This is an opinion piece by MLive.com columnist David Mayo.
DETROIT -- Say what you'd like about the gimmicky method, Western Michigan coach P.J. Fleck has heard it, but cares only that you also see the champions who play for him, and what this Row The Boat stuff means to the 13-0, probably-Cotton Bowl-bound Broncos.
The schtick meant something when Michael Henry was frightfully planted onto, almost into, the Ford Field turf on a goal-line shoulder shiver Friday night from Ohio safety Javon Hagan. The hit was clean and might have prevented a touchdown. It also put Henry on the turf for almost three minutes as staffers surrounded him and concerned teammates took a knee.