Michigan football cursed by the football gods again after tempting fate vs. Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The margin for error was so thin and Michigan football spent Saturday night teetering along its edge, perversely taunting the football gods to curse it until they eventually did. For those wanting to distill the Wolverines’ latest result, a 28-21 loss to Penn State, to one play, they likely would pick their final offensive snap. With the Wolverines trailing by seven points and facing fourth-and-goal from the Nittany Lions’ 3-yard line, Shea Patterson dropped back to throw and delivered a pass to the middle of the end zone. The ball hit receiver Ronnie Bell squarely in his hands before it fell through his grasp and tumbled to the turf. The dropped pass encapsulated the essence of a game defined by pivotal moments with huge consequences that could have gone either way. How about the holding call on defensive back Lavert Hill that rejuvenated Penn State’s only scoring drive in the second half? Or the missed signal that caused Michigan to be in the wrong formation on that fourth-quarter touchdown strike from Sean Clifford to KJ Hamler? Or the decision by Jim Harbaugh to try a 58-yard field goal that fell well…