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Watch: All of Michigan’s losses under Jim Harbaugh in 2:20

Jim Harbaugh was supposed to win a ton of football games at Michigan. This will be the best 2:20 video you watch today….

When Jim Harbaugh was hired at Michigan in 2015 it was supposed to be a program-changing hire and in some ways it was.

Michigan went from an incredibly mediocre final three years of Brady Hoke where they went just 20-18 and immediately went 10-3 the first year under Harbaugh.

A year later they came within inches of stopping Ohio State in a game that would have gotten them to the Big Ten Championship Game and very likely the College Football Playoff.

But the “big one” is still one Michigan fans are waiting for the Wolverines to win under Harbaugh with his best win to date probably being the 2019 blowout victory over a Notre Dame team who finished 12th in the final Amway Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY.

Since that night things have gone perfectly for Notre Dame as they’ve won 15 straight games and they couldn’t have gone worse for Michigan as the Wolverines are just 5-6 since.

Michigan’s 27-17 loss to previously winless Penn State brings Harbaugh and the Wolverines to an embarrassing 2-4 with only games against Maryland and Ohio State (thoughts and prayers in the direction of Ann Arbor for that one, please) remaining.

We would never find joy in Michigan football struggling at Fighting Irish Wire (OK, that’s a lie – I’ll go to confession tomorrow for it), we do like to point out great research and Tattoo Baker on Twitter did exactly that, compiling the ultimate game-changing play from each of Jim Harbaugh’s now 22 losses at Michigan.

Watch and enjoy as it will probably be the best 2:20 of your day.

Sidenote – shoutout again to Jerry Tillery.

So whos got it better than “us”?

Everybody.

Related: Pictures from Notre Dame’s 2018 season-opening win over Harbaugh and Michigan

Notre Dame Adds Preferred Walk-On to 2020 Recruiting Class

Brennan Wicks of Maryland has announced his decision to walk on at Notre Dame. Find out more about the newest member of NDFB right here.

Late news came Wednesday night for Notre Dame as preferred walk-on for the 2020 recruiting class, Brennan Wicks is headed to South Bend.

Wicks is an offensive lineman from Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland and is listed at 6-5, 280 pounds.

Wicks played offensive tackle his senior year but also lists guard as a potential position.  You can see his senior year highlights here.

Meet Notre Dame’s Newest Hero

When I saw this story I thought it was going to end like a bad Hollywood movie or music video, with McNamara beating the tar out of the thief and getting the purse back.  I’m beyond thrilled to now know that isn’t the case.

Tommy McNamara is all of 6’1”, 166 pounds and is in the middle of his senior year at Notre Dame.  Unless you’re a fan or follower of a certain team on campus, you’ve probably never heard of him.

But McNamara became Notre Dame’s newest hero this past weekend.

Now before you start looking for a list of football walk-on’s or basketball bench guys, know that you won’t find his name there.

Nor will you find him listed as a forward on the hockey team or any team currently in-season for that matter.

So who in the world is Tommy McNamara then and why should you care about him?

Because the senior lacrosse player did something this past Friday that almost nobody, let alone a young man in his early-20’s with undoubtedly a million other things on his mind, would do.

According to The Observer, McNamara was having lunch with a friend in a South Bend restaurant last Friday when he noticed a patron acting suspicious.

McNamara watched the person long enough to see them walk in and out of the restaurant multiple times before they grabbed a purse and made a break for the door.

Instead of simply yelling “stop!” from his seat, McNamara decided to chase the suspect.

But it wasn’t a fight McNamara was looking for to get the purse back, it was help he was simply trying to offer the troubled youngster he pursued.

“He was entirely apologetic. The first thing he said was ‘I’m sorry,’” McNamara said. “He’s sitting there thinking, ‘do I or do I not want to steal this woman’s purse?’ What’s crazy is I saw him leave the place a couple times — he would walk out, then walk back in. … That’s kind of why he was in the corner of my eye. He was just apologetic. … He was like ‘I don’t want to be doing this.’ It was a tough conversation, but a real one. That’s why I wanted him to be able to reach out.”

Upon his return to the restaurant McNamara was greeted like a hero, receiving a round of applause and even a blessing from a priest who was also happened to be grabbing lunch.

When I saw this story I thought it was going to end like a bad Hollywood movie or music video, with McNamara beating the tar out of the thief and getting the purse back.  I’m beyond thrilled to now know that isn’t the case.

Instead he took the opportunity to see a teenager do something inexcusable and instead of teaching them a lesson physically that he like could have, McNamara offered a helping hand to what he seemed to see as some sort of cry-for-help.

I don’t have anything much to add to this story besides that on Thanksgiving week and with the rest of the holidays approaching, it felt like a story that should be shared.

Hopefully we can all take a lesson from McNamara and the next time we see someone crying for help in whichever way it may be, we offer a helping hand instead of simply ignoring them or worse even, judging them to ourselves before ignoring them as we walk by.