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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Blake Corum rushed for a 17-yard touchdown on the second snap of overtime, and top-seeded Michigan advanced to its first College Football Playoff championship game with a 27-20 victory over fourth-seeded Alabama in the Rose Bowl on Monday. Michigan’s defense ended only the second overtime game in the 110 editions of […]
The Michigan Wolverines beat the Alabama Crimson Tide 27-20 in overtime to win the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on Monday. Wolverines running back Blake Corum made the game-winning touchdown in overtime.
The way Blake Corum sees it, the Michigan Wolverines are unbeaten, top-ranked and two wins away from a national championship because of all the turmoil they've overcome this year, not in spite of it. Michigan's star running back explains his view while sitting among his teammates Saturday under a big white tent outside the rain-soaked Rose Bowl, where the Wolverines (13-0) will face Alabama (12-1) on Monday in the College Football Playoff semifinal. “I think we learned from all our setbacks, all of our mistakes,” Corum said.
While the Wolverines have scored a few key Rose Bowl wins und Bo Schembechler, Gary Moeller and Lloyd Carr, Michigan has struggled overall in Pasadena.
Recent history hasn’t been kind to the Wolverines, but they dominated in their first Rose Bowl appearances. Those victories still serve as landmarks for the program.