Illicit Participation

Talk about a wild finish. In the waning seconds of the Alamo Bowl, Michigan dug deep into the playbook and attempted an octuple-hook-and-lateral that ended with both sidelines clearing, confused tackling, and Tyler Ecker coming up one pitch, thirteen yards, and one fatass trombone player away from the greatest finish in college football history.

For those of you who didn't see it or were too disoriented to make sense of it, the House Rock Built, with assistance from the magic of TiVo, has provided this readers' guide to the play that almost was.

Chad Henne	passed to	Jason Avant
		lateraled to
Mike Hart	lateraled to	Steve Breaston
lateraled to
Mario Manningham	fumble recovered by	Mike Hart
		lateraled to
Sam Sword Graduate Assistant Outside Linebackers Coach	lateraled to	Tyler Ecker
fumble recovered by
Herbie Husker	fumble recovered by	Derek Jeter Former Michigan baseball player
		lateraled to
James Earl Jones Class of '55	lateraled to	Ann Coulter Michigan JD, '88
fumble recovered by
Mike Wallace Michigan Alumnus	fumble recovered by	The Crew of Gemini 4 All Michigan graduates
The astronauts were driven out of bounds at the Nebraska 13 yard line as time expired