There's no justification for a debacle of such historic proportions. This was bad coaching. It was bad preparation. It was bad reaction....This one sticks to Lloyd. It becomes as much a part of his legacy as claiming a share of the national championship in 1997.
There is no precedence for what unraveled in the Big House Saturday afternoon. No Division 1-AA had ever defeated an Associated Press top 25 ranked team. You're stuck trying to find a parallel elsewhere in sports history.
...Appalachian State controlled the entire game.
That's inexcusable when you have at your disposal a four-year starter at quarterback and running back, a plethora of playmaking receivers and a sun-blocking future NFL left tackle protecting your passer's blind side.
Where was this great offense?
Defensive coordinator Ron English will become the convenient scapegoat. In just his last three games, he's gone from the future head coaching fast track to possibly interviewing realtors and warming up resumes come winter.
But the Wolverines' patent inability to contain athletic quarterbacks was a problem long before English arrived.
Michigan still hasn't caught up to Donovan McNabb from nine years ago when Syracuse rolled into Michigan Stadium and rolled over the Wolverines.
The M.O. was the same that Saturday as it was then.
This reflects on Carr. Why is there such a strategic mental block when it comes to containing athletic quarterbacks? You would think eventually an answer would reveal itself. And if it hasn't yet, then perhaps the time has come to bring in a head coach that fully understands that the playmaking quarterbacks of today's college football aren't necessarily the lead-footed pocket purveyors of 20 years ago.
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