Highlight of the Year 2011

The college football season ends a week from Monday with the LSU Tigers facing off against the Crimson Tide of Alabama in the BCS Title game but one highlight from this past season seems to stand well above the rest in my opinion.  It was homecoming week in East Lansing and the Spartans had high hopes of taking down the #6 ranked Wisconsin Badgers.  A back and forth game, the score was all tied up at 31 a piece with just four seconds left in regulation when coach Mark Dantonio put on his thinking cap and came up with a doozy.  He called "Rocket", the standard all go route hail mary play and after QB Kirk Cousins let the ball fly from the 44 yard line, it deflected off of BJ Cunningham's face mask and right into the hands of Keith Nichol who scratched and clawed his way across the goal line.  Initially ruled down before the end zone, a replay won the game for the Spartans who would go on to win the Legends division only to lose in yet another shocker against who else but Wisconsin in the inaugural Big 10 championship game.  The bowl selections have upset many MSU fans this year but this highlight shines a great light on a wonderful season for the winningest senior class in Spartan history and we'll all be cheering them on come January 2nd in the Outback Bowl.

The Spartans will take on the Bulldogs of Georgia live from Tampa on ABC January 2nd, 2012 kicking off at 1pm EST.