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4) In lesser news, Michigan-Minnesota was one of the most remarkable games of 2015.
The Golden Gophers played their tails off in tribute to former coach Jerry Kill, who retired unexpectedly Wednesday for health reasons. (He is an epileptic and has battled that disease for years.) They led 26-21 inside the final five minutes, until Michigan scored the go-ahead touchdown on a drive led by backup quarterback Wilton Speight, who replaced injured starter Jake Rudock in the fourth quarter.
Prior to that drive, Speight had never completed a college pass.
But that was only the beginning. Down 29-26, Minnesota then mounted the kind of drive they’d talk about in Minneapolis for decades – if not for a single yard.
The Gophers converted a third-and-17 on a screen pass. They converted a fourth-and-5 on a spectacular catch by KJ Maye. They appeared to score the winning touchdown on a pass from beleaguered quarterback Mitch Leidner to Drew Wolitarsky with 19 seconds left – only to have the score overturned (correctly) due to a knee down at the 1-yard line.
So much for Minnesota to be proud of to that point. Then the Gophers blew it in ghastly fashion.
After the replay review, the officials started the clock. And Minnesota ran a play with three pre-snap shifts that killed all but two seconds on the clock, and ended in an incompletion. With a timeout in the back pocket, interim coach Tracy Claeys’ clock management was brutal.
But there still was time to kick the tying field goal and go to overtime, against a team playing a freshman QB who until a few minutes earlier had never completed a college pass.
Instead, Claeys went for the win. Not only that, he dialed up a quarterback sneak for the win. Leidner was piled up, and a wild game came to an inglorious, anticlimactic end.
https://sports.yahoo.com/news/top-t...-game-ending-kick-return-054352010-ncaaf.html
Go Gophers!!
4) In lesser news, Michigan-Minnesota was one of the most remarkable games of 2015.
The Golden Gophers played their tails off in tribute to former coach Jerry Kill, who retired unexpectedly Wednesday for health reasons. (He is an epileptic and has battled that disease for years.) They led 26-21 inside the final five minutes, until Michigan scored the go-ahead touchdown on a drive led by backup quarterback Wilton Speight, who replaced injured starter Jake Rudock in the fourth quarter.
Prior to that drive, Speight had never completed a college pass.
But that was only the beginning. Down 29-26, Minnesota then mounted the kind of drive they’d talk about in Minneapolis for decades – if not for a single yard.
The Gophers converted a third-and-17 on a screen pass. They converted a fourth-and-5 on a spectacular catch by KJ Maye. They appeared to score the winning touchdown on a pass from beleaguered quarterback Mitch Leidner to Drew Wolitarsky with 19 seconds left – only to have the score overturned (correctly) due to a knee down at the 1-yard line.
So much for Minnesota to be proud of to that point. Then the Gophers blew it in ghastly fashion.
After the replay review, the officials started the clock. And Minnesota ran a play with three pre-snap shifts that killed all but two seconds on the clock, and ended in an incompletion. With a timeout in the back pocket, interim coach Tracy Claeys’ clock management was brutal.
But there still was time to kick the tying field goal and go to overtime, against a team playing a freshman QB who until a few minutes earlier had never completed a college pass.
Instead, Claeys went for the win. Not only that, he dialed up a quarterback sneak for the win. Leidner was piled up, and a wild game came to an inglorious, anticlimactic end.
https://sports.yahoo.com/news/top-t...-game-ending-kick-return-054352010-ncaaf.html
Go Gophers!!