By the time Ravens coach John Harbaugh was speaking in his post-game press conference on Saturday night, the celebratory dancing he had done a few minutes earlier in the locker room after a 34-10 win over the Houston Texans was already going viral.
On television after the victory, which advanced the Ravens to Sunday’s AFC title game, ESPN and ABC showed a brief clip of the 61-year-old Harbaugh dancing, but there was more where that came from.
Tight ends coach George Godsey evidently is a fan of the 1983 song “Party Train” by The Gap Band and “got it started,” Harbaugh said, “and we all got in there and danced. I just want you to know that it wasn’t just me.”
The coaches got moves 😂😭💀 pic.twitter.com/LDDU9OftJx — Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) January 21, 2024
Turns out, the Ravens coaches (and rookie wide receiver Zay Flowers, the most limber of anyone who cut the locker room rug) actually did a great job reenacting the music video that appears to serve as the inspiration for their victory routine.
It’s so ‘80s. Think: Dance battles in a boxing ring at Venice Beach, it looks like. Plus, a strange mix of characters in a plot, swimsuits, and lots of hair product.
As the lyrics say, don’t miss that party train. Everybody all aboard.