Things could not have gone much worse for the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines (13-0) to open Saturday’s College Football Playoff semifinal game against No. 3 TCU (12-1).
Among the issues: A failed trick play on fourth-and-goal on their opening possession, and then a pick-six on their second possession to put them in an early deficit.
Let’s start with the fourth-and-goal play.
After opening the game with a 56-yard run to set the Wolverines up deep in TCU territory, Michigan was facing a fourth-and-goal from the two-yard line and attempted to make a statement by going for it.
After a timeout, the Wolverines went with the Philly Special and it did not fool anybody on TCU’s defense which almost seemed to be expecting it.
