Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh enjoyed the spoils of victory on Monday…medium rare, washed down with a glass of cold milk.
Harbaugh’s Wolverines cost the Ann Arbor Ruth’s Chris Steak House a great deal of money after the restaurant foolishly promoted a one-percent discount for each point difference in last Saturday’s game against Rutgers (They used “Michigan beats Rutgers by 20 points, your discount would be 20% off your food,” as an example, which, LOLZ to the idea of them beating Rutgers by only 20).
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The Ruth’s Chris promotion backfired when Harbaugh’s boys slaughtered the Scarlet Knights by a score of 78-0, the largest margin of victory among two FBS teams this century. They managed to cap the discount at 50 percent (dang lawyers!), but that’s still a hefty chunk of change.
At the very least, the steak house got some quality publicity out of the deal, as the coach brought his wife in for a heavily discounted meal. It’s hard to picture Harbaugh eating at a Ruth’s Chris under normal circumstances—he seems more like a LongHorn Steakhouse guy who maybe hits up Outback when he’s feeling like something exotic—but this was simply too good a deal to pass up.
You can see by the photo that the coach also had a tall glass of milk, because what else is Jim Harbaugh gonna drink? Do yourself a favor, Jim: Next time you want to combine the two, make sure to order yourself a milk steak, boiled over hard with a side of jelly beans, raw.
