If College Football Programs Were Rappers, Who Would They Be?

Dec 30, 2014; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Fans hold up a sign for new Michigan Wolverines head football coach Jim Harbaugh during halftime of the basketball game against the Illinois Fighting Illini at Crisler Center. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

Michigan Wolverines-Kendrick Lamar

Michigan has a deep history, arguably the greatest in college football history, so it would seem a bit inaccurate to compare the Wolverines to an up and coming rapper as opposed to one who has done it for a while. But hear the explanation.

Kendrick Lamar is a futuristic, forward-thinking rapper who draws on the art of the early empires in the game to achieve his success. Jim Harbaugh is a futuristic, forward-thinking coach going to a school that is deeply rooted in history.

The writing is clearly on the wall that Kendrick Lamar is set to dominate the rap game for the next 10 years as he is clear-cut the best of the younger rappers alive, and in the past two years he has out-rapped Drake, Eminem, Jay Z, Dr. Dre, T.I., and others on songs. The writing is also on the wall that Harbaugh will dominate at Michigan.

If you want to draw even further on the past, Kendrick reaches to N.W.A. and that Compton style, which is where he has from, for his artistry. That style thrust the West Coast into mainstream rap to rival the East Coast. Michigan, meanwhile, was the first program in college football thrust into the mainstream to rival the schools in the Northeast. K-Dot is made for Michigan.

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