I don’t have a contest but if I did this dude would win. I’ve had a few folks make this point but I think Eric said it best, or at least funniest: As far as the comments from other Big Ten fans and or students on this, you might want ease back on the insults considering you haven’t played Michigan yet. It’s like ripping on a guy for getting beat up by a girl and then getting your a$$ kicked by that guy.

In today’s weekly press conference Coach Carr was asked to react to Jim Carty’s column which ran in today’s Ann Arbor News. The piece basically states that Carr should gracefully step aside at the end of this season and that the game has passed him by. Carr said he hadn’t read the piece and therefore couldn’t comment. On his blog Carty was asked if he expected any backlash from the school or from Carr himself. Here’s JC’s comment: It’s never any fun when you have to write critical things about people, especially when the guy involved is a good person. I do think the piece was more nuanced than the headline, but we’re in a sound bite world. As far as fearing backlash … my experience has been that Lloyd Carr respects the right to have an opinion he disagrees with as long as it avoids personal shots and avoids treating his players badly. We’ll have to see how this plays out but I think Carty is probably right about no backlash. And if Carr starts blackballing every reporter that is calling for him to be fired or step down at this point it’ll get pretty weird. The people who are defending Carr (who have mostly head for the hills) will focus on the man, the clean program he runs,…

Maize & Blog ran a post yesterday in which several witnesses claimed that Friday night prior to the Appalachian State game Chad Henne, Mike Hart and other players were at a fraternity house on campus, drinking and carrying on. The original post ran here but as you can see it has been pulled. Someone didn’t like the story. The site came back with a brief note confirming what they posted while taking a shot at whomever was responsible for squashing the original post. My reaction: Players having a few drinks, staying out late and maybe even taking a few liberties with their female guests before games are the least of my concerns after watching that debacle. These guys are college students afterall. This said, the team typically stays at a hotel the night before the game to avoid things like this from going on and if some team rule was violated it should be addressed. After watching the disorganized mob that Coach Carr put out there on Saturday you have to wonder if the team is on the verge of imploding. If team rules are loosely enforced, and some players get special priviledges, what are the chances that this team can turn things around? Don’t see it happening. Elsewhere: Many media folks are calling for Coach Carr to step down…

Footage from Beaver Stadium as Penn State fans inside watch the final play of the Appalachian State game:

Appalachian State-Michigan ticket stubs on the eBay. Hey, maybe there is something good to come out of this mess?

Michigan falls to Appalachian State. My thoughts in the immediate aftermath.

I've heard a bunch of Jim Rome callers begging for the return of the old 'Rat Family' that Rome had posted on this website (jimrome.com). I believe Rome pulled the Rats sometime in 2001 or 2002 when they launched a new website.