Overconfidence...
Michigan trailed 17–14 with about three minutes, 40 seconds left when McNamara’s strike came. On a second-and-9, he rifled a pass to All on a simple five-yard crossing route. The tight end turned up the field to see a wide swath of open ground. He out-raced a handful of Penn State defenders some 40 yards—bum ankle and all.
“When I caught it and cut up, my ankle kind of squeaked,” All said. “I was worried about being fast enough to get there.”
All only just got healthy enough to even play. In fact, he estimates the ankle is only about 85% there. Penn State players knew about his injury, he said. During the game, they told him about it.
“We know. We know,” one said to him. “We’ve been scouting you. You ain’t going nowhere.”
Except, of course, to the house for the game-securing score. “They forgot about Erick All,” a smiling Harbaugh said.
Michigan trailed 17–14 with about three minutes, 40 seconds left when McNamara’s strike came. On a second-and-9, he rifled a pass to All on a simple five-yard crossing route. The tight end turned up the field to see a wide swath of open ground. He out-raced a handful of Penn State defenders some 40 yards—bum ankle and all.
“When I caught it and cut up, my ankle kind of squeaked,” All said. “I was worried about being fast enough to get there.”
All only just got healthy enough to even play. In fact, he estimates the ankle is only about 85% there. Penn State players knew about his injury, he said. During the game, they told him about it.
“We know. We know,” one said to him. “We’ve been scouting you. You ain’t going nowhere.”
Except, of course, to the house for the game-securing score. “They forgot about Erick All,” a smiling Harbaugh said.