tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481778847952160305.post9159299789970135796..comments2023-12-27T17:08:13.208-05:00Comments on Grateful Blue: Wolverines Win One for LloydAssmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291844788626138094noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481778847952160305.post-42370488237491533492008-01-03T12:41:00.000-05:002008-01-03T12:41:00.000-05:00Here is a nice piece from cfn.com summing up the e...Here is a nice piece from cfn.com summing up the emotions of the bowl and the whole Lloyd thing - you don't often read national pieces about this part of Lloyd even though we all know the love for Lloyd by the players has always been there.<BR/><BR/>http://cfn.scout.com/2/716181.html<BR/><BR/>Carr's Great Ride<BR/><BR/>By Matthew Zemek<BR/><BR/>3. The end of Michigan's win over Florida is as good as sports gets. Lloyd Carr's victory ride into the coaching sunset should tell you all you need to know about the meaning and value of sports in our lives. <BR/> <BR/>Yeah, in a certain sense, sports are just games. But when you look at the emotions, words, gestures and sentiments that flowed from Lloyd Carr, his brother coaches, and his Wolverine players after the victory over Florida, it quickly becomes apparent that these "kids games"--for all the wretched (financial, social, physical, corporate) excesses they have indeed unleashed on American society--are nevertheless arenas in which lessons and meanings can be conveyed. The Michigan men, young and old, who were part of the Lloyd Carr victory lap are men who have been nourished and edified in ways words will never adequately express. Collegiate athletics have certainly enabled the members of the Michigan football program to become better human beings, and for the past 27 years--13 of them as a head coach--Lloyd Carr was a core part of that process of men-molding in Ann Arbor. <BR/> <BR/>Seeing Carr's poignantly glorious exit from the college football stage is a moment and memory that ought to remain with every sports fan for a long, long time to come. The level of intensity showed by his team against the Gators proved how much a large family cared about Carr himself. The whole game, but especially its emotional end, told a story not of one bowl battle, but of the deep bond between a group of several dozen young people and a coach who profoundly affected each other over the past few years. <BR/> <BR/>The proof of the power of Lloyd Carr's life lies in this statement: Ordinary men don't get large numbers of young people to pull together the way the Wolverines did against Florida. There must be something special about a guy who could inspire such excellence from a team that was so fully written off against a high-caliber opponent.<BR/> <BR/>Yes, it wasn't a BCS bowl, and it didn't have the theatrics of Boise State's Fiesta Bowl win a year ago, but if you really care about sports with a deep and abiding passion, you'd know that the very purpose of athletics found its soul once again in the 2008 Capital One Bowl, when Lloyd Carr and Michigan became victors one more time. It doesn't happen routinely in this industry, but when it does, it's breathtaking: Yes, Lloyd Carr's swan song gave college football a genuinely spiritual moment of astonishing beauty andTaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09258303108102219306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481778847952160305.post-81635727692077337852008-01-03T02:52:00.000-05:002008-01-03T02:52:00.000-05:00Classic game and great win for Lloyd to be carried...Classic game and great win for Lloyd to be carried off into the sunset. UM looked like the hungrier team on both sides of the ball. The O-line did a great job protecting Henne. The D was consistently aggressive and really beat up Tebow. Harvin got his but he will against anybody - what a talent. But UM would not be denied. Adrian Arrington was monstrous. Mike Hart ran tough for 32 carries and got made some key plays despite the unbelievable fumbles. Henne made many NFL throws - across the field, down the field between defenders...very confident.<BR/><BR/>It's nice to go into the offseason smiling with a big win over a SEC power. Will be very interesting to see who stays and goes....i would not blame Mario or Adrian for leaving as they are both potentially first round guy. They would probably be top 10 type guys if they stay and that's a lot more money than being drafted between 25 & 45 but it's still a possibility they bolt. I think Arrington was very tight with Lloyd this season. And not sure what Mario wants to do.<BR/><BR/>The spread will work with Mallett. You don't have to have a mobile QB - it helps but Mallett ran out of the shotgun his whole career in high school. <BR/><BR/>It's going to be an interesting exciting new era. Mostly, happy for Lloyd to finish the way he did and for those seniors to win a bowl game on their way out. <BR/><BR/>Go Blue!Taxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09258303108102219306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481778847952160305.post-78326232366499606872008-01-02T20:22:00.000-05:002008-01-02T20:22:00.000-05:00To your last point, same with USC. They got healt...To your last point, same with USC. They got healthy and kicked butt.<BR/><BR/>And completely agreed on DeBord. Dude -- your job is to do that each and every week, not just show you're capable of it once every few years.<BR/><BR/>How about Morgan Trent? He had a great game as well. Can't wait until next year. It certainly is great to finish off the season with a big bowl victory! Go Blue!!Brandmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11291907222560268447noreply@blogger.com