wanted to get across to ...

But according to quarterback JJ McCarthy, the game was more different ... of tape with “free” written on it above Harbaugh so the shirt said “free Harbaugh.” After the game, again donning ...