Here are a few takeaways from the game.

Special teams 

Aside from the final play of the game, MSU's special teams were awful and nearly cost the Spartans their undefeated season.

Backup quarterback Tyler O'Connor was forced to punt most of the game and it wasn't pretty.

The Spartans finished the game with just 23.6 net yards per punt. The punting unit was so shaky that head coach Mark Dantonio felt the need to fake a punt from his own 38, the failed attempt lead to a Michigan touchdown and looked as if it would be the most important play of the game. 

The team's lack of trust in junior kicker Michael Geiger was evident as the Spartans chose to go for it multiple times from what would be field goal position for a lot of teams.

Loss for words

Dantonio, who was dancing in the locker room with his players before coming out to address the media, often struggled to put what his team accomplished into words.

"Great, great, great football game," Dantonio said. "I don't know what to say about that, you go from 10 seconds (left) and the guy punting the ball, thinking okay this is done and all of a sudden life gets flipped upside down."

Crazy finish

Senior quarterback Connor Cook was just hoping for a chance to get a play off at the end of the game. 

The Spartans plan for the final play of the game if the Wolverines successfully punted it? Lateral and score a touchdown. So, in short the game was over.

Cook admitted that he was hoping Watts-Jackson would get tackled so they could attempt a field goal to win the game, but when he saw him getting closer and the clock hit 0:00 he figured "he might as well just score a touchdown and jump into the endzone."

"Honestly, it just felt like a dream," Cook said. "I was running over to our student and parent section to go celebrate with my family and I jumped up there and honestly I've never felt anything like that."

Cook would later say that the feeling of this win topped his feelings that came with the wins in the Rose Bowl and Cotton Bowl. 

Final Notes 

Dantonio admitted in the press conference following the game that he wished he would have punted on the late 4th and 19 with two timeouts left instead of calling his second timeout to draw up a play. 

At the time that use of a timeout seemed like a bad decision, but if things were done differently the result could have been different as well.

The last play of the game was bitter-sweet as the man who made the play, Watts-Jackson, injured his hip on the return. Dantonio speculated that it was either a dislocated or broken hip.