Michigan Wolverines fans may remember this story: following the 34-11 loss to Georgia in the Orange Bowl last year, the majority of Michigan players cleared the field prior to the trophy presentation. A few, however, decided to stay — watching the ceremony in full before making their way to the locker room.
In hindsight, it was a rather transcendent who’s-who of the 2022 season’s leaders.
Blake Corum, Mike Morris, JJ McCarthy, Andrel Anthony and Donovan Edwards lingered to watch the Georgia celebration pic.twitter.com/bP60HhZmgu
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While he wasn’t part of the group that stuck around to let it sink in, Cornelius Johnson remembers how his own decompressing went that night — and what stuck with him during it.