Blake Corum rushed for a 17-yard landing on the second snap of extra time, and top-seeded Michigan superior to its first School Soccer Playoff championship recreation with a 27-20 victory over fourth-seeded Alabama within the Rose Bowl on Monday.
Michigan’s protection ended solely the second extra time recreation within the 110 editions of the Rose Bowl when Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe was emphatically stopped for no achieve when he tried to sneak up the center on fourth down from the Michigan 3.
Coach Jim Harbaugh’s Wolverines (14-0) will play for his or her faculty’s first nationwide title since 1997 in opposition to Washington or Texas on Jan. 8 in Houston, however solely after a late comeback and a hair-raising end to the Granddaddy of Them All.
Roman Wilson made a 4-yard TD catch with 1:34 left in regulation for the Wolverines, who hadn’t scored within the second half till that gritty 75-yard drive led by J.J. McCarthy.
Corum then wanted solely two snaps to attain within the first extra time interval, breaking tackles and spinning wildly on his second carry into the tip zone.
Milroe related with Jermaine Burton on the Michigan 3 on third-and-goal in extra time, and Alabama leaned on its quarterback’s athleticism on the ultimate play name — however Milroe ran straight right into a Michigan protection that was ready for him.
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