5 Key plays that led to Michigan Football’s Orange Bowl Loss

4. Jim Harbaugh’s gamble doesn’t pay off

This was a seriously monumental play for Jim Harbaugh and company. While the new age of College Football is centralized around analytics and statistical probability, this was not the time to listen to analytics but rather to listen to your gut.

No analytic is going to tell you to go for it on 4th and 4 where they were on the field, down 4. Georgia jumped out to a 14 point lead with would end up being nearly half the points they’d score all game just in the 1st Quarter.

3. Michigan does down 14 very quickly

Michigan football, after not converting on the previously mentioned 4th down allowed Georgia once more to walk down the field and put the ball in the endzone, jumping out to an early 14-0 lead that put Michigan in an inescapable hole.

This completely took all momentum that Michigan could have possibly fabricated and it became an absolute slaughter from this point forward. Michigan’s inability to stop the run and or the screenplays hindered any chance of defensive production in the 1st half.