Favorite Games(Carr Era)

2000 Orange Browl. I remember calling the missed kick before it happened. It was awesome.

97 OSU by a mile

 

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If we are going for blowout status I have to take 2002 msu game...just beauty, and 2003 OSU game would have been a blowout of not for braylons 95 yard td getting called back. As far as actually competitive games it's a toss up between 2003 comeback at Minnesota or 2004 braylonfest. Braylon was absolutely crucial in both comeback games. Such a fun player to watch. 

I was immature and 14 during the 03 minny game and I remember stomping upstairs while watching the game we had recorded earlier, so not live. I had given up thinking we had no chance. I ended up getting on Epsn.com to see what the final score was and all I saw was a headline reading "Michigan stuns Minnesota". I came back downstairs, quit bitching about the score and preceded to watch John Navarre catch and run in a 40 yard td untouched....haven't given up on a game since.

Even though we lost, Ohio State in 2006. One of, if not the best football game I've ever seen. Damn you Shawn Crable...

Fest.

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned my own personal favorite Carr era game -- 1995 Ohio State. Biakabutuka for 313 is one for the ages!

Went into South Bend and ran up the score. Dominated the #2 team in the country.

The game was not good. but the comeback was epic. I've watched the last 6 minutes of the game about 10 times.

Completely from memory; that UVA game was not a fun game to watch. An exciting finish but a frustrating game overall.

2006 against OSU is the most memorable for me, but my favorite would be the bowl win against Florida to end his time here.

So many to choose from.  It would be hard to make a top ten list.  But the obvious ones you have to throw in there are

97 Penn State (Judgment Day) - All of the factors heading into this game, if we went into it today I would be insanely nervous.  But since I was only 17 at the time, I was more fearless.  We took the opening kickoff and got a FG...however, all I kept thinking was how much I couldn't wait for the defense to get on the field and REALLY shut that crowd up.  And it's like the football GODS were actually agreeing with me - sack, short run, sack, 3 and out.  I will never forget that evening.  It was amazing. 

And the away uniforms looked like they're supposed to...

and 2006 Notre Dame:

The Irish sneak out a 14-10 win over a so-so Georgia Tech squad in their opener and suddenly, they're crowned eventual national champions by the media and ranked #2 in the land.  Charlie Weiss' stupid ass talking about how we're not going to disrespect Michigan, Jerome Bettis' stupid ass saying, "and I....HATE MICHIGAN!"

That game was so epic, I could not stop smiling that entire week.  Take a look at the replay of the fans sitting in the first few rows after Manningham's second touchdown.  They look so devastated, it's pure porn like in my eyes. 

The 100th meeting of The Game.

97 Iowa, 97 Penn State, 97 Osu 04 Msu 07 Florida

2006 Notre Dame

2008 Capital One Bowl.  Seeing Tebow with that turf in his mask just felt like vindication after such a train wreck of a year. 

We gave them the ball OVER and OVER in our red zone and they COULD...not score.

It's not a pretty game by any stretch.

But, its one of the few games I dial up regularly.

p.s. Thank GOD for Wolverine Historian.

I cannot imagine not having his videos. I probably visit his list 5 times a month and watch one or more games/videos.

Edit: also the Alabama game in ... 2000?  We beat them 35-34 and I was sitting in the living room of someone else's home with like 12 Bama fans.  I was young and large and not very nice about it. I made no friends that day =(

Edit2: Scrap everything I just said.  1995 Michigan vs Ohio State.

It's the last game I ever attended at Michigan statium, and the best game I've ever seen live.

 

In order:

06 ND
03 ND
03 OSU
05 PSU
07 MSU
97 PSU (only because I was too young to appreciate the magnitude)
06 PSU/04 Purdue (because of one gigantic hit I can't get enough of)

and was so excited all week. so many guys I went to school with thought Michigan was overrated. until that game. it was awesome

2005 PSU, 2006 ND, 2004 MSU

I mean Lloyd without any great fanfare or tremendous scrutiny simply carries on the legacy he is given. When he is first hired at Michigan, he goes out to lunch with the big boss and Gary Moeller, and is never sure if he has the job. He kept Bo part of the program, making his office available to him and regularly consulted him during his tenure. He understood what he inherited and how to handle himself and still keep things in perspective. Lloyd was a great coach.

If he had a major flaw, it was simply being too loyal to his own people and coaching staff. But Michigan was never better at quarterback than under Lloyd and it established itself as the best pro qb developer program under Lloyd. The qb advancement to the NFL while Lloyd was Michigan's head coach with guys who were hardly bigtime prospects outside of Drew Henson is simply undeniable.

Lloyd handled the Michigan job with aplomb. Now, one might argue that he was well set up by Gary Moeller whose recruiting efforts laid the foundation for the 1997 national championship season. I mean when you have Tom Brady, Charles Woodson on the same roster to go along with some maginficent Oline players and outstanding secondary, Lloyd just seems undervalued for his effort. His record was outstanding and he carried on the Michigan tradition although it was diminished by his team's performance against Ohio State.

More recently, I think his role in the Rodriguez transition and then his departure from Michigan reflect his own belief that he wasn't appreciated and he helped sabotage a coach whom he allegedly played a key role in bringing to Ann Arbor. That is a strange end to his Michigan career. But while he was the head coach, Michigan was always solid or great, and that hasn't been true for this team under his successors until now.

Down 17 in the 4th quarter, Braylon Edwards takes over.  Still the most exciting game I've ever seen live.

Down 17 in the 4th quarter, Braylon Edwards takes over.  Still the most exciting game I've ever seen live.

1a. Braylonfest.  Had everything one could want in a game. Crushing the souls of a rival, overtime, Braylon, functunally Halloween (which certainly added to the atmosphere when I was sitting behind Santa Claus and a Lobster.  Santa crowdsurfed from the 5th row of the student section to the top of the bowl as easily as if he were an extra point football kicked over the net).  Plus, thanks to the relatively early sunset/late start, by the time it got exciting it was about 40 degrees colder than kickoff.  The only people who stayed were really into the game and made the atmosphere electric.

2b. Brabbs.  Maybe not the greatest game, but when he hit that field goal, it was the first time I've been at a sporting event where the crowd was loud enough to cause my eardrums to ring and create whiteout noise (like being in a front row of a concert).  Plus, the guys who had seats behind us spent the entire year chanting "stop the chop, Wolverine roar", which was pretty great.

In part, because I will always remember the Daydrion Taylor hit. I was only seven and that alone made me want to play football.

Beating Notre Dame 38-0 in 2003

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRHZ7cjCz-s

 

OSU Woodson Heisman game

These posts show that games can be favorites for lots of reasons. My favorite games during the Carr era (e.g., Penn State in '97) are ones that had big-picture value. Comments on a couple of frequently mentioned games: * Braylonfest: I think this is the 21st-century version of the 1979 Indiana game. In both cases one of college football's all-time great wide receivers was featured. Also, the opponent was mediocre. Sparty was a sub-500 team that year (http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/127/year/2004/mi…). If Woodley doesn't knock Stanton out of that game, it's hard to see Michigan winning. Fireworks (Braylon) and Sparty tears aside, it's hard to get excited about it in retrospect. * Lloyd's last game: I found it strangely frustrating to watch Henne throw to Manningham and Arrington in that sort of framework. This is a dead horse, but where was that before? Still, UMich beat a very good team (http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/57/year/2007/flo… ... much better year than us).

Didn't notice anyone mention '97 MSU. They (Saban) talked A LOT of shit before the game and we kicked their ass at Spartan Stadium. Plus, Woodson's one-handed interception. Nuff said

For me, that was probably my favorite game under LC. Beating Urban and Tebow, while watching a fun M Offense and an attacking Defense was great to watch. The D line really laid the wood to Tebow multiple times.