A tour de Forcier performance

[marmar]

from Yahoo! Sports:



A tour de Forcier performance

By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
8 hours, 54 minutes ago


ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Tate Forcier kept getting stopped for interviews, then hugs from well wishers, then a handshake with a defeated Jimmy Clausen. By the time he broke free, he sprinted to the northwest corner of Michigan Stadium where his teammates had gathered in front of the student section to sing a rousing rendition of “Hail to the Victors.”

He was too late. The song was about done, the moment over and for the first time Saturday the true freshman was a step too slow, a moment too late. For once he hadn’t led his Wolverines in anything.

Forcier started this party by delivering a come-from-behind, final-seconds 38-34 victory over Notre Dame. Inside an overwrought bowl of maize, with deep Midwestern shadows being drawn, the 19-year-old had run for one touchdown and thrown for two more, including the game-winner with 11 seconds left. He’d swung the momentum of this massive program from what now, to what if?

“Everybody kept saying, ‘A freshman can’t do it,’” he said, smiling. “Well, I did it.”

What the cool, confident San Diego native did was send a program desperate for good news and better wins into delirium; Michigan Stadium nearly coming apart at its mid-renovation seams as this six-figure crowd rocked and roared with a couple years of pent-up emotion. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=dw-michigan091209&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

[Condem]

1. Instant ESPN Classic, marmar.

A great game. I'm now a worried man, when he comes to Iowa City.

[Onceuponalife]

2. good game

I hate Notre Dame so great game! And that dood who dropped the pass in the end zone can thank his teammates for bailing him out.

[LisaM]

3. Why won't they replay it?

Second week in a row, they'll replay every other game, but you can't seem to get a replay of Michigan.

[PVnRT]

4. If he can win on the road like that, Michigan may be unstoppable for a couple of years

Of course, the defense still concerns me, and the receivers are not as deep as in the past, but a stud quarterback can nullify many of those things.