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To catch Urban, Wisconsin and Michigan must look back to the future

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Jim Harbaugh is Lloyd Carr's choice for next Michigan coach

View photo.Jun 1, 2014; Pasadena, CA, USA; Michigun Wolverines ferm'r coach an' Rose Bowl hall o'fame inductee Lloyd Carr …Wit Brady Hoke out o't' pitchure as o'Tuesdee, t'Michigun coachyun' seerch is a few days und'r way. One mun who knows a few thangs about coachyun' t'...

[michiganathletics]

Go Blue.

[sportsyear]

Day Thirty One

Ann Arbor, Michigan. Saturday, October 5th.

Attending a football game at “The Big House,” aka Michigan Stadium, was never a consideration. I’ve seen Notre Dame play twice here, and the last occasion – the “Desmond Howard” game in 1991 – still angers me. I didn’t need another reminder of what the place looks like in person.

  But one of my big donors decided otherwise. Bob, a Michigan native and UM grad, invoked his right to pick what game I see with him. He thought Homecoming Weekend would be perfect for me. Friends like these…

  I girded myself for a thoroughly annoying day surrounded by Wolverines congratulating themselves on how wonderful it is to be a Wolverine. But I did not prepare for embarrassing myself in front of a Wolverine coaching legend.

  Walking across campus three hours before kickoff, I spotted an older man walking alone toward us who at first I thought was Secretary of State John Kerry. Instantly, I rejected that idenfitication, as the diplomat would obviously be surrounded by security. As we approached, I stopped and said, “Coach! Can I please get a picture with you?” He cringed, clearly unhappy at the intrustion. So I quickly began explaining Sports Year, “I’m on Day 31 of a sports road trip where I’m attending a different event every day for 365 days.” His face changed completely as joy replaced tension. “That’s amazing!” he said. “I’d be happy to take a picture with you.”

I quickly set my iPhone to video and handed it to Bob. Arms around each other, Coach asked me where I was from. Sheepish, I told him, “Actually, I’m a Notre Dame guy.” He groaned and pulled away from me a bit. I tassured him, with a light fist to the shoulder, “I have a great deal of respect for you and everything you stood for.” That seemed to appeae him and he got back in the picture. I started to narrate. “Sports Year, here with Michigan’s national championship winning coach… Gary Moeller.” As I said the words, they didn’t sound right.

The coach stepped away from me, offended. “Nope. I’m not Moeller.” I blinked in confusion before finally realizing he was Lloyd Carr, the man who replaced Gary Moeller. Coach Carr did win the national title, so I knew what I was talking about. Except for his name, that is.

  That gaffe nearly ruined my day. I pride myself on my sports knowledge. For instance, I knew Coach Carr had been an English teacher early in his career. Yet, I blew it on his name. That’s one I’ll never get back. I’m sending him an apology letter and a signed copy of my latest book, but I doubt I’ll hear from him. And I don’t deserve to.

Inside the stadium, everyone treated me nicely, which surprised me until I realized they all assumed I was a Wolverine fan due to the yellow Michigan t-shirt Bob forced me to wear.

Waging a guerilla war, I taught the 16-year old gilr next to me the “real” words to the UM fight song: “Hail to those mother^ckers…”

110,000 people rooted for the Wolverines to win big. I rooted for the forecasted rainstorms to hold off until after the game. We all won.

Stats

Male or female sport? Male. 12/31

Pay for a ticket? Nope. Gift from a friend! Total: $514

Miles driven: 35

Hotel or friend/family? Friend. 25/31

Did Jamie eat a hot dog today? Yes, but not at the game. Bob’s sister cooked up some amazing all beef dogs for the tailgater. I had three. OK, four.

Sports Year Hot Dog Count: 21

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I don't ever in my life remember going into any game feeling like I was an underdog. I certainly have never experienced that at Michigan.

Lloyd Carr

[twistandturnaway]

Les Miles was prepared to come home and all Michigan had to do was wait a few weeks.

But in a bungled coaching search that included unexplained and inconsistent behavior by former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr, a "very un-Michigan like" hiring process finally set Rich Rodriguez up to fail.

That's the takeaway from "Three And Out," the new book by John U. Bacon that gives readers an all-access pass to Rodriguez's three cringe-worthy years as leader of the winningest college football program of all time.

The book may surprise Michigan fans, as Bacon is the Michigan professor who wrote a book with legendary coach Bo Schembechler. But here Bacon reports that those left to uphold the coach's legacy chop-blocked Rodriguez so much that Schembechler’s "The Team, The Team, The Team" mantra seems like a punch line.

While the best part of the book -- which will be released Tuesday ($28, Farrar, Straus and Giraux) -- is the access Bacon had to Schembechler Hall once Rodriguez arrived, the drama begins well before "Coach Rod" is introduced. Click here to read an excerpt.

Click on the title for the entire book review. And pick up your copy today.

This is why I defended him for as long as I did. I'm so glad that theyfinally broke the silence on this shit. You were a Michigan Man in my book, Coach Rod.