UM punting heartbreak, silence and agony.

  
Have you ever heard 114,724 people get quiet at once?

Silence was all I heard Saturday night in the Big House with 9 seconds on the clock and the next 40 mins. Then I saw items break, drinks fly, people cry. I felt bad for what I just saw in the Big House. I’ve never seen so much heartache and misery at once, and it took 1 play and 10 seconds.

For 59 minutes and 50 seconds, I saw a team that was destined for the playoffs. I fell in love with a defense line that was explosive. I saw guys on the offense winning one on one battles. I saw a young star in Jabrill Peppers make plays on Offense, defense and returning kicks, literally willing his team to a victory. Or so we thought.

I’m not here to bash the punter and nobody should to be honest. He made great plays ALL game. Quote I heard from a fan, “he’s probably going to win the Ray guy award,” he surely played like it. I’m not here to bash the refs, they were bad but consistently bad both ways. Could a missed face mask call have ended the game?  Probably, but this is why we don’t leave it in the hands of the refs. 

This is why football is a 60 minute game. Michigan state fought for 60 mins.

One play decided Michigan’s fate and ended any hope of being a playoff team. 10 seconds away from being a top 15 team. 10 seconds away from their quest of being Big 10 champs. They didn’t derserve for it to end that way. Blake O’neill doesn’t deserve to be the most hated man on campus.  

Heartbreak and agony will happen again. It’s sports, losses happen. The future is bright in Ann Arbor as long as Jim Harbaugh is their head coach. 

Soon they’ll be the team handing out misery.