Here’s some more medicine: Jamie Morris on WTKA 1050AM Ann Arbor’s ‘Off the Field’: The former Michigan star urged everyone to get off Carr’s back and to not “bury” him. He did acknowledge that LSU’s Les Miles is a good Michigan Man and “he’ll always be a Michigan Man.” He also indicated there would be a national search for a new coach (that is, when Carr steps down). John Canzano, Oregonian: “Ducks coach Mike Bellotti told me after the game that it took him exactly one offensive series to understand Oregon was going to have a big day. He said it took 2-3 series on defense before he realized they could stop Michigan.” Rob Parker, Detroit News: “Michigan has bigger problems than not being prepared. That was the excuse for losing to the Mountaineers last Saturday. There is no excuse this week. Michigan knew what task was ahead of them against the Ducks. They just couldn’t do anything about it.” Mitch Albom, Free Press: “I hate to put it this way, but there have been [Detroit] Lions games less embarrassing than this.” Drew Sharp, Free Press: “His future now becomes an unavoidable distraction to his players and his assistants. The story won’t go away because even if all agree that Michigan was overrated — nobody expected it to get exposed…

Friday night before a home game always makes it exciting around Ann Arbor, especially around campus and down on Main Street. Several sources confirmed the following sightings around town on Friday: Phil Knight. The Nike czar and billionaire rolled up in a black SUV in mid-afternoon at the legendary Dominick’s for some good times and perhaps a few Sangrias? Knight is a little late to save the Nike contract with the school but not too late to have a good time with the locals. Pat Kilkenny. The new Oregon Athletic director Pat Kilkenny was hanging out at the Main Street mainstay Conor O’Neill’s Friday night. Was Kilkenny decked out in Oregon green and high yellow like the rest of the Duck faithful? No chance. This was a business trip and the UO AD kept it real in a white shirt and tie.

Low brow? Positively. But that’s what this has come to listening to all these people. {democracy:4}

Here’s a few positives in the aftermath of Saturday’s disaster. 1. There was not a single appearance of ‘The Wave’ in the Big House on Saturday. 2. All you Carr regime bashers may have secured your wish to not only have Carr gone at the end of this season, but now English and DeBord are probably off any short list. And while Bill Martin confirmed his unconditional support of Lloyd Carr yesterday, he did make reference to “the next coach”. 3. Your ticket stub is worth between $10-$20 bucks on the eBay if you kept it in decent condition. 4. FWIW, if you were at the game you witnessed one of the major events in college football history. 5. The stakes have changed but the ante on the individual games may have increased. Michigan remains the butt of every joke in lockerrooms around the country and many of these teams will play the Wolverines this year. Despite my disgust for the events of last Saturday I can not wait to see how the team responds against Oregon.

This week’s Sports Illustrated cover is out, enjoy: The worst SI cover for a Michigan fan? Tough to say, M fans have swallowed some nasty medicine over the years, remember these beauties?:

{democracy} Most M fans were excited about the Oregon game coming into the season. Heck, Brian at mgoblog called this game a 50/50 proposition prior to The Debacle. Obviously most thought this would be the first chance to see what the 2007 Wolverine squad was made of. That’s still a reality but not how anyone had hoped. The situation that the team in is difficult to comprehend but you have to think we’ll get a lot of answers at 3:30 Saturday. It’ll reveal true mettle of Carr and the determination of Hart & co to preserve (salvage?) their legacy. The good news: – Could the schedule set-up better for this team given what just happened? A breather against a MAC school following this game wouldn’t take any of the heat of the team or Carr. For the next three weeks every US American will be watching the Blue in some of the biggest games of the year. A nice win over Oregon could dose a lot of the flames. Following up with wins over Notre Dame and Penn State and Michigan will certainly be ranked again and heading into the Big Ten schedule with major steam. Obviously most Michigan fans, even the folks that want Carr’s head, will be pulling for these guys to rebound. The bad news: – If…