ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Mark Dantonio couldn’t see much from his vantage point, only that Jalen Watts-Jackson had the ball and was gliding down the sideline, the final seconds on the clock ticking down and the north end zone at Michigan Stadium looking like football nirvana.
“I didn’t know what was happening. I was with all you, some green, some blue,” marveled Dantonio, shaking his head in amazement. “Everybody’s mouths just dropped open.”
No, the Stanford band wasn’t on the field at the end of game. Doug Flutie and Kordell Stewart were nowhere to be found in the Big House, and another second wasn’t added to the clock for somebody to pull off a kick-six.