Jim Harbaugh, Junior Colson share what they saw on Alabama's final play

Jim Harbaugh and Michigan linebacker Junior Colson both revealed what they saw on the final play of the Rose Bowl.

During that sequence, it was a game of cat and mouse with the timeouts from the Wolverines and Alabama. It ended up with a designed quarterback run with Jalen Milroe. However, he was stopped at the line of scrimmage on 4th-and-goal in overtime.

Harbaugh described what he saw on the final play that sent Michgian to the national championship.

“Yeah, we just had everybody in there,” Harbaugh said. “It was everybody. We call it twister, and everybody there, everybody to the ball. Similar to Alabama, every time you get inside the 5-yard line, they’re in zero every down. Our favorite play, it’ll be JJ’s favorite play, got us in the end zone there when we really needed it. 

“Yeah, we were just — we were just all out, selling out, and playing for that — let Junior — go ahead, Junior. Why don’t you describe it.”

Colson then described the final play, as Harbaugh requested.

“We were playing cover zero,” Colson said. “Coach was telling us all the time like this is the moment we were built for. This is the moment we come out here to play for. We knew exactly what was going to happen. 

“When the moment gets tough, you go to your best player, and they went to their best player, and we were right there to stop it. We said it’s 4th down, one last play, everybody strained, everybody strained to the ball.”

Harbuagh didn’t want to take credit for the final play. He tipped his cap to his players and his entire staff.

“So much credit to Jesse Minter and Sherrone, Jay Harbaugh, all of our coaches,” Harbaugh said.

Milroe had his own snap issues with Alabama center Seth McLaughlin throughout the night. That might’ve led to trouble on the final play as well.

It was fitting to see the game come down to the final play. Michigan and Alabama traded punches all night.

Once the Wolverines went up 13-7, it looked like they’d start pulling away. Not so fast my friend. Harbaugh, Colson and others saw Alabama take a 20-13 lead late.

That was until JJ McCarthy drove the offense down the field to tie things up and send it to overtime.

Now, Michigan will play for a national championship and a chance to cap off a perfect season.