Dan Moriarty: November 2007 Archives
Lloyd Carr has retired as coach of the Michigan Wolverines after 13 years as the head coach. Carr retired before the bowl game so that Michigan can find a new coach and keep the recruits committed and signed in February. Carr addressed this during his press conference today and wanted people to know that he wanted the best for the program and therefore retired at a time when they could keep these recruits. Lloyd Carr has had an up and down career at Michigan with a National Championship in 1997 but in his final season he lost to Appalachian State. Carr finished his career with 5 Big Ten Titles.____________________________________
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Lloyd Carr retired Monday after 13 years
as Michigan's coach, following a season defined by a startling loss to
Appalachian State and yet another defeat by Ohio State.
Carr, groomed for the position by
"On this week of Thanksgiving no one has more to be
thankful for than I do," Carr said at a news conference.
The departure by the 62-year-old Carr opens a job at the
nation's winningest football program. Les Miles, the coach at No. 1 LSU, seems
to be at the top of the list of potential successors. He played for
Schembechler at
"That's what we want to do," he said. "In the
big picture the character of this institution will be defined by the way this
program is run, and that really is what
Carr said it will be up to athletics director Bill Martin to
decide what role, if any, he will have in choosing the next coach.
Martin said he had 20 candidates in mind and would form a committee to help him in the search process.
The New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts match up drew the biggest ratings for a Sunday afternoon NFL game in 20 years. This was the highest rating on record because CBS has only kept records for the past twenty years. This much anticipated game lived up to expectations as the Patriots defeated the Colts 24-20 at the RCA Dome. The same two teams matched up in the AFC Championship game last season.___________________________________
SI.com Reports:
The match up of two undefeated teams drew a 22.5 rating and 39 share on CBS
in the nation's largest markets. That is the highest overnight rating since
198, which is as far back as the network's records go.
The previous high was a 22.2/41 for Dallas-San Francisco on Nov. 10, 1996, a
meeting of the winners of the previous four Super Bowls. The Cowboys won 20-17
in overtime.
The Patriots' come-from-behind 24-20 victory attracted higher ratings than
all four of last season's NFL divisional playoff games.
The game drew a 45.9/65 in
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