Favorite Games(Carr Era)
What are your favorite regular season games from the Lloyd Carr era?
Mine is 1995 Michigan vs. Virginia in the season opener.
I would really appreciate if someone could embed this for me.
I believe it was 2005 vs PennState.
It ended up being PSU lone loss of the year. What a game
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That's the first game that came to mind for me too. What a game!
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2008 capital one bowl.
I think me my dad and my brother all looked at eachother, and said why the hell haven't we been doing what they did to flordia for the past few years...
I had wondered if Carr had accidentally picked up Rodriguez's playbook on his way out the door to Florida.
I think that's been the best performance of the past 7-8 years.
I feel like that team could've beaten anyone on that day.
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Same here. Helps that I was there. I guess my #2 would have to be the 100th edition of The Game.
PSU '97
Its actually the 1997 OSU game.
But, we played the perfect game in their house.
It wasn't as close as the final score.
THey were all over campus each week. I'd love to get a hold of one of those. I remember seeing them each week on North Campus displayed. I think it was a very talented art student.
If anyone knows how to get a hold of one of those, please let me know!
I love watching Michigan beat Florida. I can watch this game over and over.
It needs to be plural, Carr beat Florida twice in bowl games. In 2002 we beat Florida 38-30 too.
Any win from the 2003 season. To this day I love that team (and QB).
WolverineHistorian is great when it's the offseason and you're in the mood for some football and want to relive some great moments. I think the game I've re-watched to most is the 1997 Penn St. game, because there's nothing quite like going to a top-ranked oppenennt's stadium and completely dominating.
And because I love crushing highly ranked oppenents, my second most watched is probably 2006 Notre Dame
I can't think of a bigger ass-kicking administered by Michigan in a huge game than this one.
Down 21-7 at half and coming back to win. I remember there were some hicks sitting next to us and telling us how great Iowa was and then when the comback was completed, those Iowa punks left to a loud chorus of humble pie.
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Greatest actual game was vs. MSU in 04. As for most meaningful game, I would go for either at Notre Dame 2006 or at PSU 2006. That was a damn good season.
A couple absolute beatdowns
1997 Penn State - total beatdown
2006 Notre Dame - showed that 2006 team meant business (similar to 2003 - loaded with talent)
Easy. Braylon vs a severely under matched MSU secondary... with Rio vs PSU a close second.
Best away from the Bighouse was the night game at PSU where we killed their QB's. Burgess 2-int ND game second
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1999 Penn State
I remember listening on the radio and being as nervous as a cat. Down 10 with 7ish minutes left, we score, get a stop, then score again, and get the last stop.
Tom Brady special
2003 Minnesota is tied with 2006 ND.
I had full faith that we would come back in that 2003 Minnesota game. One of the rare Friday games. (Twins playoff conflict thing that never came into play)
I went to sleep crying at the start of the fourth quarter.
My mom woke me up in some excitement as they were about to make the game-winning kick.
The screen game really worked that day.
Mixed in all the craziness was that really long QB sneak run by Assad-Abdul Kaliq that came in between all our TDs. Our team didn't let it faze them and actually had a huge INT return for TD later.
In order
1. 06 Notre Dame
2. 05 Penn State
3. 04 Braylonfest
5. 03 Ohio State
1. MSU 2004
2. Rose Bowl 97-98
3. Washington 02
4. @ Notre Dame 06
5. @ Penn State 06
Honorable Mention: Orange Bowl 01, @ MSU 07
I was at the first 3, and for 1 & 3 at the bleakest point in the game my dad turned to me and said "I've got that feeling, we're gonna win". He has a weird Webb-like gut feeling about comeback wins. My farthest-back memory is the Rose Bowl in '97 and then there is a large gap...but I remember the Rose Bowl. It was awesome to go in and crush ND in 06 between starting the game off with a pick-six, the Crable hit (the only positive of that bafoons career), and Manningham's field day. Penn State was awesome as they were seen as our stiffest test before OSU and, although we didn't crush them on the scoreboard, we handled them well on the road and hospitalized all the QB's on their roster.
We had some great times under Lloyd.
Top 5:
1. 1997 PSU
2. 2003 Notre Dame
3. 2006 Penn State
4. 2006 Notre Dame
5. 1996 Ohio State
All of those were the most satisfying.
Beating Tebow when nobody thought we could.
2003 Ohio State game
3OT MSU Game
I remember ESPN doing that Bowl Game Confidence Level Ranking
They put Florida at #1 - they were certain of a Florida victory.
Without a couple rare fumbles (at the goalline), Michigan wins by 21+
Hart had some crazy amount of carries going into the game without a fumble then coughs it up twice wtf. Tebow pulling grass out of his helmet was great.
Rose Bowl
Best answer...surprised I had to scroll down this far to find it.
It was the most meaningful perhaps, given what was at stake, but I wouldn't say it was the best game. The ending, with the offensive pass interference no-call followed by the clock running out, ended up leaving both fanbases upset with the officiating.