8B - Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
Carr exits with epic
victory over Gators
Wolverines fall to Bucks again
Jan. 3, 2008 - ORLANDO, Fla.
- He fought hard against the indi-
vidual attention leading up to his
final game, but in the end, Michi-
gan coach
Lloyd Carr CARR
lost that bat-
tle.
And in x.
doing so, he 4
passed his
so-called
impassable
final test: WINS. 122
ending his LOSSES: 40
coaching BIG TEN
career on top, TITLES:Five
both literally
and figura- NATIONAL
tively. TITLES:One
Carr left
Florida Citrus
Bowl Stadium
on the shoulders of his players, the
ones he repeatedly told not to play
this game just for him. It didn't
work for Bo Schembechler 18 years
earlier, so it wouldn't work for Carr,
either, right?
Not quite.
Carr's team would have none of
that talk.
No. 9 Florida may have been
the heavy favorite on paper - the
home-state, defending National
Champion from the supposedly
superior Southeastern Conference
was playinganunranked Michigan
squad, after all - but it didn't trans-
late on the field. Trailing early, the
speedy Gators and their Heisman
Trophy-winning quarterback did
everything they could to regain
the momentum. But fake punts
and misdirection can only get you
so far when you're battling a team
hellbent on sending its beloved
coach out in style.
"I couldn't ask for anything bet-
ter for this man and his career and
what he's meant to Michigan foot-
ball, what he's meant to the whole
sport of college football," Athletic
Director Bill Martin said. "He's
been a great ambassador for us,
and I'm so happy he went out this
way."
- SCOTT BELL
Nov. 19, 2007 - Michigan's all-
time leading passer returned from
injury to play with Michigan's all-
time leading rusher in an attempt
to cement their legacies in front of
Michigan's all-time second larg-
est crowd.
But in their final game at Mich-
igan Stadium, a group of the Wol-
verines' finest seniors failed once
again to do what it couldn't do
three times before. And coach-
ing his final game in the rivalry,
Michigan coach Lloyd Carr failed
once again to top Ohio State coach
Jim Tressel.
By losing to Ohio State, 14-3,
Chad Henne, Mike Hart and oth-
ers did more than lose a final trip
to the Rose Bowl, the Big Ten
Championship and the chance to
cap off an improbable turnaround
of a season.
Instead, the senior class marred
its legacy with two haunting fig-
ures: 0 and 4.
"We had a chance to win
the championship here, and
we didn't," senior safety Jamar
Adams said. "That should say it
all."
And if it doesn't, the game's sta-
tistics sure do.
In a performance harkening
back to Michigan's Snow Bowl
victory over Ohio State in 1950,
the Wolverine offense mustered
just 91 yards. Yes, the offense
many believed would be unstop-
pable managed merely a field goal
in its biggest game of the season.
In the second half, it had the ball
past midfield just once.
"We didn't get anything done,"
senior center Adam Kraus said.
"So it's all on us. Defense played
4
4
RODRIGO GAYA/Daily
Senior Shawn Crable struggles to hang on during Michigan's 3-14 loss to Ohio State.
great. Played their butt off. And row to Ohio State. It also brings a
we hung them out to dry." bitter end to the senior's careers
Although Michigan still had at the Big House, where they all
nearly an entire half to close it, it accomplished so much individu-
would get no closer. ally, but, ultimately, failed ever to
"The fact is they beat us these bring it all together.
last four years. That's the measure And it ends what had been an
of who is better or not," Kraus incredible turnaround by the Wol-
said. "That's the way I look at it. verines. From National Champi-
And we didn't win. They were the onship contenders to pretenders
better team today." to right back in the Big Ten race,
The loss marks the first time Michigan saw moments - Henne's
since 1963 Michigan lost four in a heroics - that made the season
much more special.
But those will be relegated to
footnote status in a season that
will largely be remembered for
its bookends: Traditional power-
house falls in one of the greatest
college football upsets ever.
And: Lloyd Carr, in his final reg-
ular-season game as head coach,
loses to the Buckeyes, defeating
them just once in his final seven
years.
- JACKHERMAN
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SUMMER?
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