Mark Dantonio wanted his team to vote again. The Michigan State football coach hadn't decided on his starting quarterback, and yet one of the candidates, Kirk Cousins, was voted team captain for the 2009 season. A sophomore hadn't been voted captain at Michigan State since 1949.
"I thought that was unusual," Dantonio said.
So he reconfigured the voting system, giving more weight to votes from older players. But a wide smile followed by genuine words paved the way for Cousins' first upset victory.
"He was captain again," Dantonio said.
Unexpected wins, unexpected touchdowns and unexpected talents decorate the journey of a scrawny kid from the small town of Holland, Mich.