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Michigan QB Shea Patterson shows off his feet again with 'whirlybird' TD

ANN ARBOR -- Shea Patterson used his feet again.

And now Jim Harbaugh has a new name for a play.

Michigan's junior quarterback hit receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones on a 34-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter of its 42-21 win over Maryland on Saturday.

But it was the way it all happened that folks buzzing afterward.

"He made a heck of a play getting open," Patterson, who finished 19 of 27 for 282 yards, said. "The play kind of broke down a little bit, and I'm not trying to get pinched. I got out and looked for a receiver.