Appalachian State completed the biggest upset in FBS (former Division 1-A) college football as they beat the #5 rated Michigan Wolverines, in Ann Arbor no less. Appalachian State, the FCS (former Division 1-AA) school located in Boone, North Carolina, may have been the best of the former 1-AA schools, but to go into the Big House and beat Michigan was truly unthinkable.
Michigan’s hopes of a National Championship are done as Michigan’s coaching and defense let it down. Chad Henne, Mike Hart, Jake Long and Mario Manninngham, who performed admirably, returned to school to pursue a title but now they have to regroup and focus on salvaging a season that began miserably. Those four will likely be gone next year, as might coach Lloyd Carr.
Carr has an impressive coaching resume, with a 113-37 record (75% winning percentage), five big-10 titles, and a national championship in 1997. So what’s the problem? Carr has lost his last four Bowl games and has a career Bowl record of 5-7 as the UM head coach. Most importantly to UM alumni though, despite being 6-6 against Ohio State, he has gone 1-4 in the past half-decade against the hated Buckeyes. For Carr to keep his job he might have to win his remaining games before the OSU showdown and win the OSU game and / or a major Bowl game. If that seems like a high standard, just look at what happened to John Cooper who was quite successful at Ohio State but could not beat Michigan, and eventually got fired.
3 comments:
I certainly hope they don't fire Carr, he is one of Ohio State's best weapons.
Michigan should definitely fire Carr. This guy is no Bo Schembechler and has had a long enough run.
Start looking for a new job Lloyd
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