Our quick little series of the most memorable plays and moments of the Michigan Wolverines’ 2023 season concludes this week. If you missed it, here is the first part which covered No. 10-No. 6, ending with acting head coach (and new full-time head coach) Sherrone Moore’s display of emotion after beating Penn State.
This week we will be breaking down five plays in three of the season’s last four games: against Ohio State in The Game, in the OT Thriller over Alabama in the Rose Bowl, and the national title win over Washington.
Let’s put a bow on the magical season that was for Jim Harbaugh and his crew.
5. Blake Corum TD run after Zinter injury against Ohio State
This one will give almost every Michigan fan chills for the remainder of time. A tie ballgame late in the third quarter against the Ohio State Buckeyes with a College Football Playoff spot on the line. Zak Zinter, the top offensive lineman on the team, goes down with a leg injury that immediately looked awful.
The medical staff rushed onto the field and the cart was brought out to take Zinter, the soon-to-be unanimous first-team All-American, off the field for the final time in Ann Arbor.
It went from pin-drop silence to every Michigan fan in the jam-packed Big House chanting Zinter’s name as he was carted off the field.
A legendary career in its own right was over, but the hopes of a national championship were very much alive. Like the team did all season when faced with adversity, they remained focused, and a leader of men led.
Blake Corum took the ball left on the very next play, made a jump cut to avoid a tackle, and had only green grass in front of him.
