Though they did find one in Mel Tucker, he had to leave the Colorado Buffaloes extremely late in the offseason cycle after only one sub-.500 year in Boulder. The Spartans were left to scramble to find a suitable replacement. However, things haven’t been the same for them since being trounced by the eventual national champion Alabama Crimson Tide in the playoff.ĭantonio infamously collected a retention bonus back in January before peacing out on the program. Dantonio won three conference titles, guiding the Spartans to their first College Football Playoff in the second year of the four-team tournament. RT if you know what happened /H9XtPthMK2ĮSPN tweets out the best surrender cobra ever, trolling Michigan football.įor a while, Michigan State was arguably the best program in the Big Ten in the early 2010s. Three of their most hated rivals (Michigan State, Ohio State and Penn State) have all won conference championships in Indianapolis since this fateful moment. The Wolverines have yet to win the Big Ten East in the five years since Harbaugh became their head coach. Mark Dantonio’s team remained undefeated, as the Spartans went on to win the Big Ten Championship and reach the College Football Playoff.Īs for Michigan, we got arguably the greatest and most definitive example of the surrender cobra of all time. The result was a shocking 27-23 victory for the Spartans in The Big House. Michigan State cornerback Jalen Watts-Jackson scooped up the loose ball en route to most glorious pay dirt.

Michigan punter Blake O’Neill fumbled the snap. Good coverage would have ended the ball game.

Deep in their own territory, they were forced to punt. It was 23-21 Wolverines with merely seconds on the clock. It was Jim Harbaugh’s first year as the Michigan Wolverines head coach. Too bad ESPN College Football wants the internet to never forget what occurred in that Big Ten rivalry game. Michigan football would like to forget what happened vs. This is yet another selfless move in the young man’s life and this goes to show he’s going places and has a bright future.ESPN had to remind Michigan football fans of something horrible from 2015. Watts-Jackson’s father served in the military and he decided it was a good idea to follow his footsteps.

That selflessness made him an instant Michigan State hero and Spartan legend, but now he’s ready to become an American hero.Īccording to Hondo Carpenter of Spartan Nation, Watts-Jackson has decided to forgo his final year of football (which would have been elsewhere) to enlist in the Air Force. O’Neill picked the ball up, tried to get the punt off, but was hit by two Spartans, jarring the ball into Watts-Jackson’s arms as he fled down the sideline and into the end zone for a last-second victory for Michigan State.Īlthough he broke his hip on the play, he would have done it again for his team. If he had gotten the punt off, the Wolverines would have been able to let it bounce around for 10 seconds, winning the game in Jim Harbaugh’s first season.įortunately for Michigan State, Watts-Jackson was in the right place at the right time. Michigan’s Blake O’Neill dropped a long snap with 10 seconds left and Michigan leading 23-21.

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