Walking Away A Winner

Going out with grace, with a bang, on an upbeat note.

However you want to describe Lloyd Carr's last game as head coach for the Michigan Wolverines, he ended up doing all of the above as the Wolverines upset Florida 41-35 yesterday.

Sure, Florida had Tim Tebow, one of the most versatile QBs in all of college football, & a pretty fearful one at that. But Michigan, I feel, had more firepower in their corner, whether it came in the form of Henne, Arrington, Hart, or Manningham. Not only that, but they sure didn't want to send Carr out empty-handed.

At the start of the season, the Wolverines were the talk of the town in college football, losing two straight to an awesome Oregon team & (gasp!!) Appalachian State. And Lloyd Carr was in a pickle, in a position no head coach in all of college football should ever be in, trying to make sense of why his team was off to an 0-2 start. But Michigan got back in form against Notre Dame & never really looked back since then (losing to Ohio State for the 6th time in 7 years, well, that's another story for another day & one of the factors behind Carr's departure).

If that's not enough, the Wolverines made sure their old head coach got one more win under his belt before calling it a day at Ann Arbor. And after the rough start to kick 2007 off, Carr couldn't ask for anything better than a win against a very good Gators squad.