The statue of the Spartans basketball great Magic Johnson was doused with Michigan’s maize and blue on Thursday, leading to a wolverine statue being revenge-painted green and white on Friday. Incidents of vandalism occurred on both campuses.

12 Michigan, which is enjoying a resurgent season under its new coach, Harbaugh. 7 Michigan State, which has dominated the rivalry in recent years, or No. The stunning end capped a week of arguments around the state about which team was better: No. “I am still at a loss for words over what went down,” Harris said. The senior linebacker Darien Harris described the win as the biggest of his career, even over winning the 2014 Rose Bowl and the 2015 Cotton Bowl - because of the backdrop of beating Michigan on its own field in his senior year. Dantonio said Watts-Jackson had a dislocated hip and was being taken to a hospital. He was placed on a stretcher and carted off the field by Michigan State’s medical personnel. I’ve never felt anything like that.īut the Spartans’ celebration tenor quickly changed, as they realized Watts-Jackson was still lying prone in the end zone. “I ran over to our student section and our parents section to go celebrate with my family. They couldn’t quite shake Michigan State, however, who-with help from a 74-yard completion on a wheel route from Connor Cook to fullback Trevor Pendleton-scored to cut the lead to 23-21 in the fourth quarter.“This felt like a dream,” said Connor Cook, Michigan State’s senior quarterback, who threw for 328 yards and a touchdown. Michigan scored on a controversial one-yard touchdown plunge by Sione Houma in the third quarter to take a 17-7 lead, their largest of the game. It was Jim Harbaugh‘s game against Michigan State as the Wolverines’ head coach and, despite the fact that Michigan State was the better team statistically, outgaining Michigan 386-230 and picking up 20 first downs to the Wolverines’ 10, the Spartans never led until the clock read 0:00. Lost in all of this is the fact that the game was a pretty great game in its own right before that final play.

Broadcasters George Blaha and Jim Brandstatter did not disappoint with their respective radio calls of the play. The shocked expressions of Michigan fans completely captured the unbelievability of the moment and found their way onto memes and t-shirts across the Midwest. The win saved the Spartans’ College Football Playoff hopes while keeping them atop the Big Ten East, and it did so in front of 100,000 fans in their hated rival’s house and millions more watching live in primetime. But he said he would do it all over again.Īdding to the improbability of the moment is its importance. Michigan State had a 0.2% chance of winning the game before the final play, according to ESPN, who opted to label the thing an “end of game touchdown” in their play-by-play record of the game, presumably because no one knew what to call it. Watts-Jackson had never touched the ball in a college game before and broke his hip upon being tackled, ending his season. Detroit Tigers may be missing Matt Manning for longer than expected.

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