11. Spartans: 89 Gators: 76 (April 3, 2000): Michigan State won their first NCAA title since 1979 behind the Flintstones and Tom Izzo. Mateen Cleaves was the tournament’s outstanding player. Mo Peterson led the Spartans with 21.
12. Tigers: 8 Yankees: 3 (October 7, 2006): Game 4 ALDS. Jeremy Bonderman was perfect through 5 and the Tigers dominated the Yankees in the game and the series. He went 8 1/3 and Jamie Walker finished up. Magglio Ordonez and Craig Monroe homered for Detroit. The Tigers won their first playoff series since 1984.
13. Tigers: 4 Brewers: 0 (June 12, 2007): Justin Verlander no-hit the Brewers and struck out 12. He was simply dominating. It was the Tigers first no-no since 1984.
14. Buckeyes: 42 Wolverines: 39 (November 18, 2006): Both teams entered the game undefeated and in the national title hunt. Bo Schembechler died the night before the game and the Michigan program has never been the same. Ohio State held on for a 3 point win in Columbus and went onto get creamed by Florida in the National Championship game.
15. Wolverines: 35 Crimson Tide: 34 (OT) (January 1, 2000): The Orange Bowl. Alabama had a two touchdown lead twice in the game. Tom Brady rallied Michigan to tie the score at 28. In overtime, Michigan scored a touchdown. Alabama followed suit, but missed the extra point. Michigan wins.
16. Spartans: 26 Wolverines: 24 (November 3, 2001): The Clock Game. T.J. Duckett ran for 211 yards and Charles “Pass the Dutchie” Rodgers scored a TD in the Spartan win. Michigan led 24-20 with 2 minutes to go. Michigan State ran out the clock, but that did not stop Michigan State. The clock operator took his sweet time and MSU somehow had 1 second to go after time expired. The Spartans scored on a Smoker to Duckett TD pass.
17. Wildcats: 54 Wolverines: 51 (November 4, 2000): This was NOT an overtime game. U of M and Northwestern combined for 1189 yards of offense in the wildest Big Ten game I can remember.
18. Wolverines: 45 Spartans: 37 (3 OT) (October 30, 2004): Michigan trailed 27-10 in the fourth quarter and rallied to send the game to overtime. They had scoring drives of 15 seconds and 14 seconds. Michigan won in the third overtime on a Braylon Edwards touchdown and then got the two point conversion.
19. Spartans: 41 Wildcats: 38 (October 21, 2006): Northwestern led 38-3 in the third quarter. MSU scored 38 straight to win. It was the greatest comeback in Big Ten history.
20. Lions: 38 Browns: 37 (November 22, 2009): Matt Stafford threw for 422 yards and 5 TDs and Calvin Johnson had 161 yards receiving and a TD. The Browns took a pass interference penalty and then called timeout. The TO gave an injured Stafford a chance to return to the game. With no time on the clock, he threw the game-tying touchdown. Jason Hanson won the game with the point after.
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