The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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maize n' view michael spath C Five Plays Made A Difference oaches often say the difference Robinson and the pass, in perfect pobetween a win and a loss in sition to knock the ball down or even a single game can be just five grab the interception. plays that go against the losing team Instead, Robinson went right over and for the winning the top of him, wresteam. tling the ball into In a regular seahis grasp, shocking son in which the Stribling and the Wolverines ran 840 Michigan coaches. plays on offense and Two plays later, faced 848 plays on Penn State scored, defense, it is difficult and the Wolverines to say that five snaps fell in a fourth overwere the differtime, dropping their ence between a 7-5 Michigan was one play away from first game of the campaign and what an upset of Ohio State, but the failed season. could have been a Michigan State: two-point conversion attempt instead Big Ten championPerhaps there was resulted in a disheartening defeat. photo by Lon Horwedel not a single play that ship 12-0 season. Yet there were key moments in each of would have prevented the carnage Michigan's losses that had a signifithat took place in East Lansing, but cant impact on the final result, and one score can change the complexion thus impacted the entirety of the year. of a contest, giving confidence to one Penn State: Michigan led Penn team and stripping it from the other, State 34-27 when the Nittany Lions and Michigan had that chance. took possession of the football at Trailing 6-3 in the second quarter, their own 20-yard line with only U-M took over at its own 22-yard 50 seconds remaining in the game. line. After a two-yard loss, quarterVictory appeared imminent for the back Devin Gardner connected with Maize and Blue, but following a receiver Jehu Chesson for an incred14-yard pass on first down, PSU ible 58-yard completion. On the very signal-caller Christian Hackenberg next play, receiver Devin Funchess unleashed a 29-yard prayer in the ran a slant pattern to the end zone, direction of wide receiver Allen but the pass was slightly off and the Robinson. U-M freshman cornerback ball fell incomplete. Channing Stribling stood between Score there and the Wolverines