Punts get blocked. Not often. But it happens. And snaps are sometimes off the mark, or fumbled.
In the most freakish of finishes Saturday, all three happened at once to hapless Michigan, and to the benefit of Michigan State.
We’re seen Hail Marys, pick sixes and all manner of last-ditch turnarounds. But not since Cal ran through the Stanford marching band in 1982 have we seen a finish quite this shocking.
In case your recollection is fuzzy on the all-time champion of weird, Stanford squib-kicked with a 20-19 lead and 4 seconds on the clock. Five laterals ensured — one with the Cal player clearly on his knees — and, with the band entering the field, tight end Ken Moen darted through the crowd, sent a trombone player reeling and scored the winning TD.