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“We admire excellence” were Jim Harbaugh’s proud words as he addressed the crowd at Lawry’s. Lawry’s Prime Rib is a name that goes hand-in-hand with the pompous Rose Bowl game. Hardly a preparatory party, the ensemble at Lawry’s Beef Bowl is a tradition observed since 1957. Each team playing in the Rose Bowl sets their luck in place with the classic Lawry’s rib. This season, it was the players of Michigan who devoured the rich steak on 28th December. Whereas the Alabama players will enjoy it on the 29th of December.

The diner begins with another customary tradition of one player executing another Lawry’s hallmark, spinning the salad, and cutting the first piece of the Prime rib. The coaches, players, and athletic directors of Michigan ravaged some well-deserved cuisines with a dash of Harbaugh’s uplifting words.

“Second to none” Jim Harbaugh’s proud admission

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The sign-stealing fiasco gave Michigan a chance to make an epochal comeback as a team, adding to the list of things they can be proud of this season, along with their unblemished record, and Harbaugh being the only coach to win three Big Ten championships consecutively. ” Number One ranked Michigan Wolverines, you are going to find out. This very of playing in the Rose Bowl is second to none,” chided Harbaugh, with the setbacks and the steely determination that fought it all brimming from his eyes.

While the ‘second to none’ can be perceived quite literally as well, given the team ranking no.1 in the Big Ten table, also something the Mr. Michigan coach took great pride in. Following this, Harbaugh also went above and beyond to express his genuine gratitude towards the servers and chefs, claiming that the meal, and Lawry’s in its entirety, is ‘second to none’. Jim Harbaugh was firmly confident in his claims about the Beef Bowl.

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Harbaugh honored the tradition twice

The Rose Bowl on New Year will mark the dusk of another milestone in Jim Harbaugh’s journey with Michigan. Harbaugh will be a part of an elite group of head coaches, who have appeared in Rose Bowl both as a head coach and as a player. For Harbaugh, both times he was representing Harbaugh, a super rare thing.

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Hence, visiting the La Cienega Boulevard restaurant brought back many memories he forged as a Wolverine player about to play his first Rose Bowl. Although luck wasn’t his best friend then, as he lost the game, this time, Harbaugh and Co. are backed up by thousands of crossed fingers as they step into the Rose Bowl to break their six-season long playoff losing streak.

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